Why Was Van Basten's Legendary Career Cut Short? 

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This may be the best history football channel I found on RU-vid. Brilliant storytelling and fantastic editing, I can't wait for the 90"s success story of Parma

This man retired at 28 and still won ballon dor 3 times!!! Up there with the best of all time

It’s crazy to think how good some of these players would’ve been with modern science

I almost teared at the end. He was ahead of his time. Unfortunately, injuries had other plans

Capello's tears at the end, killed me. :-(

The story of van Basten is the Story of Post cruyff ajax and pre classic Milan. A legend stopped by fate not to become one of the contendors in the 'GOAT' debate. But those who had seen him only know how magical was Marco on the pitch on his best day. LEGEND!!

The last part where he says goodbye in San Siro is actually written different in dutch if you translate it literally: "i am a witness at my own funeral" "Marco van Basten the footballer is dead"

Please don't stop making these videos. I am a huge sports fan (REALLY REALLY HUGE) which means I watch a lot of sport videos and for most of them I don't have patience to look at all the details but yours are like...after ending one you must watch another one... very interesting,a lot of details and good story. Keep going

Van basten is a name that should be eternally discussed in football

Just a single documentary made me a lifelong fan of this player. What an incredible player cut short.

I’m crying for no reason. Epic documentary for him

This is Art Your documentaries are perfect

Man, Even the iron heart Capello was crying, that is how sad it was..

what if man, what if, he had healthy ankles. just like how Ronaldo would be if he had healthy knees. those two men would be the best number 9 in history. thanks for this brilliant video. keep up the good work.

By far the most underrated channel

The definition of a complete striker. He raised the bar

I followed van Basten's career from 88 until hist last official match (that I saw on TV). Mommy gave me my first Milan T-Shirt in 89 because I was a van Basten fan. When he decided to retire I confess that day was really sad to me, a strange feeling took me. I still have a few words to say: Marco was unique.

The first player who would reach 5 ballon d ors. Merci, Basten

I can’t believe I cried 😭😭at the last part. Such an emotional video…. This channel deserves to be on Netflix.

Brilliantly presented, researched and displayed. Thank you for your efforts and I/we hope to see more of this quality content.

The way he raised both hands in farewell moment was almost identical to how he raised hands after scoring a goal. Very touching and emotional. Thank you for a great video.

Made me cry one of my favorite footballers, perfection as a striker

Marco van basten is really good at trick, Physical contect, Both footed, heading etc and his goals are amazing.

From Van Basten to Kun Aguero, it is so sad that these footballers retired because of the complications they injured but Life always comes first. Hope that they have a good life after retirement

Imagine Marco Van Basten and Roberto Baggio with no injuries...football history, probably would be different; they were that kind of players.

Devastatingly brilliant! He belonged to the same category as R9. Sad to hear about his plight.

One of the greatest striker ever, perfect number 9,injury ruined his career 😢.

This video is so well made, the ending literally sends chills down my spine every time I watch it. What a career he could’ve had.

This guy who makes these videos/documentaries is very talented. I’ve watched almost all your videos. Well done sir, I appreciate you.

Best striker in history! Messed up his ankle in his early 20's and still had a career like this. Imagine what could have been if the injury never happened❤

he was so good, defenders had no choice but to injure him or else its RIP in every game

Absolutely fantastic! I wish more knew about your channel. Keep up the good work!

One father’s favorite player and team at the time. He use tell me how freaking good van basten was. A complete striker.

Man, we will never forget Marco's volley goal against the Russian team during the '88 EK final.

he could have easily won 5 balon dors

It's a shame some pure world class talents never reached their potential. The man at age 28 will still be remembered as one of the best players of all time even though he had serious injuries. Best documentaries come from this channel. The ammount of perfection and detail this 20+ minutes video has is unreal

What a truly great player Van Basten was...

Im a Dutchman and a PSV fan in heart and soul. Even though he played for ajax, i see Marco as one of the best players for his time. I admire his achievements with fellow Dutchman Gullit and Rijkaard at AC Milan. Champions Leagues, Scudettos, Ballon D'ors and euro 1988. Playing under Sachi and Capello with legendary I Rossoneri. I recognize the texts from his biography that i road this year for the 2nd time (fantastic book!) and it hurts everytime to see that he had to stop too soon with his career. He could have achieved so much more and after his football carreer he still went through a lot of downs as coach and private life. To this day i respect him as one of the best Dutch players we ever had. Dank je wel/Grazie Marco 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Only someone who loves the history and cultural legacy of the game produces such work for the greater community to understand and preciate the game's past. There is art in your presentation of such carefully researched subjects.

That last treatment looked like some sort of medieval torture device LOL

The greatest ac milan striker ever❤️ And one of the best in the world🖤 Miss you badly champ.

I am a Liverpool fan from 1983. But Milan and their Dutch trio are my favourite team and players. Basten was my favourite striker. I supported Holland in 1998 European Cup and they won it by one of Basten wonder goals.

Injuries are footballers worst enemy. I almost cried at the end as VAN BASTEN bid farewell to Milan fans. I wonder what could have been, what this man could have achieved, I guess we'll never know. And I pray for all players suffering through injury, the likes Eden Hazard, Dembele and Jack Wilshere. May God grant them speedy recovery and return to do what they love most. Ameen🤲🏾

I was searching for this video. I was curious to know what could have happened to such a deadly striker who had won 3 ballon dor, before the age of 28 . He could have easily won another 3,has he played more.

Brilliant production. Such a sad story. Imagine what else he could have done in the game without such butchered surgery. Van Basten despite that along with Ronaldo is the greatest no.9 to have ever played the game and that says something.

