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Cruyff Trainers – The Brand Behind Cruyff

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The name Johan Cruyff will be familiar to sporting fanatics and professionals around the world, mainly due to his contribution to Dutch football including captaining the Dutch team in the 1974 world cup. Too many, including the worlds fashion conscious; Johan Cruyff is known as the founder of one of the most elegant footwear brands in the world, a brand that from its launch has stuck to its original philosophy – Outlined in the following statement is the philosophy Cruyff originally adhered by and continues to practice:

“Johan envisioned elegant sportswear that was perfectly designed for the technical player. Central to his philosophy was the creation of a brand that was both functional and stylish.”

That is exactly what Johan Cruyff created, an elegant footwear range with a practical solution.

Where it all began

In 1979 Johan Cruyff founded Cruyff Classics and set out to create an elegant sportswear range that would also provide a practical solution, with that single goal in mind and his status as one of the world’s best football players the brand set out to storm the world. Knowing the brand could only benefit by his celebrity status Johan endorsed his range by wearing Cruyff football shoes on the pitch. In 1988 the Dutch Olympic team wore Cruyff tracksuits thus providing Cruyff with even more high profile coverage, the sportswear brand continued to take the world by storm and was soon the choice of footwear amongst the world’s finest football and hockey players.

With Johans attention to detail, the high quality of the materials used and the truly sensational final product that was produced, Cruyff caught the attention from many companies around the world, shifting the brand from one for the sporting professional to one that could be worn by the general public.

Cruyff Today

Nearly 50 years after launching, Cruyff has become a household brand throughout the world and now has 12 ranges of footwear, each range differing in style and design. One of the more popular Cruyff ranges is known as Vanenburg, a range of footwear inspired by another world class footballer known as Gerald Vanenburg – A member of the Holland world cup team. The Vanenburg range consists of the usual elegant look and high class materials but has a more streamlined look.

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Album Review: Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar

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The addition of Myron Grombach (drums) made the band and took the status of Pat Benatar to new heights. Texts, the content showed extensive growth spurt that is a rare commodity on a second album. Combining this with the role now completely changed Neil Giraldo it seems destined to take, whether it’s guitar licks, he wrote for himself or those of other authors, it is able to put its mark on all the songs.

Benatar’s voice is always on the edge of perfection, soft or hard, it pours every ounce of herself firmly on each track. On the one hand contains the ultimate rock tracks, starting with “Treat Me Right”, a contribution Benatar / Lubahn which sets the pace and drive. After the three opening beats to “Treat me well,” he clear that this is a group that has gained momentum. “You Better Run”, a song from their album Young Rascals Groovin 1967 ‘which was more than overshadowed by the explosion of their title track opens the door to Benatar and company to jam up, giving it a attack rock solid.

Superbly built on one side is “Never Want to Leave You”, which makes the listener want to sway to the rhythm provocateurs. The lyrics are sad, confused, unspoken between two people who are clearly in love and on the same page, but are in separate compartments of life. Then, the ransacking of the rock continues as “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” broke the top of the biggest hits of the rock.

Peaking at no. 2 is a crowd pleaser slam-dunk that will lift the masses out of their seats in every city of this band plays. Not written by the group, it will soon become one of their songs played signing rev the crowd in the middle of a set or can be used as a reminder. Anyway, no one will be sitting when it blasts through the speakers.

Haunting words based rock power agreements “Hell is for Children” can bring on tears of anger. It is a socially conscious song that should open the eyes of everyone listening to what can go behind the closed doors of the family. The rich and poor children are often used as punching bags for adults who are supposed to care for and raise their young.

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