Total Football Explained

[@vincentsmith7428]

Johan Cruyff is probably the most influential and revolutionary figure in football history. He’s literally the father of modern football

[@CayetanoenJapon1980]

No

[@baldonatareno6517]

No

[@anthonyleal4782]

Yes

[@mmartijn78]

@@CayetanoenJapon1980 ofcourse he is. Madrid fan LOL

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Johan Cruyff learned it from Rinus Michels, who was the manager of Ajax, Barca and Dutch national team in the seventies.

[@fraykemar8524]

rip to legend and a revelutonary youhan Cruyff.

[@codymaiolini8864]

Johan Cruyff

[@rehaturgut]

Hendrik johannes cruijff

[@aanslag.geit123]

rea turgut donder op met alle verbeteringen Cruijff

[@otto_jk]

Yeehan Kruff

[@md.aminulhoque7145]

Johan Cruyff

[@jakemitchell2073]

Messi's 2011-12 season pls, how he scored 92 goals in a calendar year

[@gamestation9437]

COZ HE HE IS VERY FAST AND SKILLFUL GOOD AT DRIBBLING AND PLAYS IN A GREAT PASSING TEAM YOU DUMMY

[@DrunkMelon]

Perhaps not how he scored the goals but an analysis of why he was soo good in those years. And by the way, it's 91 goals

[@Andrewg820]

prime messi

[@Andrewg820]

@@gamestation9437 now he's old, make way for the youngsters

[@aaryanmehta4609]

Andrew Gunady lol u fool

[@thevoid99]

"ted lasso" brought me here. this is going to be a game-changer for ac richmond.

[@TeulingsTube]

As a Dutch Ajax fan, thank you so, so much!

[@Tifo]

You're very welcome! - Danny

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

As a Glasgow Celtic fan whos fans have a disagreement with the Ajax fans it was good to tell an Ajax fan online that my favorite 3 clubs were Celtic-Ajax-Everton.And the greatest player that i had seen was J.Cruyff and Ajax 71-72-73 was the best club side ever and Cruyff the the best player ever!!! That shut up this keyboard warrior from Amsterdam..

[@amvlogz5832]

Dutch coach elco shatori is now kerala balsters FC coach the best team with best crazy fans in asia

[@EstebanMataVargas]

As someone who loves football, thank you so much, random Ajax fan.

[@JamilAhmed-zi1dt]

A breakdown of LVG's famous Ajax team in 1995, would be great. As Bielsa himself said that Ajax team had reached footballing utopia. Great Work as always!

[@arisdelis1]

funny since Bielsa is a defensive minded Argentino...the Barca Stars Stoichov...Giovanni...SonnyAnderson hated VanGaal..Koeman got into a heated brawl with VG...imagine the Egos in that room...

[@benflanagan7354]

@@arisdelis1 bielsa is literally the god of high pressing. have you watched his leeds team.

[@ligerbeats6824]

@@benflanagan7354 Pressing??!!! Leave that to Klopp and Rangnick...you don't understand what Pressing is bro.

[@mmartijn78]

@@benflanagan7354 pressing? The General was. Rinus Michels

[@fabiyaanmir546]

​@@benflanagan7354where's he now

[@neurophilosophers994]

These videos are awesome. The best thing a manager can do is recognize players’ true positions and natural tactical talents instead of forcing one style of play.

[@mvdbergrede]

Last year under Peter Bosz you could see some of the elements of total football restored again in Ajax. A clear example which can serve as an illustration would be switching often from 4-3-3 to 3-4-3 when in possession (as was explaining in the video, with the libero stepping up into midfield). This was achieved either by one of the back four stepping up into midfield or both full backs stepping up and the defensive midfielder/deep lying playmaker (Lasse Schöne in this case) dropping deep to form a back three with the centre backs. It was a really interesting to see Lasse Schöne who had been playing as a winger or a CAM in previous years to pass the ball around with the centre backs looking for a pass forward to start an attack. Schöne had some problems if the opposition pushed aggressively, but against more defensive opponents it worked very well, suddenly providing the back three with a great range of passing and creativity to build up from the back. Anyway, great vid! Thanks from (as you might suspect from this post) the Netherlands and an Ajax fan!