Thank you, it brought me to tears. Marco is one of the greatest Dutch players. It was a shock when he had to stop in his prime. God what would have happened in 1994 together with Bergkamp.

This channel is truly amazing. Here before 100k subs

I'm speechless. I bow to you, sir! Just discovered your channel today (21.03.2021). Hope it'll gain more recognition. And I'm sure it will because the content is a world class. Hats off!!

Beautifully done as usual. I am so impressed with your work!

You sir have simply put together an amazing documentary. I have watched so much footage of Van Basten and this is certainly one of the best. A huge credit goes to you sir well done

And people complained about Capello’s ‘humanness’ or lack of, people skills, when he coached England, Madrid etc. How could he be human when all he saw were spoiled brats when compared to what this man went through since mid-80s with his ankles. He saw greatness stopped in its tracks and the trauma this man went through. Even at Ajax in last season Cruyff said to him: you don’t play the league but you must bring me the two cups, and that means two-legged semi-finals and the finals. Under injections Marco played those matches, at 21-22. What a player this man was, to be so elegant and mobile at 188cm, both footed, strong aerially. When it comes to CFs for me, it is Ronaldo, then MvB, then daylight to the third. Great video again Fahad.

Such passion for football... had an injection to play a match...Best 9 of all time VAN BASTEN!!!!! I LOVE U

Football is so beautiful, I’m so glad to be a fan of this beautiful game, thanks for the video the last part was very emotional

The quality of your channel is amazing. Good job

This deserves more views for sure! thanks for this video

What a player he was. I remember watching the European championship final live on television in 1988 and when he scored that goal, I couldn’t believe it!! One of the best goals I’ve ever seen. His career was cut far too short. Such a shame. He would have had another 4-5 years of goalscoring.

I was getting so tired of Raymar Football videos with the same music put over every video, but then I had the pleasure of being recommended your documentary on the Galacticos Era of Real Madrid and have been watching every single one of your videos even the ones that hurt like the Bayern vs Chelsea UCL Final in 2012 video, and I am very impressed. Your channel is awesome and I appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos, thank you.

Just discovered this channel! Absolutely loving the content and watching all the vids!!

It’s amazing, the documentary quality is top notch and the voice of the narrator is so funny, makes a great combo

Still have memories of watching to Milan v Madrid game on tv. Milan were so good. VanBasten and Hullit looked likely to score with every attack, they always knew exactly where the other was. One of the greatest team performances of all time.

My favorite player when I was kid and the reason I became die-hard AC Milan & Netherlands team. Thanks for this documentary.

fantastic story, and footage, well done and very accurate!!!

I got so emotional at the end of this documentary

Thanks for this beautiful video

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I was lucky to see Marco play for Milan and he was so good he could score from any situation any position

Another epic addition!

Fantastic documentary 👏

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First off, as many are already commenting, I truly appreciate the entire videos. In my case all of your videos are covering my "dark era" - mid 90s till 2010. In early 90s, I stopped buying football magazines (in my early teens in Japan), which were the main sources of information back then though eventually more football news were featured on TV as Japan started its own professional league. Through 2000s, at least in my surrounding, internet was still slow and I don't recall if I was able to watch RU-vid without any interruptions. I could barely catch up with world soccer news by texts in the decade. Now, as for this video for Marco, I finally understand what had happened. MVB was my childhood hero as I played a center forward (briefly!). In aforementioned football magazines in Japan, from 1989 to 1991 I was buying monthly, and Marco and Milan were always featured. I don't recall if I kept buying magazines in 1992 but I do remember the Euro 92 and he missed a crucial penalty against Denmark. Though sparse, I was able to find and learn Euro 88 and his performance. Rest of 90s, I would pick up soccer magazines at store stands but I didn't see any news about Marco at all. I even knew Milan's roster, Gullit playing in Samdoria and Chelsea, Raijkaard playing in Ajax (won CL in 95) but not about Marco. I would check Wikipedia and such and read about his final few years - just learned he got retired in 95 - but not in details like this. i didn't know injury was that bad. With the current rule, the tackle he got in the Marseille match would have been a straight red card, wouldn't it? Also some "political news" that he didn't quite get along with Sacchi and he wanted to move to Barcelona were new for me. Like some other commenters here, I was in tears at the end.........thank you very much for the upload.

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WHat a great documentary, great editing!

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Best football content on youtube ever ! Amazing how you finish this video with Moby - My Weakness, made me have goosebumps.

Great channel. Very professional. Bravo!

My favorite player of all time. He was the number 9, the most complete and elegant striker i've ever seen.

Your content is impressive bro. I subbed!

Bwah. That ending hit hard. Amazing video. Thank you.

You re the best!!! You deserve millions subscribers

Fantastic work...

Great Work! 🙌

i am addicted to your videos oh my goodness

Even as a Juventus fan it was a sad day when Van Basten retired, even though he was a big player for rivals Milan it was a pleasure to see him play and scoring. Football lost one of the great players of the time and one of the best strikers ever that day in 95

Its been so long waiting for you to post something🙂

perfect choice of music moby at the end, it heightens the sense of loss of the career of van basten.

man please keep doing new videos even if thez are short, you are specialist

Possibly the greatest player of all time, certainly the greatest Dutch player ever

The best striker ever to play the game way ahead of Ronaldo Brazilian too On a different league played pick of his career with no ankle still made a hell of an impact he had it all power agility free kick left right header free kick long range chips….. Marco van Basten best striker in history Period

Great video.

Van Basten’s goal in Euro 88’s final is one of the best goals I’ve ever seen nearly 36yrs later

I was aware of this injury problems to a point, but not having read Marco's book (yet) I was unaware until now to the extent and number of ops. Tragic for such a talented player, one of the best from 80s-90s, or anywhen really. Thanks.

GREAT video and channel!