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Edwin, Dutch goalkeeper van der Sar has played for four top flight clubs in his career - Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie, Juventus in the Italian Liga, Fulham in the English Premier League and Manchester United. Of course, he started his career late. He signed a contract with Ajax when he was almost 20 years old. He spent nine seasons in Amsterdam and won almost everything with Ajax. In five years, he won four Dutch league titles, three Dutch titles, three Dutch Super titles and even an iconic European title. He joined Juventus with the aura of a world-class goalkeeper. He was the first foreign keeper in the team's history, but after just two years, he bought Gianlugi at Juventus. after Buffon, van der Sar left the Boxing League scene. Maybe it was some disappointment in the Boxing League or some mistakes on the pitch. The next club that signed him was not a rich family, but a Premier League Fulham. The Dutchman stayed for four seasons. He completed his contract and then joined Manchester United, who had been interested in him since the late 1990s.Edwin was Manchester United van der In the final game of Sar's career, he played 266 games for United over six seasons, winning various titles and setting an astonishing record of 1,311 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal in the 2008-09 season!
Edwin van der Sar's last game for Manchester United was the 2011 Champions League final (unfortunately, the team ended up losing 1:3 to Barcelona). At that time, he was 40 years old and 211 days old. He is also the oldest player in the history of Champions League finals. Of course, he is also the oldest of many players to win the Premier League title (40 years and 205 days). As for the Dutch national team, he's not worried. He has been the goalkeeper of the Dutch national team for 13 consecutive years and has played 130 games. Many commentators believe that the most necessary trait for goalkeepers is calmness. The last thing they need is chest thumping. They can't control their emotions. They want to prove to the world that they are the leader of the team. Often, the goalie is remembered (just like the referee), usually because he made a cheap shot, not because he played normally throughout the game. After all, once a goalie makes a mistake, he often does serious damage to his team.Edwin van der Sar is not only extremely calm, but sometimes even expressionless, giving an almost transcendent impression. A 6-foot, 6-inch tall, lean, agile big man throughout his career.
Edwin van der Sar was a trained goalkeeper for Ajax in Holland who needed to attack from the back as their keeper had embraced the idea of all-round soccer. I also found a movie on Youtube of Ajax's May 1995 game against Maastricht. Michael Reiziger, Ajax's right back at the time, found himself being pressed by the opposition behind the has-been, and he passed the ball horizontally to the goalkeeper van. der Sar (which meant that van der Sar had to get out of the goal and sprint towards the sideline), and van der it was close to the sideline by the time Sar received the ball. In such situations, goalkeepers usually kick the ball into the stands with their big foot and then quickly run back to their own goal, but Edwin van der Sar is no ordinary goalkeeper when faced with a hostile striker. van der While dishing the ball, Sar calmly passes the ball to Reiziger, whose teammates are also on the sideline corner of the end zone! passed the ball to teammate Litmanen, who passed it to Ronald de Boer, who wasted no time in passing the ball to Edgar. Davids, and as for Davids, he kicked a through ball to fullback Danny, who pounded the ball forward from the back of the field. On to Blind, who went all out with the ball and tucked the ball to the left in front of the penalty area to wing mate Marcc Overmars, allowing Overmars to convert the pass into a brilliant goal into the far corner of the net!
The goal happened in a flash, but it was definitely a goal that could represent Dutch all-round soccer or Van Under Gaal, we could see Ajax's iconic goal 'The Great Goal Show' finished with an ecstatic Van Gaal running out of the coach's box and applauding mercilessly, as it perfectly reflected his philosophy of Dutch soccer: the strikers had to retreat and join the defense, defenders must be able to sprint to the goal, quick passes and more revolutionary pass-attacks that can start from the goalkeeper...
