How Total Football Was Born Overnight

The Netherlands side of the 1970s was enormously influential. They enchanted the footballing world with their ‘Total Football’ at the 1974 World Cup. A style of play that is still influencing teams, clubs and ideologies today. It is a style of football that mirrored the cultural revolution in Amsterdam at the time. This is the story of how Cruyff, Michels and Ajax changed the way we play football today.