Best team goal: Netherlands ‘revive Total Football’ with brilliant Nations League goal

Johan Cruyff is one of the greatest football players to ever grace the pitch, revolutionising the game with Ajax and the Dutch National Team, before taking the style to Barcelona where he enjoyed a fruitful spell as a player.

The style was branded ‘Total Football’ and was made famous with Ajax as Cruyff was the on field conductor before adopting the style himself as a manager, especially when at Barcelona.

Unfortunately, the great man is no longer with us, but his football legacy lives on, with Holland this international break putting on a beautiful display with a great example of total football to open the scoring.

The Netherlands continues their dominant Nations League campaign with a 2-0 victory over Poland on Thursday evening, thanks to goals from Cody Gakpo and Steven Bergwijn.

After going close to triumphing in the new international tournament in the past, Virgil van Dijk’s side will be looking to go one better this time around.

It was van Dijk’s goal that separated his side and Belgium in the final group game, seeing the Dutchmen top, with an undefeated campaign including five wins and a draw.

Total Football is a beautiful style to watch, with former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal getting his side to perform it superbly in their win over Poland.

They showed their patience in the build-up with sideways passes around the back to retain possession, with a few attempts to go forward. However, when they couldn’t advance, the ball was recycled.

It was the skipper, van Dijk, who got the attack underway properly after displaying patience, taking matters into his own hands to ping the ball out to Denzel Dumfries on the wing, with the full back finding Steven Berghuis who linked up with Memphis Depay.

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