Football's Greatest International Teams .. Netherlands 1974

[@manuelsoto9134]

Talk about a nation that deserves to have at least one world cup. Holland have made so many contributions to the game.

[@jaspermu6957]

But in the they never win :D

[@FistFullOfMovies]

Ah well, you know how it is to be the best team of the tournament, yet not winning the cup (1966, 2016) yourself...You don't know how it is to change football into art....like we did in '74 ;-)

[@danielwoods3896]

unfortunately, all their best players are gone

[@mmartijn78]

Netherlands wont be on wc 18 and ec 20.. we have very shitty team now. Same level as Denmark!

[@danielwoods3896]

gangstapranksta I hope so

[@santansaraj8462]

I am 60 years old and even now I get goosebumps just watching this Holland 1974 team. Unforgettable memories and simply awesome.

[@dread4836]

same- English patriot

[@ordemeprogresso727]

Good! cause you wasted your childhood watching them, never winning anything beside a stupid EU🤦‍♂

[@shkarupinsergey8755]

Я из России! Полностью поддерживаю вашу точку зрения! Это было просто Небесное явление! ,,Заводные апельсины,, образца 74г, равно как и,, Аякс,, тех лет остались в моём сердце навсегда!Спасибо ИМ.... Спасибо вам, что тоже помните!..

[@TheMarkyMarx]

Me too, I was 10 and it was the 1974 WC and the Dutch team where I fell in love with the game.

[@robertalbrethsen5392]

some of the best,only we dont see more,players to busy with money

[@jordanmcaulay4996]

This was the best footballing side ever assembled.Holland didn't need to win as they were everyone's champions in the final. Lots of respect from Glasgow......

[@ordemeprogresso727]

What a bunch of criminals on the field, most overhyped group with no reason 🤷‍♂🤦

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

I was an eleven year old schoolboy when I watched this world cup on TV here in Glasgow.When Holland, lost the final I went into the toilet crying for them. There will never be another like that team...R.I.P Mr Cruyff and Mr michels.

[@poupard1963]

I was 11 as well, watching the final in a restaurant with my parents in a small town in Normandy and just like you I cried after they lost. Your comment brought back some overall good memories.

[@GordonWilkinson-t8b]

me too - the year i fell in love with football and Cruyff

[@GordonWilkinson-t8b]

In Glasgow too

[@starmersbarber]

I'm also Southside Glasgow! I was 7 and it was my first retained football memory. I remember so many of the Dutch games in that World Cup. It was dream football to me. I remember playing football with my pals immediately after the final. Jongbloed had headed the ball outside the area....and we all wanted to do that in our game! I feel privileged to have had that magnificent team as my first inspiration. Holland '74, Hungary'54 and Brazil'82 must be close to being the greatest ever world cup teams despite not winning.

[@starmersbarber]

I'm laughing away at the wee Glasgow Holland '74 appreciation society in these posts!!

[@Veaseify]

Rensenbrink hardly ever gets mentioned in lists of top footballers but he was voted Anderlechts greatest ever player and they have had some brilliant ones. 143 goals in 262 games as a genuine left winger is incredible, goodness knows how many assists he made as well...

[@jrothweldo7]

Your right but he didn't get the credit because he was in Cruyffs shadow

[@HelgeKS]

Greatest penalty taker in history. Missed two in his whole career.

[@sirrealreal]

I hink he is still considered the best player in belgian league ever in belgium...

[@brianmorley7165]

I remember watching Ajax playing Arsenal in the European cup in the seventies the days before social media I sat there open mouthed I’d never seen football played like that before one word Beautiful!

[@Joanlow1440p]

Manchester United will do this Next year. And that left footed left wing thats been missing will activate Manchester United's Total Football. But as great as the Netherlands, United will also fall short, maybe to Arsenal.

[@oooSoundOfLifeooo]

What a WONDERFUL attitude !!! Love the celebration... ;o)) Let me tell a story: 1974, as a kid (8), I was in Germany, invited to watch the final with a bunch of people massed around a TV, at least 15 in all, and everybody was rooting for the national team... except me. I was, to the bewilderment of everyone present, for the Netherlands. They couldn't understand. I had heard all the other matches on the radio, at home (we didn't have TV when I grew up), and somehow I had gathered that Holland played the best football, so I was for them. And was duly disappointed when in the end it didn't pan out for them, and I couldn't really enjoy the victory of our national team... unforgettable memory. Things have changed a bit since then, but I still have a hard time when both teams are part of a competition! Cheers & greetings from Germany !!!

[@mjb4983]

Beautiful story

[@SacstateCKI]

thank you for sharing, it's a great story

[@bernarddzialach3104]

I'm French man and during my teenage, Holland 74 was my favorite team.Especially Johnny Rep who came to play in St Étienne.

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

I was at the European cup final of 1976 when St Etienne lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich.There were at least 50,000 St Etienne fans in Hampden park.+All the Glasgow people were supporting St Etienne.......It was a great night except for the result.....

[@philipmuschett4084]

What a great team the 74' 78'

[@dfstarborn]

I'm Irish and no team will ever come close to the 1970 team with Pele in it the greatest of all time.. Best.. Maradona was the best to watch alongside Ronaldo de Lima the phenomena. Holland only played a slower version of Brazils tika taka style football and because they got cocky they got beaten..

