With creative players such as #JohanCruyff and #WillemvanHanegem even the tightest defences could be opened.
See how #Netherlands with fast #totalfootball creates a chance vs #Sweden in the #WorldCup74 First Round.

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Yesterday #WillemvanHanegem turned 82. The unmissable link in the #totalfootball chain of #Holland74. Velvet left, hard shoulders. A small tribute of Mr. Feyenoord by Dutch writer Jan Wolkers (1925-2007).

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#Netherlands and #Brazil fought in the #WorldCup74 Second Round for a place in the Final.
A match that showed both extreme sides of football: ugliness and beauty.
Watch this moment of #totalfootball beauty: Netherlands scores 2-0.
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AVDFC 2 up at break. #TotalFootball

The first match of #Netherlands at #WorldCup74 vs #Uruguay was immediately a demonstration of #totalfootball.
Many chances were created, watch these 3 fluid attacks.
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Immediate pressure after losing the ball, a key character in #totalfootball of #Netherlands at #WorldCup74.
See this example in the Second Round vs #Argentina (4-0), that gets no time and no chance and #RobRensenbrink is set free in the box.
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Episode 2 of my podcast, which featured a conversation with the great @allbluedaze.bsky.social on the subject of the Netherlands at World Cup's 74 + 78.

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#Oranje
#Totalfootball

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Happy 74th Birthday #WimRijsbergen (18-01-1952)!
The ideal #totalfootball defender.
A rock in the defence with power and intelligence.
See these 3 moments in the #WorldCup74 First Round matches vs #Sweden and #Bulgaria.

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#Netherlands full pressure #totalfootball creates a chance for right back defender #WimSuurbier to score a #goal as a left wing attacker vs #Brazil (2-0).

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The coach and his ace; the future coach and his inspirator.
#RinusMichels and #JohanCruyff.
The soul of #totalfootball.
Together at #Ajax 🇳🇱, #Barcelona 🇪🇸, #LAAztecs 🇺🇸.

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Already 5 years ago (25-11-2020) that #DiegoMaradona left us. One of the all time greats.
When he saw #Netherlands playing #totalfootball at #WorldCup74 he was glued to the screen and loved players like #JohanCruyff, #WillemvanHanegem, #JohnnyRep. Just watch it.
#Holland74

Positives from last night's emphatic win v Sparta Prague

Homophobes go home sad 🏳️‍🌈

Spence can play as a 10. Daddy Davies can take corners. #totalfootball

Xavi 2 in 2 goals and MOTM

Attacking combinations starting to click

Son got a proper send off 🇰🇷 😃 😢

#COYS #thfc

#Netherlands beat #Uruguay 2-0 in the first group match at #WorldCup74, but that result doesn't express the dominance of the #Oranje #totalfootball.
See these 3 examples of fluid attacks that easily could have ended in more #goals.

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Line up of #Netherlands lead by captain #JohanCruyff for their first appearance at #WorldCup74 vs #Uruguay.
The world to discover #totalfootball.

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🇳🇱 In 1974, the Dutch rewrote football — even their quirks made history.
Johan Cruyff refused Adidas and played with two stripes, while GK Jan Jongbloed wore #8!

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Netherlands & Necklaces.
One of the #WorldCup74 inside stories about the '#rockstars of #totalfootball' that became a #football #classic.
Starring #RuudKrol.

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No chance for #Argentina, in the #WorldCup74 Second Round vs #Netherlands.
Immediate #Oranje #totalfootball pressing pushed the Argentines backward and created chance after chance.
Watch the first, with 'midfielders' #WillemvanHanegem and #WimJansen close to scoring.

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#Totalfootball was based on #skills, #movement and position play. But #Netherlands at #WorldCup74 and earlier #Ajax and #Feyenoord were also seen as teams that played it hard.
#WillemvanHanegem explains why.

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#Totalfootball with all players on the opponent's half was strong but also risky.
One mistake, one lost ball and and in the #WorldCup74 First Round #Sweden could quickly break out.
Then the attackers became defenders too, see this example with #JohnnyRep.

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Fuck Tom Brady #pusb #totalfootball

Until the 86th minute, #Netherlands leads only 1-0 vs #Uruguay, while dominating the game and creating many chances.
But then, once more a fluid #totalfootball attack and #JohnnyRep scores the liberating 2-0.

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A brilliant #totalfootball #goal, the 2-0 from #JohanCruyff in the #WorldCup74 Second Round match vs #Brazil after a clever run and pass by #RuudKrol.
Wait for his comment at the end!

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Only 7 minutes in the #WorldCup74 Second Round #Netherlands needed to take a 1-0 lead vs #EastGermany/DDR (2-0). Watch how #totalfootball pushed the Germans with their back against the wall.

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An example in the #WorldCup74 First Round #Netherlands vs #Uruguay of how #totalfootball moves the positions of the players and the ball and creates an opening in the defence of the opponent.
#RuudKrol close to scoring a beauty.

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Just got back from my first practice and scrimmage as head coach of the U8 team. Based on available talent it appears we’ll be playing a 10-0-0 formation in possession and a 0-0-10 while in defense. Lots of hustle and grit tonight, looking forward to seeing it all come together #totalfootball

#WorldCup74 First Round.
#Netherlands vs #Uruguay 2-0.
#Totalfootball.
Watch how a new vision on position play creates a chance for #RobRensenbrink (#15).

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Full pressure on #WestGermany in the 2nd Half of the #WorldCup74 Final.
#Netherlands pushing forward with #totalfootball to score a late equalizer causing panick in the German box.

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The #WorldCup74 Second Round between #Netherlands (2) and #Brazil (0) has become an all time #football #classic fight.
See this swinging compilation!

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Already in the first match, #Netherlands #totalfootball created #goals and many chances vs #Uruguay (2-0).
Watch these 3 fluid attacks and open chances to score.

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#Netherlands pushed #Argentina backwards with passing and moving #totalfootball, in the #WorldCup74 Second Round (4-0).
With attacks like this one: over left, over right, over left, ending with a #goal by #JohanNeeskens (13). Offside?
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