[@DC-lr5qm]

Did Ajax under Peter Bosz struggle with long balls and man marking of midfield players and if so what did he change?

[@mvdbergrede]

They actually fared alright in that regard, before they met ManU. In Sánchez they had a defender with great pace and in Onana they still have a good sweeper keeper; those two dealt with long balls well enough usually. Against man marking sides the individual skills of Younes and Traore, who are both excellent dribblers, and the counter attacking opportunities caused by Ajax' aggressive pressing usually provided them with enough chances. But in comes ManU; the excellent defense put in place by Mourinho was too much, even with Younes and Traore's dribbles and furthermore immediately playing long balls meant Ajax' pressing didn't result in much. Even though ManU didn't create a ton of chances with their long balls, Ajax' very young and inexperienced defense was always prone to make some errors which Mourinho targeted very effectively. I like Peter Bosz, but truth be told, Mourinho just beat him tactically that match (although ManU having about six times the annual budget of Ajax (IIRC) also helped obviously).

[@Kisarez]

DC 96 Man marking could be a problem against Ajax last season, since there was so much mobility and pace by all players, they switched as well. Zonal marking could pose a problem since many players excelled in between the lines and small space (particularly Ziyech and Younes). It really depended on how well the team executed - Man Utd forced duels with Fellaini en Pogba winning most of them and Ajax lacked an answer. They also had trouble executing their creativity against Man Utd's excellent defence, and problems with pressing (Utd forced the long ball and personal duels)

[@DC-lr5qm]

Kisarez We tend to struggle more when we play Nuri Sahin and Castro as compared to Weigl and Dahoud now i see why!!! Thanks for your input.

[@kielutube]

DC 96 i dont think weigl solves the issue tbh as he is also not very mobile nor is he physically imposing, thus he is very prone to defending longballs/quick counterattacking runs. Though having so many injuries at the back doesnt help, Dortmund clearly need a true holding midfielder in the mould of a javi martinez. That should help in supporting the defence and puts less burden on the centrebacks in case of facing strong counterattacking teams

[@Neo24931]

Ted Lasso Triangle Offense

[@shaun3592]

TRY-ANGLE

[@RPM0SHIELD]

TRY-ANGELS

[@mannyg.18]

Just finished watching that episode 😂

[@Kisarez]

Great video. You can write a book on total football as a tactic and its history, but this was a good intro. Defenders were indeed not minding traditional defending, Michels and Cruijff preferred to think of the 'total' team defending without ball (the striker is the first to press, all will follow accordingly), or attacking as a whole. In the latter, it is explained why wingers were turned into backs by Michels and Cruijff (e.g. Krol was originally a winger) but also Van Gaal (Reiziger) and Bosz (Sinkgraven). They rely less on physical strength, more om technical prowess and tactical insight. Ronald Koeman is also an example, like Guardiola, both utilized as upcoming centrebacks by Cruijff. These players would have no stress like other defenders being pressed, since they were used to it as midfielders, is one of the things Cruijff thought. They could find solutions forward, play the ball deep, in contrast to defenders being primarily stoppers. It really is amazing to read about football tactics in earlier years and literally see the parallels and influence in modern day football.

[@samkrause745]

Anyone here after the newest Ted Lasso episode?

[@roomi_]

The role of Xabi Alonso (Liverpool/Madrid/Spain) I really feel deep-lying playmakers and defensive midfielders are generally overlooked on every channel here at KZbin. Please fix that.

[@vb2388]

Roomi Tarik True...A Great Video on Sergio Busquets or Andrea Pirlo would also be great..

[@roomi_]

VB MUTT They have done one on Pirlo - "What is a Regista" Honestly believe a video on Alonso is a MUST. Titles at Munich and Madrid. Champions League at Liverpool and Madrid. WC, Euros with Spain. He needs to be talked about. I didn't say Busquests because he has played in Barca all along. Alonso had different roles at different clubs. I would love to know more about them.