[@davidmcmahon5234]

​@@philipmuschett4084hundred percent Phillip should have won a world 🌍 cup Holland have lost three world 🌎 cup finals actually had them backed in the one in South Africa at nine to one at the start of the tournament best chance came to aren robben keeper saved it unfortunately for me lol 😊

[@arronblack67]

Wim Jansen part of this amazing side. A Celtic legend also! RIP Wim 🍀🇳🇱

[@2006canna]

What a team🙏. Respect. Regards from Italy.

[@arthurmark2013]

As a Polish kid, I was watching the final: I cried after the Dutch lost. That team was just unbelievable as was Ajax.

[@rankobarensic]

Thank you sashad❤🙏I'm Feyenoord fan btw..Szymanski love him❤ and Dudek and Smolareks🙏🙏🙏

[@niklas.wagner]

Did you also cry after the second round?

[@robklerks9348]

45 years ago, the Dutch team played a game, which was never seen. Even now 45 years later, goosebumps popup, enjoying the best game ever played. Without a higley deserved Cup, we are proud citizens, because these players served such a beautiful game. Not just for Holland, but the whole world could enjoy the new style of footbal. It's the beginning of the current play of the teams that play under Pep Guardiola. He learned from the master Johan Cruijff. As a player and coach, he always had one mission, enjoy the public, they pay lots of money to come to see you. And so he did, he started with Ajax, did the same at Barcelona. And touched all players because they all got better than they were before. Holland will once win the world title, all I hope for that it is with playing the best game ever. The best game isn't hidden in a Cup, but in the legs of the artists.

[@jorgedisalvo5277]

There's no other country in the world that deserves to win a World Cup more than Holland!!!

[@johnmccann8319]

The Dutch team made love to the game of footall.Unfortunately nothing lasts forever.Holland gave the world something special just like Brazil had done in 1970.MAGICAL MOMENTS that we can look back and say wow thank God I witnessed such beauty on a football pitch 💚

[@SsemTexx]

If there was a record for losing finals, the Netherlands would be second.

[@onswesleyy4866]

haha funny guy....

[@riccardoventurato5321]

Netherlands lost 3 finals Germany lost 4, so..... you right

[@v10cylinder]

@@riccardoventurato5321 Good to know that we also won the championship 4 times :)

[@barfuss2007]

@sSemTeXx and which team was most in finals? ;-)

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

@@riccardoventurato5321 I think the joke also means Netherlands is good at losing that they can't even win at losing 😂😭

[@ghostsd6346]

I want to thank the creators of these videos about great clubs & international sides as well as great players of the past. These help us current generation of fans to understand the importance these teams & players had in the past. Also these great teams have been influencing many of the great teams of present too. Thank you

[@tago69mago]

Remember watching this world cup as a 10 year boy in England. Fell in love with the Dutch team and was gutted when they lost the final. Even got a Holland football strip for xmas that year.

[@musherX]

I loved them so much, my family named our first dog Cruyff.

[@ragazzi25]

what beautiful team Holland was in the 70s...respect from France

[@marioroth2987]

Holland ist the mother of modern ticki taka..Johan Cruyff is the great father ....Rip Johan ...from a big fan...live in "Duitsland!"

[@walesdad]

A terrific film and every word is true.That Netherlands team were revolutionaries and everybody,bar the fans of their opponents,loved them.Easily,easily the greatest team never to have won the World Cup and easily,easily one of the greatest international teams ever.

[@RaymondvanGelderen]

The evening is still young.

[@mohsenkhani8320]

The Dutch of 74 were the greatest team in history of football with one of the absolutely best and most genius players to have ever played in Johan Cruyff. There will never be another one like him.

[@dfstarborn]

You'd make a good comedian.. No team will ever be as good as Brazil's 1970 side with Pele the greatest player ever by a country mile.

[@albertboom7870]

@@dfstarborn hahahaah pele give me a break

[@dfstarborn]

@@albertboom7870 Yeah I know Pele breaks all the records 3 wc medals and he won all the big leagues in south america along with conquering european teams at both club and national level. Scored well over 1000 goals and a lot of the time on donkey pitches with no protection from the refs. R7 and Messi, please sit down.. R9 de Lima was better than those two overpaid mercenaries who stayed in la liga the most weakest defensive league in europe.. Messi would flop playing in Italy, he chose to stay in his comfort zone in Spain and gets found out at national level. R9 de Lima scored 15 goals a world record that the time for most goals scored in world cups. He has two world cup winners medals and should have had 3.. He has 2 copa america winners medals and Messi doesn't even have one. He couldn't even win the copa america??? R9 also got player of the year for Inter Milan.. Now R9 didn't look after himself as good as the other two and suffered three career threatening injuries because of lifestyle and going to Italy to soon but he was still way more explosive, dynamic and skillful than the other two put together. Touch off Messi or R7 and they get a free kick.. Maradona has one world cup winners medal and won the italian league virtually on his own twice and was named player of the year 4 times in the Serie A the toughest defensive league in the world. Italy have 4 world cup winners medals because of their fantastic ability to defend. Sit down!

[@bach5861]

Don't forget about Hungary-1954 and Brazil-1958

[@teunio501]

@@dfstarborn In 1974 Holland had a population of only 13 million people. Brazil 94 million people and Germany 79 million people. In perspective it's an enormous achievement what the Dutch accomplished.

