PSG are still involved in the Champions League in what could turn out to be the club's finest ever season
football9 hours ago
It was in the early 1970s that the Dutch mesmerised the world with their 'Total Football'. Of course, their national team as well as their iconic club team - Ajax Amsterdam - were the pioneers of Total Football.
For those who don't know, total football was a system developed by the Dutch in which every outfield player has to be ready to take over the role of another player when required.
In total football, a striker can be seen helping the defence and then during a quick counter-attack a defender will be the one going for a goal.
'Total Football' changed the way the game was played in the 1970s and if it was not for the typical German 'never-say-die spirit', the Johan Cruyff- inspired Netherlands would have even won the 1974 World Cup.
In the end, that Dutch team had to be contend with the runners-up spot as Franz Beckenbauer's West Germany clinched their second World Cup title in Munich with a come-from-behind 2-1 win in the final.
But for the footballing romantics, the enduring image was that of the Dutch team that pulvarised all their opponents with their unique brand of attacking football.
Now on Tuesday night, Lionel Messi was in the sort of mood in his hat-trick laden performance during Barcelona's 7-0 win over Celtic in the Champions League opener that it inspired Barcelona coach Luis Enrique to hail the Argentine genius as a sort of one-man 'Total Football'.
Iniesta says Messi is "unique". Read what he and several others had to say about the game: https://t.co/kdMDlymRxy pic.twitter.com/gpKthcmwDqFor the record, Messi became the first player in the Champions League history to score six hat-tricks, moving ahead of his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo (5) in their never ending race for footballing glory.
- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 13, 2016
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