[@jannickhenry540]

For sure, totally agree

[@mariatalha3370]

I so agree with you. Deep lying playmakers and defensive midfielders are so under rated and they are so so crucial to the game. I would love for their role to be defined and be given a proper breakdown so people realise what exactly they do and how much.

[@victoramadi4613]

Roomi Tarik j

[@dida2006]

Don’t forget that Feyenoord was coached by Ernst Happel from Austria ( 1969-1973) who was raised during the heydays of the Wunderteam. He took this approach with him, influencing the development towards this style of play.

[@positivelyqueenjane3612]

Louis van gaal's Ajax circa 95 analysis please

[@gamestation9437]

WELL HE JUST BROUGHT THROUGH A BUNCH OF YOUNG TALENTED PLAYERS SIMPLE . BEING A GREAT MANAGER IS ABOUT HAVING A GREAT TEAM

[@iminaboxman]

@@gamestation9437 jesus mike why are you so angry

[@akhilbandi9463]

One line to describe Total Football: The way you play when you're playing football Video games

[@nostarbx5243]

wot wait what

[@will27ns]

I met Neeskens when he played with the Cosmos. Wonderful gentleman.

[@KUSHTEA]

Do a video on the Barca midfield of busquets, xavi and iniesta

[@P3128BRISTOL]

I will be your seconder - How they make space etc ..

[@omalone1169]

Kevin Cooper what are you willing to pay

[@DaggerofTime]

Busquets... Lmao

[@Andrewg820]

@Kevin Cooper Lol he went to Al Saad

[@Codered712]

One of the most boring midfields I've laid eyes on. Total Football is much more enjoyable than suffocatingly dry possession aka ticki-tacka. No thanks

[@tashrif46]

Johan Cruyff almost implemented 3-4-3 diamond for the Barcelona side of the early 90s known as the Dream Team, where the defensive midfielder in the diamond would almost drop back into the defence to spray passes and while the two center midfielders would cover the wings as they would not have had any wingbacks

[@bignerd5529]

Football is life, but a beautiful life is Total Football

[@technopigmusic]

please do tactics explained for Valencia 2017/18

[@aarona.7422]

Tifo Football is absolute genius!!! Can you please make a video on the Spanish National teams tactics from 2008 (Euro)-2010 World Cup thereto the 2012 Euro Cup (or whatever time frame you think best)?. I would really appreciate it. Thanks for all these magisterial uploads.

[@M4NA5]

This is the video that Ted Lasso actually watched in that American pub in Amsterdam.

[@IEUNITED1906]

Yup….Ted Lasso season 3 ep 6 brought me here

[@aabirbasu9635]

one football: aight here's a sponsorship tifo: "fairly comprehensive"

[@alexpiper5242]

Could you do a video of Marcelino's tactics. he's really turned Valencia around and was very solid at Villareal too

[@BenEstes55]

I'm here thanks to Ted Lasso

[@godfreydrummond3618]

Fantastic video, I have been waiting for this video for ages. Please could you do a Whiteboard Extra on Total Football please, which would Include the likes of Jack Reynolds, Vic Buckingham, Stefan Kovcas and Rinus Michels the coach of the Century, how the system has evolved from then until now with likes of Bielsa and Guardiola with their updated versions of the system thanks 🙂

[@Tifo]

Glad you enjoyed it my friend! - Danny

[@plentyofmalk9130]

BELIEVE.

[@youssefassem5263]

Been waiting for this video forever thank you so much

[@mesinbubut]

Jorge Sampaoli Tactics with Chile and Argentina

[@mohamad2698]

Didnt work with Argentina

[@lunkaborrevero4976]

For me the top three in the football worlds is Cruyff, Di Stefano, and Beckenbauer Their influence is remarkable

[@arkozyteark3537]

Sure

[@bighands69]

So no Ferguson, Shakely or Trapattoni.

[@jlumley]

Ted Lasso brought me here.

[@shaniell.mathur6372]

Amazing production , I love these videos

[@kunteper94]

It is said that the system came to born into football naturally, when Dutch players heard about their shares of winnings from dutch FA and mastercard, and couldn't hold their ground on the pitch because of excitement.