[@JBKNL]

I missed this, born in '84. But i had a DVD about the WC '74. Their offside trap seemed to working really great too. Hardly trapping just 1 player but sometimes even 4 opponents offside. That is great timing

[@meirionowen5979]

I remember as a 10 year old watching the Netherlands at this world cup. I spent the whole summer trying to learn the Cruyff turn. The whole team were fantastic though. Because of this team, after my home country Wales, I always support the Netherlands in all tournaments. I still love the way the way the Dutch play.

[@JBKNL]

Cheers buddy. I hope you did master the turn =)

[@koreyleigh2733]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@alvinsiwft1234]

After all these years we talk more about Holland than Germany 74 or Argentina 78

[@aniruddhaniranjan8924]

@Peter Kelner This was good to hear; Yes what you contribute to the game is more than stats or championships

[@grosbec1698]

same as Hungary 1956 ... legends don't care about records, esthetic is something different

[@bigeral6436]

You should read about "La Máquina" of River Plate. The Argentinian predecessor of Total Football, in the 40s. Muñoz-Moreno-Pedernera-Labruna-Loustau. Coached by Renato Cesarini and Carlos Peucelle. From this team, legends like Alfredo Di Stéfano and goalkeeper Amadeo Carrizo were born.

[@lessavini]

...and Brazil 82 more than Italy.

[@marcotagliavini9128]

@@lessavini but Paolo Rossi more than Brasil 82...

[@joememphis1571]

The Netherlands 🇳🇱 have always had some very talented and superlative players over the decades such as Johan Cruyff, Piet Keizer, Bennie Müller, Ruud Krol, Johnny Rep, Ruud Gullit, Marco Van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf, The DeBoer Twins, amongst many others.

[@Kleermaker1000]

And, apart from Gullit, no Feyenoord players Feyenoord? Only Ajax players? Don't make me laugh. I'll mention them for you: Van Hanegem, Moulijn, Jansen, Israel, Laseroms, Rijsbergen, Van Persie, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gaston Taument, Mario Been, to name a few. There were also some excellent PSV players: Willy van der Kuijlen, René van de Kerkhof, Willy van de Kerkhof, Jan van Beveren, Mark van Bommel and quite some more.

[@joememphis1571]

@@Kleermaker1000 That’s why I mentioned amongst many others not just exclusive to Ajax. Apparently you lack reading comprehension skills.

[@Kleermaker1000]

@@joememphis1571 But why did you only mention Ajax players (andGullit), even Benny Muller? There's nothing wrong with my "comprehension skills", but rather with yours.

[@joememphis1571]

@@Kleermaker1000 🤡😆😂🤣🤷‍♂️ the other players you had mentioned were also great and very gifted in their respective positions and eras so my reading skills aren’t lacking.

[@Kleermaker1000]

@@joememphis1571 The problem is that you don't see the point. Anyway, have a great new year. 🙂

[@bh1422]

The Dutch development academies have the reputation of being some of, if not, the best in the world. Their basics are extremely sound and that is the foundation of their football and can be seen in all their national players.

[@carloszerbinatti3515]

i was so lucky to be born in the sixte's,i could watched Pele, maradona, Johan Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Kevin Keegan,Michel Platini, Lato, Roberto Bettega,Dino Zoffi, et,etc,etc, thank you the best game in this planet.

[@darwinism14]

Haven’t you noticed that there were 3 football teams with Legendary Status, Hungary’54 Holland’74. Brazil’82 and yet none of these teams won the world cup? Yet, these teams inspire the footbal dreamers.

[@alexleong7041]

Most painful for the Hungarians, they never recovered after communist took over.

[@ajb1149]

You don't think Brazil'70 were legendary?

[@stargazeronesixseven]

Agreed! 🌷🌿🌍⚽️

[@samuraininjarockstar9355]

The 3 most inventive and stylish teams ever, don’t get me wrong Brazil 70 were awseome but Brazil 82 were more imaginative, you take the ten best players in the world in the 1980s 5 of them were in the Brazil 82 side Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Junior & Eder ……

[@nickgavriil4327]

@@ajb1149 we are discussing the teams that never won it....u dumb bro?

[@Rorynes]

Maradona had said in an interview that Holland 74 was the best team ever had seen.

[@2211949]

maradona was only 13 years so you can not count his opinion as reality.

[@Rorynes]

@@2211949 Television I believe existed in Argentina in 1974 so he could watch.Also 4 years later he saw Holland in Argentina

[@seltaeb9691]

Didn't win it tho..

[@juliobauer7451]

Unfortunately they didnt win the cup....different story if..... Brazil was in 1970..then argentina was 1986....nobody before and after bottom line...cruyff was phenomenal..nobody could touched him in the 70s......

[@stephenvalente3296]

They were an amazing team, and the best team to never win the World Cup. This was also the first tournament I ever recall watching as a child.

