@@erikdejong9728Cruyff mentions it many times how he owes a lot of his footballing career to Michels. Did he adopt Total Football into his Barca squad? No! But he learnt a lot from him.
For the younglings... This mans approach to football is written in stone. From the great Netherlands teams of the 70's, Barcelona for two decades in the late 90s and 00s. This man is the genesis of all of it. His philosophy was the beginning of pressing, tiki taka, false nine. His whole outlook is how modern football is played today. His philosophy on football cannot be overstated.
@@basylpeterjones how so? Pep guardiola is basically a direct disciple of his football philosophy. And he's arguably the most respected modern manager at this time.
The genesis was Vic Buckingham. He laid the foundations at Ajax that were picked up by Rinus Michels, who in turn infused Cruyff with the philosophy. Cruyff himself says this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Buckingham
@@Jorge-lh6pxactually … there’s great controversy around this final .. the referee was found to be taken bribes from German officials whom were deep in bed with fifa … years later he got found out and admitted it .. during this game .. Leeds was robbed of a beautiful goal - billy bremner ) then was robbed of 2 clear penalty’s even in them days where tackles was hard he snapped the Leeds players leg … then a clear hand ball you could see from mars , the Bayern Munich defender later admitted Leeds was cheated in that final on a sly sports interview .. many fans always ask why Leeds fans chant “ we are champions of Europe “ … this is the reason because they was robbed .
As a dutchman I have to say this footage is gold. GG to ITV Sport. I am really impressed by his English seeing it was the 1970s and being fluent in English in those times was not evident for a dutchman. (unlike today)
I believe Ajax had a number of English managers when Cruyff was young and got to know some of them (and families) so that may have helped him pick up English early, anyway he was obviously a very bright bloke and would have come to it even without these early experiences
I loved Cruyff, he was my football hero when I was a boy. Never seen him interviewed like this, so thoughtful, intelligent, almost gentle in the way he talks about the game. Lovely to see it.
@@mrdukkworth5209 he was friends with my dad, they met each other at Muntanya Golf Club (40 min from BCN) Johan was a member of the club and had a house nearby. Such good memories! I even played football with him 😀
I remember Cruyff as a pundit for the bbc in maybe World Cup 98 or euro 2000. And I remember him questioning our obsession with holding/defensive central midfielders rather than playmakers. And he was right we still seem to favour them 20 odd years later.
I don't think you could be more wrong. It is our obsession with 4-4-2 that was always the problem where we would inevitably be outnumbered in central midfield. Not every midfielder is Superman like Bryan Robson so it was always an issue. The one thing Southgate has got right is to layer the midfield with two holding midfielders to protect the centre backs and allow the three in front and/or full backs to push on. Had we not been so naive tactically then players like Hoddle and Scholes or Le Tissier might have flourished at international level. As the French understood for every Platini or Zidane you need a "water carrier" like Deschamps. We needed water carriers for the likes of Hoddle and Scholes. I recall Didi Hamann of Liverpool and Germany being interviewed on radio some time ago and the subject of "box to box" midfielders was raised. Hamann cut the conversation short by saying there is no such thing in that you have holding midfielders and attacking midfielders or a rotation of players fulfilling both functions. The continental teams have realised this for years but "the penny has only just dropped" with England.
@@Kaiserbill99this is an incredible comment I really enjoyed reading this and agree totally except that I don’t think scholes was ever the type of player that needed freedom to go and win games he was a better orchestrator and someone like Gazza and now Bellingham are true mavericks who could win games for England playing further forward
@@Kaiserbill99You’re right some managers were obsessed with 4-4-2 and we were outnumbered in midfield. But didn’t Hoddle play 3-5-2 ? But again the midfield 3 was Batty, and Ince behind Gascoigne/Scholes. 2 of the 3 were players who were there to stop the opposition. If you look at all the great sides they have 1 holding midfielder and the other 2 play with more freedom and creativity
@@robb8002 I don't recall any conversations about specific holding midfielders throughout reigns of Greenwood, Robson, Hodgson, Erikson, or Venables. The likes of Batty might have been played centrally or a Peter Reid or a Carlton Palmer but they were always a central midfielder with wingers and not sitting midfielders behind other midfielders. It was never a designated job to sit in front of the centre backs and behind more progressive midfielders.
@@mashwork6615 I can see Scholes in a sort of quarterback role in his later years spraying the ball about from deep but I can't see him being trusted to cleanly win last gasp tackles like Declan Rice. Scholes in his younger years was a top goal scorer arriving late in the box so he would have been perfect for a more advanced role with the security of a couple of sitting midfielders behind him. But the subject of Scholes is an interesting one. The obsession with 4-4-2 meant that Scholes was often played on the left to accommodate Gerrard and Lampard. How much more effective would he have been in the middle of a three with Gerrard and ANother with Carrick and ANother sitting in?
