Twitter reacts to the sad passing of Johan Cruyff

By Tom Parsons

March 24- The footballing world stopped and paid homage to the great Johan Cruyff on Thursday as it was announced that the Dutch footballing icon had lost his battle with cancer aged 68. Players, clubs and fans went to Twitter to express their sorrow and show how much Cruyff had influenced them on and off the football pitch.

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World mourns passing of Dutch legend Johan Cruyff

By Andrew Warshaw

March 24 – Genius is an over-used word in football – but few have laid claim to that description with more justification than Johan Cruyff. The football world was stunned into collective grief today with the announcement that the great Dutch icon had died of lung cancer aged 68.

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