Six months ago, Tijani Babangida's world collapsed. In a serious car accident, he lost his one-and-a-half-year-old son and his younger brother, while his wife was seriously injured. 'Baba' can count on the support of many good friends from football. They are helping him with everything and have started a crowdfunding campaign. In South Limburg, the former right-winger talks about coping with the tragedy.
He became a crowd favourite within one season: Tijjani Babangida. The swinging winger from Nigeria was part of the successful Ajax that won the Eredivisie in 1998 and won the Dutch Cup against PSV 5-0. "They were good, but we were even better."
There was a special happening in the Johan Cruijff ArenA on Sunday. The legends of Ajax and Real Madrid competed against each other. In this special you get an exclusive and beautiful insight behind the scenes
FC Barcelona, Liverpool, Arsenal, Internazionale, Boca Juniors; for years, the audience in the ArenA could see these kinds of teams up close during the Amsterdam Tournament. This friendly tournament was held between 1999 and 2009 and took place for the first time exactly 25 years ago on Wednesday. In this special, we look back at the origins of this tournament and see the biggest clubs and players of yesteryear once again.