[@martinham5879]

I am a Dutch,and at that time I was eleven jears old,and I can remember all the game,s ,to me they where god,s,defending ouer country.When they did played the final,against Germany,I was on the football field,alone,because all holland watched the game,and kicked the bal into the gaol,hoping holland scored the equalizer....it never happened...but one day...I am Shure holland will become world champion...and then,I am that boy again,of eleven jears old

[@manueldi928]

I remember after that World Cup as a kid, I used to have imaginary games, playing by myself, between West Germany and Holland. Not my own country Argentina! In my eyes, we were not a super power. Funny enough, the very next World Cup at home, we ended up winning it. Also against you know who: Holland. But what great teams those Dutch teams in the 70's were. They brought a new brand of football to the world. I would love to see them winning a World Cup soon, cause they really deserve it.

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

I was born in 1963 too.I watched this tournament and it is the best tournament that ive seen.Holland were from another planet and even my old mother who hated football wanted the Dutch to win.Im Scottish and my 2nd team were Ajax and my 2nd country became Holland.And to this very day Ajax and Holland are the 2 best teams assembled.Even though Holland never won the world cup they won the whole world over.Barca are a clone of this Dutch side.............+I still have to this very day an Orange T-Shirt with Johan Cruyff on it and i still wear it.

[@juanfran579]

In those times we used to play football as kiddies one against one, shifting the ball from one foot to the other pretending to be two complete football teams: Now Germany attacking, Breitner plays to Schwarzenbeck ( left foot to right foot ) to Hoeness ( left foot ) and goal. After ten minutes the other guy was attacking the goal: Rensenbrink to Neeskens and Cruyff. The results were often 4 to 6 or other unbelievable results. Anyway, we've had incredible scores in real football, too.

[@mohicanmowl]

I am not even close to being a Dutch but I've always supported Netherlands. To me it is another kind of football, it's poetry, it's passion. I do not care if we Will never win a World Cup, I am proud of supporting Oranje. In 2014 I had the opportunity to Watch them live in three group matches (you Remember what happened), and it was by far the best experience of My Life. And the Jersey, oh My gosh isn't it beautiful?!

[@twillis449]

An excellent documentary. I was living in the Netherlands in 1974 - that summer was an experience I still remember in detail. Most of the Dutch first XI were international quality players with the exception of the goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed. Every ball that came his way was an adventure - luckily he didn't have to make saves very often - LOL. Interesting to see interviews with Krol, Van Hanagen. Rensenbrink etc and see what they look like today. Wim Rijsbergen, also interviewed in the film, came from Leiden and I was at the Leiden railway station when he arrived back from the world cup - a big crowd was there to greet him and he came out of the station entrance in his Dutch blazer with a big bouquet of flowers.

[@jamesfagan7823]

This Dutch team changed football forever it was a privilege to watch them the best teams that never won the world cup

[@philipcarthy2977]

This was my first world cup I remember and boy these guys were very special

[@tavinho779]

Grandes times, realmente inesquecíveis como Holanda de 74 e Brasil de 82, times mágicos que não conseguiram ganhar a taça.

[@boonkgang5802]

RIP JOHAN

[@peterecos634]

Indeed.

[@dracso6058]

yes, i miss him as dutch man, we all love him.

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

An incredible footballer. No 14 on his back was the No1 player ever.

[@DariusSarrafi]

Personally, I consider Johan Cruyff to be the greatest footballer of all time!

[@SpursFanCanada]

I put him second behind Maradona,but thats just my opinion..

[@zouheirnagati7118]

Moi aussi je considère Cruyff comme le meilleur joueur de foot Ball de tous les temps

[@sergioadrianginer536]

Johan Cruyff considered Alfredo Di Stefano as the greatest and his reference. It is probably a matter of skin: Cruyff and Di Stefano were white, Maradona rather brown and Pelé black. To me the order is as follows: Maradona, Pelé, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Di Stéfano, Cruyff, Gullit, Romario, Ronaldo the brazilian, and Ronaldinho Gaúcho

[@arthurthistlewood1225]

His vision of football lives on through Guardiola

[@denismccarthy5564]

I'm Irish and agree with you.johan Cruyff was the Greatest

[@butzee]

As an English kid i was 10 in 74 so they were my team for 74 and 78! They played England's fiercest rivals W Germany and Argentina and lost both times. Was a sad boy after both finals!

[@SirBorisHayter]

I was a teenager but the same.

[@JonahJojoTheMan]

Dutch football in the early 1970s was wonderful. And the national team of 74 just confirmed it. It was the most beautiful football of those days and perhaps it still is today. The "Totaalvoetbal" strayeg, both defending and attacking is still effective today. I remember that as a young man, I coached Sub-13 and Sub-15 teams in high school and used exactly this tactical strategy to assemble my teams. And it worked very well. People were surprised, but they said it was beautiful to see. Curiously, we were runners-up two years in a row in two categories, losing 4 decisions on penalties. Football was beautiful, but lacked a bit of luck. My respect and affection for Dutch football remains and my greatest idols are still Cruijff and Neeskens. R.I.P. Cruijff.

[@uriaheepkaz6]

Johan The genius!! I am 64...Can't get enough of '74 team......

[@Herman47]

Johann Cruyff was one classy gentleman.

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

I found most of the Dutch people lovely and pleasant people, respect to Holland from the UK.

[@dh760]

the netherlands have brought so much to football. without the netherlands football would be totaly different. they deserve at least one worldcup.

[@barfuss2007]

it was in their own hands...

[@harryhirsch8527]

Holland deserves nothing...if you do not have it you do not deserve it!