[@johanqin]

This was a great video, thank you for creating it!

[@julioberaldi1867]

the best tactical explanation about the Dutch carousel I saw, show!

[@felipecastanha9161]

Gremio 🤙

[@davidmccrae4497]

Anyone else here from Ted Lasso?

[@jaredflavel6800]

How will tactics evolve in the future video pleaseeeee

[@P0UTY1]

Follow up of El Dream Team and Guardiolas Barca

[@ovadba]

Love this content. Tifo are a huge inspiration for everyone who loves analysing the beautiful game

[@Sem_solos]

Rinus michels is the true father of modern football

[@johnbas5512]

You might analyse Ernst Happel´s Feyernoord of 1970 , the real inventor of Total Football, which was copied by Michels from '71 onwards. Btw: the term Total Football was used by the press , but never by the players themselves...

[@MrPyrophobia]

Who’s all watching this because of ted lasso?

[@jayseth]

Michels + Cruyff 👑👑

[@SIMONREMISH]

Video about what went wrong with Zidane on Wembley.

[@samd7718]

Repetitive attacking routines from Madrid, poor defensive shape, a lack of confidence from early in the game, poor supply to Ronaldo, a lack of physicality when dealing with the strong Tottenham players

[@samd7718]

Also missing key players, i.e. Varane, Carvajal, Bale

[@younggiio]

own goal, lucky deflection and a shot navas would’ve saved

[@doylekr]

Age and too young unexperienced players in position of missing players

[@h3nder]

Bad front 3,bad defending,not stopping the creative midfielders.Not stopping Kane.

[@ooowami]

I came back to this video because of how good Slot has made Liverpool. At first I was thinking hey he's breaking the mould of attacking football and he's about to evolve it to something we've never seen but couldn't shake the feeling that it is rooted in something I've seen before and here it is, it's Cruyff-ball.

[@vigneshkannan6636]

Excellent one ! can you do Rinus Michel's in a separate video ? Want to explore more about the FIFA COACH OF THE CENTURY !

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

Coach of all time, actually

[@thoyo]

Great video! Can you please cover the Gambetta style of dribbling from Argentina?

[@RichardFlores2K]

possession + position + pressing + technique + body + mind + creativity = TOTAL FOOTBALL

[@AndriyaPradiptaKarim]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@huyquang8420]

Netherlands - Total Football Italy - Catenaccio Spain - Tiki Taka

[@christianround2774]

England- Long ball to the big man up top.

[@huyquang8420]

@@christianround2774but it doesn't has a name

[@paulznumber1]

Huy Quang route one

[@haiderthahim3226]

Tika taka is made by Johan Cryuff.

[@mcd6163]

Tiki taka was highly inspired by Total Football

[@g00dbyemisterA]

Do a comparison of the Milan clubs. Why AC Milan appear toothless and Inter don't.

[@steadystats5188]

Nice explainer video! Love it!

[@siddharth587]

An analysis on busquets in deep I want people to be aware about the greatness of this guy❤

[@tamonanjester]

This is the Ted Lasso play, yeah? 🤣

[@kaushikpunyamurthula285]

Amazing video

[@Tifo]

Thank you!

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

Rinus Michels, the Sun Tzu of football

[@Pelerincha]

Referring to the spine , Neeskens was right half not center half which was Haan. The reason the Dutch lost to the Germans was that did not play total soccer with pressure. As van Hanegem stated the team had split in their thinking into two halves of which one halve wanted to go forward and the other wanted to move backwards.

[@andriyapradiptakarim5979]

Gegenpress + Kick & Rush + Tiki Taka = TOTAL FOOTBALL

[@adrindratazainal7115]

would love to see Spaletti's current Internazionale that broke team's record for most point after 11 games. this season's inter looked good. so good. too good.

[@sonyray3496]

It worked at that time but now with the vast development in football and tactics.These teams can be carved wide open with diagonal and long balls .Thats why pep and bielsa modified it .

[@beencozy9983]

Sony Ray and sarri.....

[@samudranilbasak334]

Video about Pep Guardiolas Barcelona. Great vid !

