Ruud Krol

A look at the 1974 Dutch national football team, purveyors of 'total football', and led by Johan Cruijff.

The documentary narrates the successes of the Dutch champion Johan Cruyff (three times winner of the Ballon d'Or), which in the seventies was a symbol of the great Dutch national soccer team, and representative of the so-called total soccer, expressed during the two World Finals in Monaco 1974 and Argentina 1978

The 1974 finals in West Germany saw the emergence of "Total Football" in the shape of the classy Dutch led by the legendary Johan Cruyff. The Dutch swept all before them until they came up against the solid hosts in the final. Beckenbauer led West Germany to a tense 2-1 victory.