[@wimpiehousenga6361]

@@harryhirsch8527 What did Holland not have in 1974? Best team ever joker. They still talk about it. They still talk about total football. A lof of today coaches still talk about Cruijff. He was ahead of his time. Not always the best teams win.

[@donfabiola5384]

G E R M AN Y VS. BRASIL 7:1

[@wimpiehousenga6361]

@@donfabiola5384 7:1 was lucky.

[@mjb4983]

This by far the best ever football documentary. I was heartbroken when we lost

[@stephenreeds3672]

We all were in UK too.

[@franciscarlosramalho1410]

Sou brasileiro e admiro muito essa seleção, acho uma injustiça a Holanda nunca ter vencido a copa do mundo.

[@ora610]

Netherlands Made History .. Netherlands is the most beautiful legend in history ... Dutch creativity is bigger than all the cups Dutch ball ... the big teacher I'm egyptian

[@johnsean122]

SH SH nope brazil is the most beautiful legend in history netherland was good but not even close to brazil

[@ora610]

The creativity of the Dutch .. does not compare .. The Netherlands invented the modern football played by everyone since the seventies Until then.. Netherlands is not just an excellent generation of wonderful players Read about Total football

[@ora610]

Then ask yourself why...fifa has given the Dutch genius Renos Michelez the title of the greatest coach in history ..although he is not the most winning .., although he did not win the World Cup maradonna said Netherlands greatest team ever

[@populierendreef]

Great man...so true

[@thomasnehrmann5051]

@@ora610 Really? Maybe you haven't read about the Austrian team from the 1930's or heard about a certain Hungarian team from the '50's (the first to use a 'false 9')...And actually, Bayern were playing 'total football' well before anyone else...I hope Egypt make it to a World Cup😐

[@edwardandrews2618]

I remember watching this game so vividly as if it was yesterday!) I was 16 at that time. I was rooting for Holland and I remember being so frustrated when they lost!)... Oh, well!) There are games you never forget. That game was one of them.

[@praveenliverpool]

Holland is the Unluckiest Team in Football History.Should have at least won one world cup.

[@MrPursuivant]

this is no "unluck" - they have got no balls

[@Ruimte8]

you must be Belgian...

[@hghse3243]

ASMR-fan share islam

[@undyingknowledge7818]

I agree, and I hope honestly they win it one day. To add on to their various nicknames (the orange clockwork, orange machine, the flying Dutchmen, the best team to have never won a world cup) they should add, "the cursed ones" cuz its really like they are under a curse to still have yet to win a WC. But again, I really hope they do one day.

[@twoluckyone]

Yes, absolutely true

[@athenaminerva8954]

The Netherlands 1974. Brazil 1982. Hungary 1954. The most exciting teams of all time.

[@HalStargazer]

holland were a fantastic team in that era. incredible football and wonderful long range shooting. i've had a soft spot for them ever since and i'd love them to win a world cup

[@Ruda-n4h]

Holland basically played a 1-3-3-1-2 with Aarie Haan as the sweeper and Cruyff ‘in the hole’.

[@LambertusVogelzang]

That 1974 tournament was so impressive and unforgettable. Now I am 64 but I still remember all goals of the Dutch team. And being 14 years young at that time, I felt so sad that we lost against the Germans in the final match. Let's hope one day Holland will be the world championship, still as a compensation for the unnecasary loss in the finals of 1974.

[@carlosrodolfo4723]

Two soccer teams that were the best of all time, the Netherlands of 1974 and Brazil of 1982. Excellent players, incredible matches did, but unfortunately they could not be world champions in the respective cups they played. That's football!

[@vini952002]

This Dutch team was formed a week before the World Cup in a German hotel. The coach just gathered the top Ajax and feeyenord players and spoke to play a lot. just contrary to what the press usually discloses.

[@carlosdivito3276]

Esa selección Holandesa, fue mi despertar al fútbol, y Johan Cruyff mi ídolo junto a Diego Maradona!! gracias por tanta Magia. desde Argentina los saludo y los abrazo.

[@chello70]

Very good team....for sure!!! They went down in history.... But, with all do respect... Brazil 1982 still my favorite team of all time.

[@chromeheart6597]

The 74 side and 82 Brazil side would be the greatest match ever .The bests sides rarely win cup competitions.

[@Leofiora]

'' Mas importante que ganar una final , es que 50 años después el publico siga hablando de lo bien que jugamos ''

[@TruthTriumphs777]

Came here after Maradona praised them. Maradona admired them.

[@rachidelmrini7101]

Me too.

[@PincoPallino-zh8wm]

Maradone also snorted coke all day long..

[@leedsboy64]

im 54 and watched football for 47 of them this team played the best football i have ever seen

[@ruatoomey9107]

I think Dennis Bergkamp would be one of the greatest players ever, along with Cruyff.

[@luclucas9262]

Dont forget Marco van Basten!

[@tomduggan51]

Classic Football, Thanks for a superb documentary with lots of unique background footage. I remember the 1974 World Cup and particularly Holland's games against Brazil and the final against West Germany. RIP Johan Cruyff.

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

as it was with spain, it will come to the netherlands one day. as a german, im not afraid to say that ill look forward to that day ( or more the team) - it will be nice to watch, thats for sure (:

[@mojebi3804]

"Nobody remembers second place" Not always true!

[@aidansemple6355]

you just have remembered 2nd place!

