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It was 20 years ago that Vanessa Redgrave, taken by her Italian ex-husband to see Milan beat Gothenburg 4-0 with Marco van Basten scoring all four, likened a big European occasion at San Siro to a first night at La Scala.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes back to haunt Arsenal on a painful night 2012
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We look back instead at the glory of his first stint as Milan manager at the start of the 1990s, when Capello had Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten, Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini at his disposal.
Fabio Capello has failed to live up to England's great expectations | Kevin McCarra 2011
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Clinical Psychologist Chris Basten agrees: Set a constructive tone, one that is non-judging and interested, and avoid trying to sound like an adolescent.
Melinda Hutchings: How To Talk To Your Teenager Melinda Hutchings 2010
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It was not quite Marco van Basten territory, but the force of the shot was similar.
Milan 4-0 Arsenal | Champions League last 16 1st leg match report 2012
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What the Liverpool manager meant was that Suárez came to Merseyside with a CV that included scoring more than 100 goals for Ajax, a feat achieved by Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp, who are as assured of their welcome at the Dutch club's Amsterdam Arena as Rush is at Anfield.
Luis Suárez proves the difference as Liverpool overcome Wolves 2011
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Clinical Psychologist Chris Basten agrees: Set a constructive tone, one that is non-judging and interested, and avoid trying to sound like an adolescent.
Melinda Hutchings: How To Talk To Your Teenager Melinda Hutchings 2010
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Marco van Basten and Didier Deschamps are others who may be considered.
Chelsea sack Carlo Ancelotti within an hour of defeat by Everton 2011
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Clinical Psychologist Chris Basten agrees: Set a constructive tone, one that is non-judging and interested, and avoid trying to sound like an adolescent.
Melinda Hutchings: How To Talk To Your Teenager Melinda Hutchings 2010
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Guus Hiddink still has the ear of the Russian billionaire and, having indicated his own disinclination to return to the manager's role, is apparently recommending Marco van Basten, who coached Holland at the 2006 World Cup and the 2008 European Championship – where his team were knocked out by Hiddink's Russia – and resigned from Ajax two years ago after failing to qualify for the Champions League.
As Carlo Ancelotti looks set for Chelsea exit, who will replace him? | Richard Williams 2011
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This was during Euro 2008, and when accounts broke in the Dutch newspapers, the then-manager Marco van Basten went on the attack, rubbishing the story and demanding to know where it had come from.
World Cup 2010: Holland hope for harmony from their feuding stars 2010
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