@@DavyRo it’s quality, I’ve watched documentaries about that final and didn’t have a clue either. Good luck for the season pal, from your neighbours just down the road. UTB 😁
@@TCDL11 unreal, just shows that even the most maverick players still understood the hard work and graft attitude that wins games, I can’t imagine Neymar doing the same now lol.
Love his intensity. He is so in this conversation, searching out the interviewer's face. Very intelligent and analytical. Increased my admiration for Cruyff.
He was only 25-26 here and already a coach. You hear mostly nonsense and empty talk from former players today about the game and here he gave clear cut analysis of what happened and why Leeds failed.
Simply the greatest European player for me & the best playmaker & passer of the ball I've ever seen. His dribbling speed was like a blur, so quick in & out of defenders. Watched him a lot in the 1970s. Zidane & Cristiano aren't near what he was. They're specialists-Zidane in midfield, Ronaldo up front. Cruyff did all that, plus defensive cover, tackling, & playing out from the back. Masterful in every area, with the fastest-thinking brain on the pitch. ⚽️👑 #Cruyff #FootballLegend #GOAT
What a bloke, not just in football (which he changed) but watching him here still a young man speaking another language and sounding so intelligent looking like a star 🌟 fucking epic.
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Such a dude. He looks like he should have been in a (very) early iteration of a pre-punk NY band, or Can…
Indeed...he has everything...a ground-breaking trailblazer of a genius footballer, so articulate (and in multiple languages)...and he looks like a rock n'roll superstar (like Iggy Pop in his prime!)
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@@starmersbarberSpot on! Johan Osterberg Cruyff. Has a very natural ring to it!
Although it was said that the "two Johans", Cruyff and Neeskens, the "Lennon and McCartney of football". The innovative team that played total football and looked like 1960s hippies.
Wow what a piece of football history this. He was clearly a genius then and went on to be even more impressive as a coach. His football IQ was off the charts. Who do you think Pep learnt total football principles from? Yep it was Cruyff.
Cruyff himself learned his footballing principles from Michels. Cruyff was a genius player and coach, but lets not forget that he was influenced by Michels and copied many of Michels tactics and principles in his coaching.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring. In the tactical area, I think I just have more than most other players." Cruyff in his own words ....
@@juuglord8509 There is an over-reliance on tactics and how players and coaches rigidly stick to it. Which isn't all bad but there isn't that moment where you see something and think "Bloody hell, that was something special." At least it feels that way to me looking at football, especially Premier League football. There's now a cult of personality that's switched from the players to the manager because they want to know his style of football, how dogmatic he is in his approach and how good is he with batting off the press. It's all rather joyless.
One of the all time great players. His knowledge of the game second to none. That Dutch team of the 70s should have won the world cup. Cruyff was to influence the game both as a footballer and coach/manager even now.
Actually not that crazy since film when restored or just stored properly can be extremely high quality. There are silent films from the 1920s that look as good as this.
They can use a lot of AI Upscaling restoration these days which when used for that specific intention, I've no problems but there's a lot of other stuff that makes you worry.
I was at this game with my dad and watched it on video many times over the years. He was right, Sunderland fought for every ball and won the battle. A terrific performance, a great save by Jimmy Montgomery in the Sunderland goal and a great instinctive goal by Ian Porterfield, two players and a team which became legends for Sunderland. Amazing memories.
Our best player ever. Every time I see him on the news/tele/etc I feel sad to remind he is gone. He will be forever missed. Died way to young. Our Johan, our 14.
This is something I never knew about. I thought I knew everything about that day. I never thought that day could get any better. Hearing this true football legend & genius. Say these things about my team & our fans. Has got me buzzing. I was 7 yrs old at the time.
This is fantastic footage. Cruyff's fundamental knowledge is really quite something. He is so articulate and so intelligent...not something that applies to too many (if any at all) of today's overpaid 'observers'.
One of the greatest players and managers of all time. He influenced football like no other manager ever did and was a massive influence on Guardiola and his coaching philosophy. Arguably the greatest manager off all time funnily enough
Ironic in respect of thinking Leeds just assumed they’d win and didn’t think they’d need to do much - because that’s exactly what Cruyffs Dutch team did after the early penalty a year later in the World Cup final. For me he was the greatest of all time in respect of ability and football IQ, principals and being ahead of his time.
Interesting point. I think it was the Dutch coach, Rinus Michels, who said half that team wanted to humiliate the Germans in the final while half wanted to do what they'd done throughout that World Cup. In trying to taunt the Germans in Munich, they lost focus on the final itself until the second half. By then it was too late.
@@hugodrax71That's a myth, which the Dutch use as a sop. West Germany won because they had great players, who outworked and out-fought The Netherlands.
