“And just before my father’s death, the three of us were still sitting, delicious and chatted a lot about football,” Jordi refers to the special meeting in March 2016. A month later Johan Cruijff died.
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“It’s great that Peter now wins the Johan Cruijff Scale again, because that is a nice combination. I wish him heartily and I am really happy for him. His football vision appeals to me.”
Peter Bosz often thinks back to the get -together with Johan Cruijff
After winning the Johan Cruijff Scale, Bosz discussed the memorable gathering with Cruijff when asked. “I still think back to that, because Johan was my childhood idol. If you get the chance to talk to him for so long and if that turns out to have been just before his death, then that is very special. I was lucky about being able to talk about football.”
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Although the Eindhoven team only scored the equalizer twelve minutes before time, Bosz always kept faith in the win. “Although I thought it remained 0-1 for a long time. But for two teams that are at the end of the preparation, it was really a fast pace, a competition with a high intensity. And you saw that Go Ahead Eagles had difficulty maintaining it.”