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Total Football: Ideas, Architecture and the Feyenoord Breakthrough | Part Two

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Total Football: Ideas, Architecture and the Feyenoord Breakthrough | Part Two

It Was What It Was : The Football History Podcast›

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In part two of our Total Football series, Jonathan and Rob explore the ideas behind football’s great tactical revolution.

From the structuralist architecture and social change of 1960s Amsterdam to Johan Cruyff’s place within a collective system, they trace how a new way of thinking shaped the Dutch game.

But it's not all Ajax. Focus shifts to Rotterdam and Feyenoord: Ernst Happel’s 4-3-3, their landmark 1970 European Cup win, and the overlooked tactical breakthrough that helped pave the way for Ajax and Cruyff.

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