@@elspencer6334 Holland had been the better team throughout that World Cup and if you watch the first half of the final, you can see the Dutch are trying to taunt the Germans. They abandoned their normal game to do this. West Germany were better on the day and deserved to win. Muller had a valid goal disallowed which would have made it 3-1. West Germany played the final. Holland played the occasion.
Because of Cruijff, Dutch Total Football became a reality and it influenced football as a whole. Without him theres no Guardiola as well and the recent developments of spanish football and this modern playing style we see today. Guardiola took all of Cruijfs ideas.
@@bm6563 You doubt his ability to perform at World Cup level? Because I sure don't, he certainly proved he could hang with the best players of his time. Looked better than Puskas at Real Madrid, though admittedly Puskas was past his physical best by that point!
@@06skippy06 I was thinking of the BBC because he did commentary for the BBC before. But thank you for the correction. It doesn't change the point I was making, but I'm glad you feel good about yourself now.
just a genius im jealous I never got to see him but as a younger guy I appreciate these archived moments and just watching documentary's on him just wow the true GOAT
@@Timpriestley Footage of that game shows that Barca were no angels either. I couldn't help wondering whether Cryuff who was captain recalled the FA cup final and thought they could be bullied in midfield.
Genius. For me this is still the best cup final of my lifetime and to hear his summary is just stunning. Cruijff was describing things back then in terms very few players or commentators are capable of today!
He so talented in many ways.. probably was able to replace.. Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd, Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple or even John Lennon in Beatles
One year later,at the opening game of world cup 1974.Bob Paisley as a tv pundit,said "this total 😢😢football the dutch are playing isn't new ,their just copying the Sunderland team of the 1930s.Paisley played against Sunderland for Preston in 1937 f a cup final
Just need to correct you Stephen.It was Bill Shankly that said that,not Bob Paisley.Shanks had played for Preston in the 1937 and 1938 Cup finals,losing to Sunderland in 37 and winning in 38 against Huddersfield.Shanks was always outspoken and good for a quote like Brian Clough and Tommy Docherty,whereas Bob Paisley was a quiet man,the reluctant manager who took over from Shanks in 1974 and becoming Liverpools most successful manager.
Many greats of the game like Messi, Ronaldo, Maradona or Pele were talented and obsessed with the work. Cruyff may be a bit behind these greats but he's definetly the greatest tactician and football mind in history. He can understand a game for a far, make changes and also translate his knowledge and playing style to the players. Barca owes this man everything. The football world misses you Johan!
This was back when English football wasn't impressed by the smell of it's own farts and actually wanted to know what people outside of England think of it. Nowadays we've got Neville and Carragher acting like it's the greatest thing since sliced bread despite it destroying the transfer market (mainly the cheating berties and chelsea's fault) and almost everyone is crap except for said cheating berties.
Unnecessarily harsh on Talksport, whose breadth of coverage of Euro 2024 was uniformly excellent (Jim Proudfoot, Adrian Durham, Stuart Pearce, Simon Jordan and Henry Winter - all superb). The radio station’s pre and post match analysis’ of games is more eloquent and generally more satisfying than that provided by its infuriatingly complacent televisual rivals.
Cruyff has a slightly different reputation in The Netherlands. He’s obviously a legend, and considered the greatest player the country has produced. His influence off the pitch is also rightly lauded, but many consider his commentary on the game as childishly simple, with some of his most famous quotes hilariously funny. ‘Cruyffiaans’ (Cruyffism) has become known as a kind of popular philosophy. It comes down to: ‘Playing football is simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.’
I think that has more to do with subsequent inferior Dutch managers who have followed him. The simple football quote.. I think he basically said that the hardest thing to do was playing the game in it's most simplistic form. From instinct. He also said that he's never seen a bag of money score a goal. I loved him lol. RIP from this Irishman.
It’s not simple, it genius. But a lot of people don’t see the deeper meaning behind his words, also a lot of people in the Netherlands find footballers dumb. But the truth of the matter is, Cruijff was an absolute legend, he was way far ahead of his time. I could listen to him talking for hours. Problem when he was interviewed, it was always by idiots who lack football knowledge and have no clue what he is actually talking about.
Dank u wel! Thanks for uploading. This is a fantastic interview from an absolute legend. Amazing looking back at football, rugby and Formula 1 in the 60s,70s, and 80s. Such personalities.
Quite impressive that his English is so good. Especially when you consider that back then there was not as much English involved in Dutch society as there is now.
He looks like a rockstar. Very cool guy.
Iggy Pop!
That’s 70’s footballer’s for you - almost universally cool as fuck
Young Dutch LIAM GALLAGHER
Luka Modric @@mattcolley358
@@westington1couldn’t agree more
What an intelligent man A footballing genius
To this day Barcelona still uses Cruyff philosophies
@@Model_RoeBuilt on what he learnt from another football legend, Rinus Michels.
