Those tackles are no joke...... I saw like 10 red cards from each team

A classic game. Ze Maria's rugby tackle on Cruyff was hillarious.

A pass from Ruud's wrong leg at Cruijff for the 2-0. Unbelievable what a gem that was.

Holland, making the sweeper keeper a cool thing 40 years before Neuer did it at the 2014 WC. I love how Ajax/Holland and Cryuff's Barca used fullbacks. Very similar to the way Guardiola uses Alaba and Lahm;. Way more involved in buildup play to the traditional FB.

The look on Zagalo's face speaks for thousand words ! He asks his assistant: "what country is this?!". Masters of the beautiful game have just been outplayed and outsmarted by the new powerhouse.

The best team in the history of football. Maybe we won't see a squad play in this way anymore. Who had the opportunity to see the Holland of 1974 in action, was a very luckily man. Johan Cruyff: the best.

"Striker Cruyff plays everywhere"... That's brutal, man.

zagallo's face in the end is priceless: in days before this match, he was calling dutch's national team as "amateurs" ("pelada organizada"). he was dully punished.

That herd of Dutch players at .38 is just fantastic.

Best part for me is at 2:33 when Van Hanegem takes a free kick immediately and passes to Neeskens, who is totally free. Then a one-two with Cruyff and its a goal. The real star is Van Hanegem, who was quick to think and pass and had already spotted the opportunity others failed to see.

The aggressiveness is unbelievable. Players today wouldn’t stand one tackle.

A laranja mecânica de 74 foi a que revolucionou o futebol tático e simbolizou o enfraquecimento do futebol técnico.

Great analysis!

Madness tactic, crazy player, incredible to watch Netherland back in the days

Fantastic analysis Seb, another great video!

I don't understand how there are people saying about the football is better nowadays... these players were genius and they did this sport interesting... now is hard to see good matches...

Really well explained and good to show the imp moments in the match

The Holland 1974 didnt need to defend...their attack is their defense.

by then, watching holland on the pitch was like witnessing 11 guys playing another sort of sport.

1:42 i thought he would fall to the ground and cover his face the way nowdays player did but instead he keep running like lion. Football player are manly in the old days

The Dutch are the most influencial footballer players and managers around really. Amazing how their theory put into practice is everywhere.

Cruyff was as good technically as any Brazilian. In the head he was 2 yards quicker than any player ever! Just saying!

rip johan cruiff

these are amazing.i feel like i learn so much from this type of video.

Very enjoyable and an excellent analysis. If you haven't done so already, read Robert Fish's biography of Pele who describes the state of mind in the Brazillian camp (as he was a spectator, not a player) at the 1974 World Cup very vividly. The Selecao weren't very focused and Zagalo was satisfied with narrow margins of victory and dour play to achieve them.

lovely analysis, thanks!

Cruijff revolutionized football as a player before and as a coach then.

wow.. what a video.. awesome.. how clearly a football tactic is explained.. that to one of the most talked about tactic of total football.. all the best..

3:15 Mario Zagallo absolutely had no idea of Cryff's Goal

@marcioaso Goes both ways, Brazil adopted a very violent style during that World Cup to compensate for the lack of quality in their team and tactics. And the game was much more violent overall, compared to the way football is played these days.

Classic Holland team = The Beatles in Football

When the striker surprises the enemy team by playing striker u know that's a great tactic.

The name of this music is "Vangelis - Alpha"

johan Cruyff. RIP. legend

I really like watching this but how did the Dutch get away with having 40 men on the field?

great vid. love the crazy pressing at 0.43...5 guys just charging for the ball

0:20 damn, that's a fantastic Rugby tackle

I loved, I love and I will love, the national team of the Netherlands.Except for the national team of Romania! For me Cruyff is the greatest player of all time!

1:12 Not offside po wn...

Nice analysis really, until now Holland game influences modern game football.

The team really deserved to win a World Cup.

This is pure tactic, playing smart and using the rules. It's great to see that this kind of offensive playing still works. You must have the team and players for it. Last year Ajax could do it with a great team although they had far less budget then teams like Real. This year the last 2 many key players to play like this. Pity. Some teams have coaches which use parts of it like Bayern or City.

Rinus Michels is creator of modern football.