[@meghnadar9068]

Analysis of ac Milan during kaka 's time

[@franchino88]

Kaka was one of the best to ever do it

[@bangboom3260]

Just watched the Fl show on the box and learned of Hull's sad protest with the Tennis balls...U should make a video on it as I feel as football fans we should get behind them and learn more about it,it's a club i like very much but not my team...Anyways another great video,keep up the good work👊👍⚽❤

[@frozen1762]

Vasovic who was team captain of Ajax used to say later on after retirement that not Cruyff but Keizer was the best player of that team. I always found that strange, don't know was there any animosity between the two.

[@Rorschach1030]

Can you do Alex Ferguson at Aberdeen please?

[@justintuccer447]

Bruce Arena's tactics at the 2002 World Cup with the USMNT. Yes, players like Mathis, Friedel, O'Brien, Donovan, Beasley and Reyna helped us achieve a quarterfinal finish after finishing last in 1998, but Donovan and Beasley were only 20 and everybody else, besides Reyna, played far better than their skill level. Arena got the team to perform as a collective unit and greatly helped Donovan and Beasley, more so Donovan, grow up quickly on the pitch. Donovan went from a decent performance against Portugal to being the best player on the pitch against Germany. If only he could have put away one of his chances against Khan. If only....

[@rusty111fire]

If Cruyff saw Barca today he would cry

[@PakitoG13]

Keep up the great work!!

[@leonidas0242]

thanks been waiting for this

[@godfreydrummond3618]

Ernst Happel video would be fantastic too, keep up the great works chaps.

[@daspranabesh]

Fantastic video. Can you make a video on Man city's unbelievable close control and passing.

[@mckoybanton5342]

Ernesto Valverde 's Barcelona tactics

[@yashmane13]

Mckoy Banton 1. Pass to Messi 2. See step 1

[@ajayrawat8792]

That fucker ain't got no tactic.

[@duminkomo4862]

Mckoy Banton lool that's easy..pass to Messi

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

defend and then messi does everything

[@Leosteel.]

Pragmatic stinker valverde is

[@ItsNotCagefighting]

A video on Newcastle United's Entertainers would be interesting.

[@JS-no7zq]

Spain Mastered total football between 2008-2012.

[@tushar5670]

Football truly is one true sport. Thank you for this video.

[@abubakarnura9766]

Nice Video. Well detailed as always. Would like to see a detailed tactical analysis on a role of a Libero like the late Gaetano Scirea, Velibor Vasović, Ruud Krol, Matthias Sammer or the archetypal libero, Franz Beckenbauer. Thank You.

[@Tifo]

Thank you my friend

[@jeffpaige6149]

Great, great video. Could you do an explainer of (The History of) "The Barcelona Style?" There has been a lot of understandably glowing, but seemingly loose, talk in the last decade of "The Barcelona Style." Many Barça fans are excited about a return to "The Barcelona Style" with the recent introduction of Quique Setién as coach. But what is this style, and more essentially, is it rightly and accurately referred to that way? Concepts such as "total football" and "possession football" do not originate in Barcelona, but rather, as explained here, stem as far back as 1915, to places like The Netherlands, Austria, Hungary. So then, how do we characterize **FC Barcelona's** style of play, going back prior to Johann's time as a player and as a coach, going back throughout the years since the Club's formation in 1899? Does the concept of "tiki taka" best attach narrowly to the gifts of the four figures Pep, Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi? If so, is that style then unique to those four men, and absent those four men, does tiki taka disappear generally under the posession aspect of "total football?" I understand this would probably be a deep dive piece... but I can't imagine a source better suited to do it right than Tifo.

[@jeffpaige6149]

Shout out to Busquets, too - he probably belongs in that company as a fifth. But once we move to also start including other likely greats - say, Dani Alves, Frenkie De Jong, Arthur Melo, and others - that distinctive tiki taka magic begins to get oh-so-slightly diluted, and eventually becomes another kind of less thrilling (even if also still really beautiful) possession play.

[@bighands69]

@@jeffpaige6149 The Barcelona style is total football. Coaches like like Michaels and Vic Buckingham introduced total football to Barcelona. And Cruijff introduced it in the modern age to Barcelona. While it is total football Barcelona have had a focus on the passing aspect of the game.