@@cookeditNo thats not true. Do you research
@@erikdejong9728Cruyff mentions it many times how he owes a lot of his footballing career to Michels. Did he adopt Total Football into his Barca squad? No! But he learnt a lot from him.
@@erikdejong9728🤦♂️
For the younglings... This mans approach to football is written in stone. From the great Netherlands teams of the 70's, Barcelona for two decades in the late 90s and 00s. This man is the genesis of all of it. His philosophy was the beginning of pressing, tiki taka, false nine. His whole outlook is how modern football is played today. His philosophy on football cannot be overstated.
I think his ideas were very different to how football is played today.
@@basylpeterjones how so? Pep guardiola is basically a direct disciple of his football philosophy. And he's arguably the most respected modern manager at this time.
@@basylpeterjoneswhat? Lol. He is the inspiration of modern football
U can say this about so many legends tbh..
The genesis was Vic Buckingham. He laid the foundations at Ajax that were picked up by Rinus Michels, who in turn infused Cruyff with the philosophy. Cruyff himself says this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Buckingham
Great piece of footage to see Cruyff commenting the cup final, just before he won the European Cup for the third time in a row with Ajax.
2 years later he lost in the semifinal of the European cup to guess who ?😂
@@davidberrell4725 Leeds, who went on to lose to Bayern.
@@Jorge-lh6pxactually … there’s great controversy around this final .. the referee was found to be taken bribes from German officials whom were deep in bed with fifa … years later he got found out and admitted it .. during this game .. Leeds was robbed of a beautiful goal - billy bremner ) then was robbed of 2 clear penalty’s even in them days where tackles was hard he snapped the Leeds players leg … then a clear hand ball you could see from mars , the Bayern Munich defender later admitted Leeds was cheated in that final on a sly sports interview .. many fans always ask why Leeds fans chant “ we are champions of Europe “ … this is the reason because they was robbed .
Right!...Unlike the Sore loser below you who can't seem to accept defeat. @@Jorge-lh6px
Wow, if that’s an accurate description of the match it must have been crazy to watch.
“I knew nothing about football until I met Johan Cruyff” -Pep Guardiola
As a dutchman I have to say this footage is gold. GG to ITV Sport.
I am really impressed by his English seeing it was the 1970s and being fluent in English in those times was not evident for a dutchman. (unlike today)
He did play in the USA for a while
bro did good game
I believe Ajax had a number of English managers when Cruyff was young and got to know some of them (and families) so that may have helped him pick up English early, anyway he was obviously a very bright bloke and would have come to it even without these early experiences
I don't know about that. I was in Holland several times in the early 70s and many of your countrymen spoke far better English than we did.
@@illmattie later
I loved Cruyff, he was my football hero when I was a boy. Never seen him interviewed like this, so thoughtful, intelligent, almost gentle in the way he talks about the game. Lovely to see it.
I met Johan and he was a very funny guy, always in a good mood and ready to have a laugh. My son is called Johan in his honor. Legend
where did you meet him
@@mrdukkworth5209 he was friends with my dad, they met each other at Muntanya Golf Club (40 min from BCN) Johan was a member of the club and had a house nearby. Such good memories! I even played football with him 😀
In Lidl
@@Thadeep450 🤣 actually I met him in a golf club near Barcelona
To make the transition from *Best Player In The World* to *Best Manager In The World* before age 50 was astounding.
All on 20 cigs a day...
He smoked about 40 odd a day I believe
You can actually trace his influence to the modern day through Pep
But sadly that is why he is not with us anymore. Passed on way too young.
Who cares about pep man@@barstar888
@@barstar888 More than you can believe, more than you can believe!
I remember Cruyff as a pundit for the bbc in maybe World Cup 98 or euro 2000. And I remember him questioning our obsession with holding/defensive central midfielders rather than playmakers. And he was right we still seem to favour them 20 odd years later.
I don't think you could be more wrong. It is our obsession with 4-4-2 that was always the problem where we would inevitably be outnumbered in central midfield. Not every midfielder is Superman like Bryan Robson so it was always an issue. The one thing Southgate has got right is to layer the midfield with two holding midfielders to protect the centre backs and allow the three in front and/or full backs to push on. Had we not been so naive tactically then players like Hoddle and Scholes or Le Tissier might have flourished at international level. As the French understood for every Platini or Zidane you need a "water carrier" like Deschamps. We needed water carriers for the likes of Hoddle and Scholes.
I recall Didi Hamann of Liverpool and Germany being interviewed on radio some time ago and the subject of "box to box" midfielders was raised. Hamann cut the conversation short by saying there is no such thing in that you have holding midfielders and attacking midfielders or a rotation of players fulfilling both functions. The continental teams have realised this for years but "the penny has only just dropped" with England.
