Hero Van Basten struggles with life in the dugout
China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-06 08:13
THE HAGUE: Marco van Basten is fondly remembered as one of the most lethal strikers of the 1980s and 1990s, but the Dutch football great continues to toil in the dugout.
His first season in charge of Ajax was a disaster for a club that failed to achieve its stated pre-season objective of qualifying for next season's Champions League.
Humiliated 4-0 at lowly Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday, the Dutch giants will finish the season next weekend in either third or fourth place, well behind champions AZ Alkmaar and FC Twente.
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