Hat-Trick for Total Football

Johan Cryuff lifts the European Cup for Ajax of Amsterdam for the third season in a row after beating Juventus 1-0 in the 1973 European Cup final. Dutch coach Rinus Michels, masterminded the ‘Total Football’ philosophy which was brilliantly orchestrated by the on-field captain Johann Cruyff.

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