@@Kaiserbill99this is an incredible comment I really enjoyed reading this and agree totally except that I don’t think scholes was ever the type of player that needed freedom to go and win games he was a better orchestrator and someone like Gazza and now Bellingham are true mavericks who could win games for England playing further forward
@@Kaiserbill99You’re right some managers were obsessed with 4-4-2 and we were outnumbered in midfield. But didn’t Hoddle play 3-5-2 ? But again the midfield 3 was Batty, and Ince behind Gascoigne/Scholes. 2 of the 3 were players who were there to stop the opposition. If you look at all the great sides they have 1 holding midfielder and the other 2 play with more freedom and creativity
@@robb8002 I don't recall any conversations about specific holding midfielders throughout reigns of Greenwood, Robson, Hodgson, Erikson, or Venables. The likes of Batty might have been played centrally or a Peter Reid or a Carlton Palmer but they were always a central midfielder with wingers and not sitting midfielders behind other midfielders.
It was never a designated job to sit in front of the centre backs and behind more progressive midfielders.
@@mashwork6615 I can see Scholes in a sort of quarterback role in his later years spraying the ball about from deep but I can't see him being trusted to cleanly win last gasp tackles like Declan Rice.
Scholes in his younger years was a top goal scorer arriving late in the box so he would have been perfect for a more advanced role with the security of a couple of sitting midfielders behind him.
But the subject of Scholes is an interesting one. The obsession with 4-4-2 meant that Scholes was often played on the left to accommodate Gerrard and Lampard. How much more effective would he have been in the middle of a three with Gerrard and ANother with Carrick and ANother sitting in?
Sunderland fans must be buzzing with this, Cruyff punditry on their team is legendary. The world’s best player praising your players.
I am mate, I didn't have a clue about this
@@DavyRo it’s quality, I’ve watched documentaries about that final and didn’t have a clue either.
Good luck for the season pal, from your neighbours just down the road. UTB 😁
And even praising Dave Watson. Wow 😮, saying he'd be worth £10,000.......£50m+ in today's transfer market.
@@TCDL11 unreal, just shows that even the most maverick players still understood the hard work and graft attitude that wins games, I can’t imagine Neymar doing the same now lol.
Years ahead of his time. Incredible.
Love his intensity. He is so in this conversation, searching out the interviewer's face. Very intelligent and analytical. Increased my admiration for Cruyff.
What a perceptive comment.
@@Hartley_Hare Just truth, Hartley. Thank you.
My favourite footballer, ever. Smart man, good looking and a genius. Bastard, he had everything!
Integrity too. Would not play in Argentina.
Cruyff hadn't even played in a World Cup yet at that point. But the following year in Germany he would light the football world on fire.
This was just before he joined Barcelona.
He was European footballer of the year and had won 3 European cups.
@@ash6415 he came out of nowhere in the early 70's
@@lexkanyima2195out of nowhere 😂😂😂 man he was already a mega legend at Ajax in 1967
@@katjaboelieable but really launched as a top guy
He was only 25-26 here and already a coach. You hear mostly nonsense and empty talk from former players today about the game and here he gave clear cut analysis of what happened and why Leeds failed.
Depends on the player. They weren’t all Cruyff in his time.
He was already coach at 19 😅
Yes, and Alan Clarke indeed made an impression of a midfielder while he played in attack
@@janpierzchala2004 jimmy hill thinking he meant one or other…
@@jerehada true
Simply the greatest European player for me & the best playmaker & passer of the ball I've ever seen. His dribbling speed was like a blur, so quick in & out of defenders. Watched him a lot in the 1970s. Zidane & Cristiano aren't near what he was. They're specialists-Zidane in midfield, Ronaldo up front. Cruyff did all that, plus defensive cover, tackling, & playing out from the back. Masterful in every area, with the fastest-thinking brain on the pitch. ⚽️👑 #Cruyff #FootballLegend #GOAT
Good ode
Not Best European player but Best Player Ever.
Total footballer
Him and Eusebio 💯💯
Agreed
What a bloke, not just in football (which he changed) but watching him here still a young man speaking another language and sounding so intelligent looking like a star 🌟 fucking epic.
Such a dude. He looks like he should have been in a (very) early iteration of a pre-punk NY band, or Can…
Indeed...he has everything...a ground-breaking trailblazer of a genius footballer, so articulate (and in multiple languages)...and he looks like a rock n'roll superstar (like Iggy Pop in his prime!)
@@starmersbarberSpot on! Johan Osterberg Cruyff. Has a very natural ring to it!
Literally just wearing a leather jacket lol
Nailed it
Although it was said that the "two Johans", Cruyff and Neeskens, the "Lennon and McCartney of football". The innovative team that played total football and looked like 1960s hippies.
