World Soccer

REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP

1 CRUYFF TRIBUTE ACTS

t was in a game for Ajax in 1982 that Johan Cruyff, instead of shooting from the penalty spot, passed the ball to team-mate Jesper Olsen to set up an easy tap-in. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez recreated the move for Barcelona in 2016, yet Kerem Akturkoglu and Mauro Icardi’s

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