[@alanmorton5303]

Tefo is class Brilliant videos. Thanks

[@JaleelBeig]

Video of how Spurs won against Real

[@gamestation9437]

COZ REAL MADRID ARE HIT AND MISS AT THE BEST OF TIMES SPURS JUST PLAYED BETTER ON THE DAY THERES NO MASTERPLAN

[@Yigawant]

What?😂 come on man

[@tricheh2323]

you all seen what city did today if you keep moving off ball the other team cannot win the ball they connot cove the entire pitch

[@abuhenataslimarpon7801]

Pep guardiola's Barcelona - tactics explained.... or Arsenal's Invincible Tactics explained.... or Galactico tactcics explained or Clas of 92 tactics explained ... any of these 4 would be fantastic

[@charlesarnett8821]

Outstanding and very informative video! Great Work!

[@P0UTY1]

Rafa benitez at Liverpool, utilisation of torres and gerrard compared to Rogers at liverpool with gerrard and suarez

[@speedking7224]

Not many would ask about it, but I would like a video on England's world Cup winning side. Or Uruguay's world Cup winning side

[@SuchoklatesAthlegeek]

1. Can you please break down how the Total Football was defeated by West Germany in the final of WC in '74 (2:1) and Poland in the Euro '76 Qualifiers next year (1975) ? 2. We have the Total Football, maybe now the Catenaccio?

[@wasigupitobudiarto7767]

Total football instructions in football manager : Defensive line high wider mentality fluid close down more play underlap work ball into box get stuck in roam to position passing normal tempo higher exploit the middle formation : 4-1-2-3 Dm wide or 3-4-3

[@avneetdhaliwal3703]

Can you do a video on the tactics Arsene Wenger deployed to get Arsenal into Champions League final 2006. And eventually why they failed on the last hurdle ? p.s. Amazing work,keep it up guys !

[@koustabborah4959]

Cruyff is a legend for barca , ajax and Netherlands

[@acpliego]

Great as always but Guardiola, Cruyff and Bielsa have stated that positions have to be kept, the evolution since Michels is precisely that players do not change positions. Nice work though

[@Pelerincha]

the positions don't change and always must be filled..it's the players that can change positions..

[@nycgamingentertainment8920]

Could you guys do one about why, how & when the English league started playing their fast paced brand of football, please? Did it start with the EPL or did it go further back? Thanks.

[@bighands69]

Fast English football started after 1995. It came about when English football started to become obsessed with money and buying teams. The end to end game came about due to the unimaginative styles of mid table teams and bottom table teams. Clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea and Man Utd did not play that fast paced style but they were capable of doing it when they needed to.

[@TheFtjz]

Do Milan 2003-07 Kaka tactical profile

[@Tony_monta]

Do a video about Atalanta and what’s the table with squares all over the pitch for?

[@sultanalshaalan9636]

I think you must talk about Sarri’s Napoli .. because they are in the top of the league and presenting great football.. i am really interested to know how Sarri put his tactics especially the build up

[@Tifo]

Sultan Alshaalan please see our Tactics Explained playlist & Champions League playlist, as there are 2 videos of Sarri & Napoli

[@andriantheodores487]

Lazio's tactic with the role of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Pulisic role at Dortmund please...

[@andrewkoikai768]

I think you should do a video on Barcelona during Pep Guardiola's time

[@goofedmoon3385]

Could you do a video on Jose Mourinho at Chelsea when he won the Premier league in 2014-2015 season

[@tanyachikukwa6445]

Can you please explain how important Fernandinho is to Man City

[@jannickhenry540]

Yes please

[@j3_designs_426]

Tanya Chikukwa Agreed

[@Superlukester7]

Would love to see a tactics explained on Sheffield United

[@mermanfiasco]

What about an analysis of the Belgian change to a set 4-3-3 across all age groups a few years back?

[@_2OLEGEND]

Could you do one on sir bobby Robson and the effect he has had on football especially on mangers like mourinho and others from Barcelona