Maybe the greatest football brain ever... his influence on how football is played to this day is profound
Wow what a piece of football history this. He was clearly a genius then and went on to be even more impressive as a coach. His football IQ was off the charts. Who do you think Pep learnt total football principles from? Yep it was Cruyff.
Cruyff himself learned his footballing principles from Michels. Cruyff was a genius player and coach, but lets not forget that he was influenced by Michels and copied many of Michels tactics and principles in his coaching.
Apparently michels got it from him ! In those days players like JC where making most of the tactics @fredthered1074
Lots of people now don't understand this last part, Pep created nothing he just stole his tactics from Cruyff
@@nadaduo1765By that logic, Cruyff stole from Michels.
Pep was influenced by Cruyff, so he created his philosophy around what he learned from Cruyff.
@@GivemetheGravy When it's Pep he leaned when it's Cryuff he stole 😂
No, you need a history lesson
Good looking, genius footballer, articulate, intelligent and insightful. Johan was the man.
Agree 💯 I especially like his look here he looks like a rockstar
He was my dad’s friends, I grew up playing golf and football with him in Barcelona. What a legend ❤
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring. In the tactical area, I think I just have more than most other players." Cruyff in his own words ....
But now folks say the game is too tactical 😂
@@juuglord8509 There is an over-reliance on tactics and how players and coaches rigidly stick to it. Which isn't all bad but there isn't that moment where you see something and think "Bloody hell, that was something special." At least it feels that way to me looking at football, especially Premier League football. There's now a cult of personality that's switched from the players to the manager because they want to know his style of football, how dogmatic he is in his approach and how good is he with batting off the press. It's all rather joyless.
One of the all time great players. His knowledge of the game second to none. That Dutch team of the 70s should have won the world cup. Cruyff was to influence the game both as a footballer and coach/manager even now.
What a man. Such a great thinker about football, years ahead in his thinking. Great footage.
When combining player, manager and strategic mind, Cruyff is the greatest football has ever had.
probably, but pep is surely second (and he's still got plenty of his career left)
What a player this man was. RIP Johan Cryuff❤
Crazy that this video from ‘73 looks so good
Actually not that crazy since film when restored or just stored properly can be extremely high quality. There are silent films from the 1920s that look as good as this.
They can use a lot of AI Upscaling restoration these days which when used for that specific intention, I've no problems but there's a lot of other stuff that makes you worry.
I was at this game with my dad and watched it on video many times over the years. He was right, Sunderland fought for every ball and won the battle. A terrific performance, a great save by Jimmy Montgomery in the Sunderland goal and a great instinctive goal by Ian Porterfield, two players and a team which became legends for Sunderland. Amazing memories.
Such an honour to hear Cryuff talking about my team Sunderland.
50 years later, football punditry has taken all the steps backwards. All of them.
Name them?
🤡
Who gives a f about punditry? only weak, no life losers
@@jacobj6376 What, the steps?!
@@jacobj6376Roy Keane
Our best player ever. Every time I see him on the news/tele/etc I feel sad to remind he is gone. He will be forever missed. Died way to young.
Our Johan, our 14.
What a legend. And gone too soon.
I’m in tears seeing this humble genius talk. A massive inspiration when I played football… I miss him so much 🙏
This is what you call a "world class " footballer , there have not been many in my lifetime but he tops the lot ..superb.
This is something I never knew about. I thought I knew everything about that day. I never thought that day could get any better. Hearing this true football legend & genius. Say these things about my team & our fans. Has got me buzzing. I was 7 yrs old at the time.
Up the black cats! Hope to see them back in the premier league soon.
This is fantastic footage. Cruyff's fundamental knowledge is really quite something. He is so articulate and so intelligent...not something that applies to too many (if any at all) of today's overpaid 'observers'.
On top of all that he's speaking in a foreign language.
Probably the most brilliant footballing mind ever.
Yes. Indisputable.
Genius player, and man.
His quotes are still going strong in the Netherlands.
Johan will never be forgotten
As long as there is Soccer that name Cruyff would stay evergreen
His last lecture before he passed is some of the best football content a football fan can watch.
Highly recommended it if you LOVE the game.
Easily the most important man in football history
A tremendous facility for the game he was even a good goalkeeper.
One of the greatest players and managers of all time.
He influenced football like no other manager ever did and was a massive influence on Guardiola and his coaching philosophy. Arguably the greatest manager off all time funnily enough
A legend
Ironic in respect of thinking Leeds just assumed they’d win and didn’t think they’d need to do much - because that’s exactly what Cruyffs Dutch team did after the early penalty a year later in the World Cup final.
For me he was the greatest of all time in respect of ability and football IQ, principals and being ahead of his time.
Interesting point. I think it was the Dutch coach, Rinus Michels, who said half that team wanted to humiliate the Germans in the final while half wanted to do what they'd done throughout that World Cup. In trying to taunt the Germans in Munich, they lost focus on the final itself until the second half. By then it was too late.