Well put, at that level of football, no single talent can prevail... it takes a team.

what is the name of this music???

Because Germany were an amazing team in their own right. Germany had there own system based around passing football as well. If you do not believe me go and have a look at the game. The game was all about passing. The the difference with Holland is that they did not have the same resources as Germany. The league was smaller and they are a smaller country. What they achieved was amazing. Holland have played in 3 world cup finals and won euro 88. England needs the same level of innovation.

From Italy I say. The Netherlands had a great team, but in this game Brazil had real chances of victory. And more, the Netherlands may have won, but did not massacre Brazil, as it had massacred Uruguay, Argentina, etc. lost by little, without speaking the maneuvers extra field to undermine Brazil. The Brazilian talent is unequaled, 5 stars, and one more final in Russia, against Italy.Netherlands eternal vice.

0:41 wow they have like six players going for the one guy !

this is very true. In fact, only those teams, clubs or national, that practice the Holland-74 model, have been successful. Others, who opt to either stick to their domestic style, like England or Uruguay, or try to invent their own model, like Denmark in mid 80s w/ its 3+6+1 line-up, they didn't go far. Even Italy, famous w/ its rigid defense - look who scored so many really decisive goals - Cabrini in 82, Grosso and Materazzi in 06.

Ajax/Amsterdam where in 1970 the total soccer, voetbal, got it's birth, was based on the following ingredients. TEAM (Together Each Achieves More). At all age levels you were taught that the 10 players who do NOT have the ball at the moment in the game are as EQUAL important as the person who has the ball. All players can not for 1 second be distracted from the game. All players endurance/fitness was priority # 1. The individual requirements based on TIPS. Technique, Intelligence, Personalty and Speed. Ajax Youth Development system has been copied around the world. Righteously so. The results of Ajax 1971, 1972 and 1973 season was undisputed an era of true TEAM SOCCER ! Which resulted in an DUTCH National TEAM 1974 that showed the world TOTAL SOCCER. I was born in 1960 and I have had the privilege of participating at the Ajax Youth program from 1970 till 1978. Great memories of my heroes. Cruyff , Neeskens, Suurbier, Krol, Rep, Haan, Keizer, Muhren and many more.........We, The Netherlands, have yet to actually win the WorldCUP as a nation, however I feel talking with people all over the world that we have won with our style of play the harts of all true soccer fans worldwide. And that is priceless.

0.42 ,whats that? 6 vs 1 ???

the last example was clearly not offside!

I really wish this Holland team won the World Cup that year.

This game changed football

Brasil é penta campeão 😉

I am Dutch, nut i’m not fan of the Dutch team nowaday. Missed the EC 2016 and WC 2018... But Cruyff & the others were só good...

Genius play cruft

1982 Brazilian Team was just as good, also had a visionary coach (Tele Santanna), but lost to Italy in the quarter-finals, 3x2, just like Holland lost to Germany on 1974, and to Argentina in 1978... 1982 Brazil and 1974 Holland are among the best of all times, but failed to win the World Cup/

At 1:13 he is actually onside. Pause at 0:43 there's is 5 Dutch players hunting one Brazilian player lol, if the Brazil player simply passed it to the side then Hollands defense could have been sliced open easily. These rash tactics wouldn't work nowadays of course, but the Dutch pressing System (Holland and Ajax) of the early 70's was a catalyst for collective pressing in the modern game.

Not everyone noticed that some of the off-side traps was false called as the strikers didnt cross the line before their passer touch the ball. Brazil could has scored 2 or 3 goals from those. Beside this violence tackling game would be at least 8 red cards in today standard but the West-German ref might has wanted them to injured each other before playing West Germany in the final. They violence tackle is what stopped Brazil from playing their dribbling game.

im crying hahahahaa , is so nostalgic that holland deserved the cup

A lot of you say that this play is impossible in this time, Ajax reached the Europa Leauge final because the style that new trainer Peter Bosz introduced this year is based on hunting for the ball.......

