graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm
Continuing the this week daily progress of the Project with a ‘re-mediated’
drawing of Johan Neeskens, as represented in sticker form in the FKS ‘Wonderful
World of Soccer Stars World Cup 1974’ album (the player was also featured in the
Panini ’München 74’ collection).
Subsequently selected for inclusion in the
official Holland squad for the Finals, given the central role Neeskens played
in his country’s progress through the 1974 World Cup, playing in all of their
matches & scoring 5 goals, including one in the effective ‘semi-final’ win
over Brazil & the second-minute penalty that gave the Dutch the lead over
West Germany in the Final, it seems inevitable that his name would have become
one of the relative few to have registered during a novice’s exposure to the
televised coverage of the tournament, as indeed it did, memorably so.
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