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Video: Johan Cruyff's incredible penalty against Helmond Sport

Johan Cruyff the ideal student of total football passes an  iconic one-two penalty to  Jesper Olsen’s for Ajax  in 1982. Ajax were comfortably cruising at that stage when Cruyff decided to make a mockery out of the Helmond Sport keeper.

http://youtu.be/tJB2AUWPplY

Meanwhile, Robert Pires and Thierry Henry combined against Manchester City in 2005 in an embarrassing situation where Pires failed to pass the ball to Henry. Later Henry revealed it was his idea to take the penalty in that manner to reproduce Cruyff’s brilliant execution.

http://youtu.be/xzPMvAIrtQs

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