CRUYFF, the incarnation of 'Total Football'
By Agence France-Presse | China Daily | Updated: 2016-03-26 08:10
It was during a group stage match against Sweden at the 1974 World Cup in Germany that Johan Cruyff unveiled the move that would come to bear his name.
Finding his route blocked by Swedish rightback Jan Olsson on Holland's left flank, Cruyff made as if to play the ball infield, only to drag the ball behind his standing leg with his right foot and race off towards the touchline, leaving his bewildered opponent floundering in his wake.
"I played 18 years in top football and 17 times for Sweden, but that moment against Cruyff was the proudest moment of my career," Olsson told British writer David Winner in the 2000 book Brilliant Orange.
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