@@hugodrax71That's a myth, which the Dutch use as a sop. West Germany won because they had great players, who outworked and out-fought The Netherlands.
Not to mention they had just won the Euros, 2 years earlier destroying a very good Soviet side 3-0.
@@seduxtive776 And West Germany of 1972 is the best European national team of my lifetime.
@@elspencer6334 Holland had been the better team throughout that World Cup and if you watch the first half of the final, you can see the Dutch are trying to taunt the Germans. They abandoned their normal game to do this. West Germany were better on the day and deserved to win. Muller had a valid goal disallowed which would have made it 3-1. West Germany played the final. Holland played the occasion.
A true technician and master of his sport
Thank you ITV Sport - you have tons of stuff like this, upload those archives!
Thanks a bunch for uploading this. Never seen this before. Brilliant. Cheers from the Netherlands #forever14
Just before my time but what a influential player he was for later generations.
Because of Cruijff, Dutch Total Football became a reality and it influenced football as a whole. Without him theres no Guardiola as well and the recent developments of spanish football and this modern playing style we see today. Guardiola took all of Cruijfs ideas.
Mooi om te zien en luisteren als Nederlander 🇳🇱❤🫶🏻😁
When I was a young man I was fascinated by this guy. And fell in love with Dutch football because of him. RIP to a gentleman and legand
Johan was unique he was very special my dad loved him I could see why👍
Amazing how even as a player he could read the game and see the strengths and abilities of players like from a coaches perspective.
You can tell he saw the game differently......a genius of a player and a magnificent coach.....with him there's no pep
Wow, I’ve never heard him speak before. Can see how a mind like that started a revolution in football
Charming in motion.
Beautiful on the pitch.
One of the greatest
a true GOAT. he changed the game. he is in that list of gods such as pele, maradona, ronaldinho, and messi.
Maradona was a woman beating cheater
I would only put Pele and possibly Maradona ahead of him as all time greats.
@@bm6563 Di Stefano?
@@a_guinness Di Stefano was a great player for sure, but the problem was that we never saw him play at World Cup level.
@@bm6563 You doubt his ability to perform at World Cup level? Because I sure don't, he certainly proved he could hang with the best players of his time. Looked better than Puskas at Real Madrid, though admittedly Puskas was past his physical best by that point!
Wise words,from mr cruyff a true legend, greatest day for me as a sunderland fan beating the mighty leeds, of that time, backed by the roker roar.
"Thank you very much indeed."
"OK."
Weird fact: Cruyff was the first Dutch international to receive a red card
Not that weird considering how assertive and conflict oriented he has always been
Funny it took so long though! Dutch international football was nothing before ‘68
I mean red cards have existed since the mid-late 60s
Cruyff. The coolest footballer of all time
A true genius, when it came to Football, and in my eyes one handsome Man
He was a footballing genius what a legend. RIP Johan you may be gone but never forgotten ❤❤
This is priceless! Cryuff apart from being a genius player is the greatest thinker in Football history. He is that important. RIP Johann.
Great footage of a fantastic player. He was I think the world's best player at this time.
Favourite part:
BBC guy: Thank you very much!
Cruyff: Ok.
My favourite part:
Miguel: BBC guy
It was an ITV guy. The clue was in the title
@@06skippy06 I was thinking of the BBC because he did commentary for the BBC before. But thank you for the correction. It doesn't change the point I was making, but I'm glad you feel good about yourself now.
@@miguelabreucoelho Who said I feel good? I was merely highlighting my favourite part, as did you.
@@miguelabreucoelhoyou tell him miguel
Johan Cruyff looks like he's about to join a 2000s alt rock band.
The master mind of every manager and tactics
just a genius im jealous I never got to see him but as a younger guy I appreciate these archived moments and just watching documentary's on him just wow the true GOAT
His English is fantastic. Looks like Paddy Pimbletts dad.
His English is better than Paddy’s
Lol he does 😂😂
12 months later Leeds were league champions. 2 years later they were European Cup finalists...Sunderland played out of their skins that day.
...And they knocked Barca and Cryuff out of the European cup! Brilliant insight.
@@jbradley538 "Knocked" - yes, literally. Knocked, punched, kicked....
@@Timpriestley Footage of that game shows that Barca were no angels either. I couldn't help wondering whether Cryuff who was captain recalled the FA cup final and thought they could be bullied in midfield.
Cruyff is an icon the Godfather of modern football
Fascinating to hear one of the great footballing brains
...It is a bittersweet symphony this life!
Johan Cruyff is my favourite footballer of all time - I loved Holland in the Total Football years
Genius.
For me this is still the best cup final of my lifetime and to hear his summary is just stunning.
Cruijff was describing things back then in terms very few players or commentators are capable of today!