[@lorenzocostanzo1391]

In my opinion the best Team ever. To pay testament to my affirmation, this Squad is cited in EVERY soccer television commentary since then. Defenders attacking, the off-side tactic, the all-out pressure, the players interchanging their position on the pitch, the sweeper-keeper and so on. Then there were the characters: Krol, Jongbloed, Van Hanegem. The innovators:Haan, Neeskens, Rep. The most underrated ever:Rensenbrink. The best european ever:JC14. Rinus Michels' Total Voetbal. Kisses from Italy.

[@lorenzocostanzo1391]

Post Scriptum: Best player ever: Diego Armando Maradona: not even close.

[@j.f.2913]

For you, OK. But objectively, results of throrough university research ranked them 6th. And you will be very much surprised by the winner - but that is deserved. See, www.bbc.com/sport/football/36387046

[@grosbec1698]

cult team of the 70ies. I was playing football at that time and team mates and I all pretended to be the Dutch side, We had Cruyjff, Rep and Rensenbrink, I was Krol. Holland was so inspirational, we even won some local championships :-)

[@lakmeister]

How cruel history can be,reoeated itself in 82 WC You should never be cocky,ends in disaster!! But great to watch 👍⚽️

[@kevanbrown7620]

I was young when the '74 finals were played but i can remember Holland's games as my late father had told me to watch this amazing player called Johann Cruyff. Cruyff is definitely 1 of the all time greatest player's. He was so intelligent, a very forward thinking person who was a huge part of total football. Cruyff's influence can be felt in the Barcelona team under PEP, the Spanish team from 2008-2012 and Manchester City's all conquering team winning 5 Premier League's out of the last 6, 4 League Cups, Domestic Treble, Centurions, Champions League and the Treble. I loved watching Holland in both the '74 and '78 World Cups. Player's like Cruyff, Rep, Rensenbrink, Neeskens, Rudi Krol, Arie Haan amongst others. I believe Holland were the best team of the '74 World Cup, although they lost it in the final to hosts West Germany. I don't think Holland scoring in the first minute really helped the team, as they have said, some player's wanted to hold onto the lead and just defend, which wasn't Holland's game, and others wanted to go on and get another goal to make sure. Cruyff was a star, he even got that infamous turn named after him, 'The Cruyff Turn'. In '78 without Cruyff Holland were brilliant again, losing out again in the final to hosts Argentina. I believe Holland were the international team of the '70s. Their influence is still felt today.

[@meirionowen5979]

I was 11 at this time, but Holland had me fixated all summer. Never forget it-the best team ever.

[@juliantaylor2223]

A wonderful story. Ok they fell just short in 74…but for a small nation to produce such a powerful team with a flowing free style was remarkable.

[@valdirgomes9179]

Seleção da Holanda surpreendeu grande equipe e comandada com estilos parecia que jogavam de terno e gravatas.

[@Fidelio1814]

L'équipe nationale de football des pays-bas ! La plus grande formation de football jamais constituée ! La décennie 70 a produit le plus beau jeu de football de tous les temps ! L'Ajax Amsterdam! C'était un régal de voir jouer cette formation! Les Pays-Bas ont joué deux finales ! 1974 : Face au pays organisateur, l'Allemagne, C'était difficile.. Le grand regret des amoureux du football ! 1978 : Face encore au pays organisateur. Là, je suis plus que circonspect ! L' Argentine du général Vidella a fait ce qu'il fallait ! Les amoureux du foot me comprendront ! Merci Mrs Cruyff, Rep, Neeskens, Rensenbrink, etc... Vous nous avez régalés ! Nous vous avons tant aimés !

[@EmmaPeelman]

What a fantastic documentary. Thanks a mil, Classic Football.

[@toto-2442]

J’étais un gamin français en 74 et un ado en 78. La Hollande était pour moi la meilleure équipe à cette époque. Dommage qu’elle soit tombée sur l’Allemagne et l’Argentine qui ont joué leurs finales à domicile. En tant que fan de Saint Étienne, j’adorais Johnny Rep. Mais mon idole a été et restera pour toujours Robby Resenbrink.

[@danielcreveuil9811]

bonjour, même topo, sauf que je préférais Rep Jhonny

[@zest5977]

pareil , pour moi que Sainté à vie, et même passion pour les Néerlandais de cette époque . Je n'ai jamais retrouvé le même plaisir par la suite. quel football. Rensenbrick était phénoménal aussi avec Anderlecht et méritait son ballon d'or quand Beckenbauer l'a reçu par copinage. comme Messi en 21.

[@vrien5686]

Mooi gesproken makker.

[@rogerstephenroth8073]

Holland is the greatest team to never win a World Cup

[@FriedrichKNobel]

Nope, Hungary 1954 is. But the Dutch 1974 took the loss like real men and said, they blew it by themselves. Honest footballers.

[@rogerstephenroth8073]

@@FriedrichKNobel Hungary only made it to the world cup final once, but Holland is a 3 time world champion runner up finishing second place 3 times 1974,1978,2010 and the women's team also finished 2nd place this year in the women's world cup losing to the United States in the women's game. The 1954 team may not have won, but they were Olympic champions for me they were the best team in the world even though Germany won the World Cup that year, everyone knew Hungary was the team that really deserved it to win that year. I would say Holland also deserved to win in 1974,1978 as well. I think Spain vs Holland in South Africa 2010 was a toss up and if Holland had won over South Africa it would have been deserved as well, even if Spain was a great team.

