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Netherlands 1988 Home Shirt – For Fans Who Think Winning a Euros is Just “Casual Total Football” 🇳🇱🏆

Slip into this orange masterpiece and relive the summer the Dutch finally stopped being football’s “nearly men” and won Euro ‘88 – with a side of Van Basten volleys, Gullit dreadlocks, and enough swagger to drown a tulip field. 🌷 Managed by Rinus Michels (the Godfather of Total Football), this squad didn’t just beat teams – they humiliated them with a “have you met my mates Marco and Ruud?” smirk.

Crafted by Adidas (with three stripes so iconic they deserved a UNESCO heritage listing), this kit screams “we’ve got Van Basten’s magic, Gullit’s hair, and a defence that occasionally remembered to tackle”. The lion crest? A subtle nod to the fact the Dutch played like they’d swallowed a pride of them. 🦁

Meet the legends:

• Marco van Basten 🚀: Top scorer (5 goals), scored that volley 🎯 so good even God paused Match of the Day.

• Ruud Gullit 💇♂️: Dreadlocked demigod, part-time DJ, full-time “I’ll just dribble your entire defence”.

• Frank Rijkaard 🧠: Midfield enforcer, spat at Völler (we don’t talk about it), then won the Euros anyway.

• Ronald Koeman 🧱: Defender, free-kick merchant, and owner of a moustache that doubled as a tactical whiteboard.

• Erwin Koeman 🇳🇱: The other Koeman, because one wasn’t enough to traumatise Germany.

Honours? Euro ‘88 champions 🏆 (beat the USSR 2-0 in the final, casual), and the eternal joy of sticking it to West Germany in the semis.

Wear this shirt to flex your “I remember when the Dutch actually won something” nostalgia. Perfect for re-enacting Van Basten’s ”how?!” volley, Gullit’s ”I’ll header this with my hair” audacity, or Michels’ ”total football isn’t dead” wink.

Note: May trigger sudden urges to argue Cruyff > Messi, blame penalties for all future Dutch failures, and cry into a Heineken. Pair with clogs and a burning hatred of offside traps.

P.S. Warning: Wearing this near Germans may trigger “Klinsmann’s tears” flashbacks. 🇩🇪😭