He so talented in many ways.. probably was able to replace.. Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd, Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple or even John Lennon in Beatles
A gentleman an amazing player, massively influential manager, and a really nice guy.
He was so young in this interview, feels like it s been 100 years ago
One year later,at the opening game of world cup 1974.Bob Paisley as a tv pundit,said "this total 😢😢football the dutch are playing isn't new ,their just copying the Sunderland team of the 1930s.Paisley played against Sunderland for Preston in 1937 f a cup final
Nothing new under the sun is invented, just recycled. Wait till the next generation discover the 4-4-2 and diving headers
Just need to correct you Stephen.It was Bill Shankly that said that,not Bob Paisley.Shanks had played for Preston in the 1937 and 1938 Cup finals,losing to Sunderland in 37 and winning in 38 against Huddersfield.Shanks was always outspoken and good for a quote like Brian Clough and Tommy Docherty,whereas Bob Paisley was a quiet man,the reluctant manager who took over from Shanks in 1974 and becoming Liverpools most successful manager.
Effortlessly cool guy and super football brain and ability. ICONIC Johan Cruyff
Praise for Big Dave Watson and the rest of our lads and of course the fans. Thanks Johnan.
After he appeared at the 1974 World Cup, every kid at school started playing with their shirt untucked.
Such a brilliant mind, and the godfather of modern football. RIP legend
Well it’s obvious why he was a genius coach .
He’s why I started playing football around ‘72 in my top 5 players ever
Thanks for this fantastic footage. More of Cruyff, please. He was in a league of his own.
Many greats of the game like Messi, Ronaldo, Maradona or Pele were talented and obsessed with the work. Cruyff may be a bit behind these greats but he's definetly the greatest tactician and football mind in history. He can understand a game for a far, make changes and also translate his knowledge and playing style to the players. Barca owes this man everything. The football world misses you Johan!
This was back when English football wasn't impressed by the smell of it's own farts and actually wanted to know what people outside of England think of it. Nowadays we've got Neville and Carragher acting like it's the greatest thing since sliced bread despite it destroying the transfer market (mainly the cheating berties and chelsea's fault) and almost everyone is crap except for said cheating berties.
Spot on, only team that can try and do something to City is Arsenal
A genius. Now we have Micah richards, Leanne Sanderson and the entire talksport crew
Oh shit... Leanne Sanderson is the worst.
Not familiar with her work, but she can't be worse than Eni Oluko or Karen Carney.
@csb7376 oh buddy... she is far worse
Try and have banter in a room full of Cruyffs and you'll thank God for Micah Richards
Unnecessarily harsh on Talksport, whose breadth of coverage of Euro 2024 was uniformly excellent (Jim Proudfoot, Adrian Durham, Stuart Pearce, Simon Jordan and Henry Winter - all superb). The radio station’s pre and post match analysis’ of games is more eloquent and generally more satisfying than that provided by its infuriatingly complacent televisual rivals.
Very good analysis, definitely should try his hand in coaching a football team, Spanish one would really suite him.
the most complete footballer that ever played the game.a complete Genius.
Crazy to think my mom was months old at the time of the footage… I am 27
Cruyff has a slightly different reputation in The Netherlands. He’s obviously a legend, and considered the greatest player the country has produced. His influence off the pitch is also rightly lauded, but many consider his commentary on the game as childishly simple, with some of his most famous quotes hilariously funny. ‘Cruyffiaans’ (Cruyffism) has become known as a kind of popular philosophy. It comes down to: ‘Playing football is simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.’
Yeah people like Jan Mulder who eat shit and act like its a amazing dish.
I think that has more to do with subsequent inferior Dutch managers who have followed him. The simple football quote.. I think he basically said that the hardest thing to do was playing the game in it's most simplistic form. From instinct. He also said that he's never seen a bag of money score a goal. I loved him lol. RIP from this Irishman.
It’s not simple, it genius. But a lot of people don’t see the deeper meaning behind his words, also a lot of people in the Netherlands find footballers dumb. But the truth of the matter is, Cruijff was an absolute legend, he was way far ahead of his time. I could listen to him talking for hours. Problem when he was interviewed, it was always by idiots who lack football knowledge and have no clue what he is actually talking about.
A big influence on Pep..Now Pep is a big influence on English football 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Footballing Genius Wasn’t He . A True Great. God Bless U Mr Cruyff RIP. That’s from an England Fan.
Dank u wel! Thanks for uploading. This is a fantastic interview from an absolute legend. Amazing looking back at football, rugby and Formula 1 in the 60s,70s, and 80s. Such personalities.
A man whose legacy still lives on today
Far beyond his time
Quite impressive that his English is so good. Especially when you consider that back then there was not as much English involved in Dutch society as there is now.
One of the best players ever
What a nice man
A great general, had vision, the master of total football.