[@FriedrichKNobel]

@@rogerstephenroth8073 Well if you look at Holland as a footballNATION you are right. They are the best of all the teams never winning it. But i meant the best single TEAM in are World Cup not winning it and i think the Hungarians in 54 were that. BTW the Germans are the Partybreakers all the time. 54 Hungary, 74 the Dutch, 90 Maradonas 2nd title, 2014 Messis title....

[@34Packardphaeton]

.. What about Hungary in 1954 ?

[@rogerstephenroth8073]

@@FriedrichKNobel Well Holland was not world champion in 1974,1978 but they were for many the best team in the world those years despite losing to Germany and Argentina. 2010 Holland also got unlucky with Spain, but Spain with their respect was a great team so it could have gone either way. Holland is a team that did deserve to be world champion especially during Johan Cruyf time.

[@anthonyleighton4754]

for the size of country - the dutch punch well above their weight

[@philippestoffels8150]

it's hard to realize that several players in this team as Rensembrink played in my country in Belgium. in that time.. IMPOSSIBLE NOWADAYS

[@FootballTheDadstalk]

My favourite team of all time, fell in love with the dutch national team from watching videos of this team

[@peterecos634]

To me, the Dutch were the '74 world champs, best team ever. I'm from South America so it takes a lot to admit that. Brazil is the best soccer power, but as far as specific squads go, Cruyff's was the best. Ever.

[@xaviervega468]

1970 Brazil would have smoked this team.

[@ilias4609]

Xavier Vega Dont think so. These players won everything on the highest level 3 europa cups in a row. They were a way more balanced team and brazil 70 wouldnt have had a chance against total football. The way the dutch changed positions was just amazing to see.

[@johnsean122]

ilias everyone know this team only clown for brazil 1970 bro

[@johnsean122]

ilias search you can on google but everyone agree if brazil 1970 is the greatest and netherland 1974 only clown for brazil 1970

[@donnyannessa654]

People tend to glorify teams of the past. For me Holland 74 would win against brazil 70. This is not based on individual skill, but tactics.

[@antoniocarrascosa6060]

Beautiful ! What a great players and coach...

[@hugodrax71]

if only they hadn't tried to humiliate the Germans in Munich and just played their normal game...

[@justclosing]

+hugodrax71 I was rooting for Holland in that game, but they got a little bit too arrogant. As far as I'm concerned, that's the main reason they lost...too over-confident.

[@tigerarmyrule]

No they lost because a fine and under rated German team beat them.

[@hugodrax71]

It was a fine German team (not sure about underrated - they were reigning Euro champions)...but the Dutch were better...better football and, man for man, had the more gifted players...after scoring so early in the final they tried to taunt Germany in their own home, in front of their own people...they forgot they had a job to do in Munich. As Ruud Krol said "By the time we woke up, it was too late."

[@tigerarmyrule]

I don't totally disagree with you but if we were picking a team from both squads I think that all of Bonhof, Muller, Beckenbauer, Maier and Breitner woudl be on it. I loved the Dutch team and of course Cruyff was better than everyone at that world cup no argument but were they really man for man more gifted? Certainly not all of them.

[@hugodrax71]

My apologies, I wasn't clear...when I said man for man, I didn't mean every Dutch player was superior to every German player as that's clearly not the case (Maier, Beckenbauer, Overath, Muller)...it was more an overall assessment, that if you were to pick a team out of these two sides most people would select more Dutch players. I think Rensenbrink's injury also hit Holland in the final. He wasn't really fit to play and last just the first half. A fantastic player and so important in that '74 side. West Germany was better on the day, no question. They played the game, not the occasion, and they kept their heads when Holland scored in the first minute.

[@lastbaratheon8043]

I have to say the Dutch team have the most graceful play style and it's great to watch. Love it.

[@mosmit8648]

I liked Krol in 1974, and when he came back as a goalkeeper for the 2014 World Cup.

[@nachtmuis4776]

even maradonna said this is the greatest team ever

[@davids2742]

and maradona also said it would be even better if he had coached it

[@hommecanard]

Maradona also said "get off my fucking property" just before he shot a gun at some journalists

[@ramon1930]

maradona just only tells shitties

[@samanthnikoses503]

Maradonna is the Biggest Legend in History ,,no other player will reach him only Pele from Brazil and Messi will comes after him ..

[@ramon1930]

samanth Nikoses which about garrincha and Ronaldo?

[@spiccybaby]

In part of Scotland, because of Neeskens, whenever we ran out of Rizla we'd shout "Dutch Footaballer's!"

[@tonybates7870]

Oh, fucking brilliant! Nae skins!

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

Thers too much Green going about.Can you tell me where to get a bit of solid?...Castlemilk Glasgow 🤷‍♀️

[@rogerdeiss4172]

Am French and I was 12 in 1974…this team was my favorite one for years…they remained the king without crown…sadly…

[@just.luis6984]

I found this superbe video just the day a great legend left us...Farewell Johan Neeskens, your star will keep shining by Cruyff side . RIP Champion

[@davefisher9418]

That Dutch team was brilliant, played some superb football, I supported them in the World Cup, because England weren't there! RIP Johann Cruyff.