At 1:11 a huge mistake, It was not an offside. luis pereira was in perfect condition.

best match of Holland ever... hopefully they can repeat something alike in the summer (but I'm not going to bet on it)

They were all genuises .. but they are not the first ones to come up with pressing (Maslov of USSR probably did) and also fluid movement. But they were definitley the ones to develop them and used them to perfection and to gain european succes. Their tactics are combinations of various innovations!

nice background score

This tactic is very out of the world, not only out of the box. Players has strange stamina to do this tactic

Legend.. cruyff

Everyone : the dutch are the best Der Kaiser : hold mein beer

As I recall, the main tactic in this game was to kick the shit out of each other

Pressing like Liverpool (Klopp), possession like Barcelona (Guardiola). Genius !

Great Holland!

The Total Football was not purely Dutch, although it was Ajax that started it. The Germans used it in 1972 at the European championships, but decided not to go on with it. After the loss against East Germany in the first match of the 1974 world cup Beckenbauer forced a change. He wanted football that put the result first. The rest is history.

Crl esse jogo lembra MT os jogos europeus de hj marcação pressão de um lado e do outro qualidade sem ficar a bola genial.

The less gifted side resorted to violence in an attempt to balance the odds. With ref´s compliance...

Some of the offside called are wrong

you're right. Brazil 82 had at least one weak point in every line, except midfield. the midfield quarter - Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Cerezo - was so fantastically skillful and brilliant that it sort of 'camouflaged" the grey-spots such as Valdir Perez in the goal, Leandro in the back, and Serginho in attack. It worked until they faced a perfectly balanced and highly motivated Italy, full of players of almost equal quality to that of Brazil.

I think Holland 1974 were better than Brazil 1982 because they were a more balanced team, that's why they were much better defensively. This Holland team reached the final and only lost by one goal (and one of Germanys goals was a dive for a penalty), on the other hand Brazil conceded 4 goals in the QF.

with VAR the history could be different, but there were other times. Grande Holanda, revolucionou!

Pause at 1:12 Legal position.

Pelé may be the best player ever, but Cruyff is the most influential.

Grande Cruyff e van Hanegem. The architects

most influential team ever. EVER. oh and gareth southgates engerland too… i’ve read in the news so must be true.

holland is just beautiful to watch

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics byJonathan Wilson is s great book.

Hunting for the ball, is in nowadays football the 5 sec rule ... watch Barcelona :-). Holland has introduced several tactics which are still the rulez of the football of today!

Brazilian player was WELL onside at 1:12

The Netherlands team did not even had to win this game to go to the final game In WM 1974 for the first time, no 1/4 and 1/2 finals ( also later in 1978 ) All games were poule games, except the game for 3 and 4 place and the final game.

I am Brazilian and I say, the selection of Holland was a great team, but his tactic is not perfect, so that never won a world cup. Brazil is five times world champion, after this cup Brazil won two cups and formed two great teams that did not win in 1978 and 1982. To be a champion is not enough only tactic, it is necessary tactic, technique, the best players, and the difference is that Brazil and the other not, the beautiful game, and it is our nature.

Independente de não ter vencido uma copa do mundo,coloco cruyff entre os 4 melhores da história ao lado de Pele,Maradona e Messi

The size brings problems of the same magnitude and at the time of the video Brazil had something close to 70 million inhabitants. For this Brazil is capable of forming 10 teams capable of being world champions, but we can only play with one team and many injustices are practiced. I compared only football, reverse the situation, put the Netherlands on the size of Brazil and will have as many problems as its size, but in football never overtake Brazil, but China would be the greatest of all.

The players of brazil did not know who to follow. If you follow your player that you should someone else pops up....its chaos in their minds.

oo now i know why it is called total destruction football instead of total football.

As laranjas mecânicas ou o carrossel holandês. O melhor time dessa copa.

A very violent game the tackles were brutal with the intent to maim the opponent.

Revolucionar o football e fazer escola por 3 décadas: Holanda 1 x 0 Brasil

1:12 not offside?

Netherlands had a fantastic team no doubt, but for real the linesmen missed some truly outrageous calls right there, I counted 3 clearly wrong offsides there, things could have been really really different

O que não tem preço é ver a cara emburrada de impotência do Zagallo ante o maior banho de bola que ele levou na vida.

Primeiro gol falha de leão.E no segundo tento a origem do lance que ocasionou o gol, o jogador estava em impedimento. Zagueiro saiu deixando o holandês em impedimento o bandeira não assinalou; que roubo ein ???