Masterminds and Methods - Total Football
Football has always been a game full of innovations. But no innovation in football is more widely known than total football. The style of play which has inspired many managers such as Johan Cruyff and Louis Van Gaal was one of the first major changes that occurred in football after the Second World War. The style which we often always relate to Cruyff is much more than just his genius. From an Englishman coming to Amsterdam and getting impressed to Rinus Michels revolutionizing football it was a collection of ideas which had an impact not only on football but the social changes and morale on the country of Netherlands in the 60's. Dutch Roots and A Rebellious Brit The Hungarian team in the 1950's was one of the best the world had seen but what Ajax did in the 1960's was add a logical step which made the team many times better. Pressing. By the time Michels became the manager of Ajax, the shortage of war years were over and sports science had advanced sufficiently that pla...