[@craigdiascd]

For me, the greatest team in history. Change the way he think and played football on the global stage. Thank you Clockwork Oranje.

[@iamtman1]

Can't be the best if you don't win ultimately.

[@harryhirsch8527]

bull

[@chrischarischaris2233]

@@iamtman1 Not always the best teams win

[@Ghost-by2wp]

I don't know, they lost in 74 against Germany and they lost in 76 against Czechoslovakia. Maybe their defence was too bad.

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

The first World Cup I can remember. I was in awe of the Dutch players. We had just got a colour TV which added to the magic. Amusing that Cruyff had his bespoke non-Adidas kit!

[@KirksCORNER1983]

Why you hating on adidas

[@kennethmarshall306]

Snap! On the colour TV.

[@croatianguy7073]

I love me some Netherlands. Great footballing nation.

[@joaquinurenaguzman6674]

Croatian Guy

[@freeradicalpanda]

Great video. They really founded the modern game... along with Beckenbauer

[@relaxpayourincometax]

I remember watching Saturday night football as a very young kid. This particular showing was England vs Holland. The program format was such that it always ended with summary action of the goals scored. There were 3 or 4 good goals in this match but they did not show any of them at the end. The program finished with a replay of Cruyff spinning the English forwards in his own goal area. I realised then how revered he was.

[@fredsolo730]

Well never underestimate an opponent even if you're by far the best

[@Oric007]

HOLLAND DESERVE AT LEAST ONE WORLD CUP

[@MrPursuivant]

dutch teams has no winning spirit. They never won a world-cup, because they had some good players, but never had a great international team.

[@Rogier7305]

They reached 3 WC finals and won the EURO's and you are talking about having no great international team? That little country is fucking awesome at playing proper football and produced amazing winning teams in club football and international too. And if we start to discuss the players they raised we need another hour. You need a bit of luck in the final too to win it eventually,

[@MrPursuivant]

Rogier7305 They reached 3 WC finals - and lost three times clearly - that´s what I meant.

[@RobBaartwijk]

You are an idiot sir.

[@RazerGonth]

yeh neeskeens,cruyff,kiezer,repp, wanst a gerat team...sir whats wrong with u.Netherlands being such a small nation produce such extraordinary players like the legend JOHAN CRUYFF

[@alexandredacostamittmann.5482]

Brasil 1982, Hungria 1954 e Holanda 1975 foram seleções que não ganharam as copas mas conquistaram o mundo.

[@wimpiehousenga6361]

Holland 1998.

[@zorradone]

74

[@ВладимирКапитан-ш2и]

2014 30 51

[@joehart7260]

I am from the UK but I loved that team more than any before or since. How I wish Holland would play total football again.

[@martydav9475]

Agree with every word.The Dutch were sublime. I remember Barry Davies' commentary drooling over them.

[@omnivorous65]

Right off the bat... That Dutch team was special. The way it mowed through their group in the second round eviscerating teams like Brazil and Argentina was something else playing a style of football that was groundbreaking. But here are my issues with that team: They should have never qualified for the world cup in 74. They advanced on the back of an offside decision against Belgium that was simply wrong. The fabled offside trap actually failed. If it wasn't for the erroneous decision by the referee Belgium would have been the qualifying team. Incidentally, an even more egregious mistake by the linesmen helped them against Germany in the final. Müller received a pass in the penalty area and scored when the Dutch defender was almost a length behind him. Holland set sprung their off-side trap and got the whistle. It should have been 3:1 by then. And when the most obvious foul in the penalty box occurred in the second half by a beaten defender the referee ignored it. That would have been most likely 4:1. One of the worst decisions in world-cup final history. In short, they had been lucky. They also had a defence that was immensely vulnerable with some fairly undisciplined defenders and a subpar goalie. Not to mention their almost stupid arrogance against Germany in the final where they were convinced that the title was a foregone conclusion. They chanted victory songs before the match in earshot of the German team. Against the reigning European champion stacked with world-class footballers.

[@michaelmattice4986]

I so want The Netherlands to be good again!

[@danpals7678]

My dad is Dutch and my mom is German and I am an American who was born and raised in Muenchen. I was 13 when I watched that final from our living room and I remember my dad giving me a hard time because I told him Germany would win. I was a huge Bayern Muenchen fan so there was no way I was pullin' for Holland, plus I just thought Beckenbauer and Mueller were too good to lose. Also the best goalie in Sep Maier. Can't win WC without world class goalie! Like Neuer.

[@barfuss2007]

you are 100% right

[@WritingGeekNL]

Dan Pals We had a world class goalie....Michels just did not chose him. We had Jan van Beveren, best Dutch keeper ever. If you just see some videos, unbelieable what he could.

[@TheAsa1972]

No your not your Dutch

[@aristotle736]

Dan Pals you called it !!! U da man.

[@ElCarboon]

You are a fucking disgusting mix breed fuckface

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

R.I.P Johan Cruyff

[@bro5800]

How many of you watched the final and dreamed to play in world cup?? I did..now almost 50 yrs later this just brings tears to my eyes.

[@amirparstabar3720]

I became a football fan as a 10 year old during the '78 world cup and I've been a Holland fan ever since. I want to see them win a world cup. Looking forward to the Holland Argentina rematch this Friday.