Category: If It Scores
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This Isn’t Football. This Is Art
Michels and Cruyff have shown us a new way of playing football. Whether it will catch on, I can’t say yet. But one thing’s for certain—today was the day the game changed.
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Prologue: The Year Everything Changed
As English football clung to grit and long balls, two Dutch visionaries—Cruyff and Michels—chose Highbury over Barcelona. Arsenal, a club caught between tradition and transition, became the canvas for Total Football. No one knew it yet, but beauty had just arrived in North London—and the game would never be the same.
