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alt. (context soccer English) A football (soccer) tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure. n. (context soccer English) A football (soccer) tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure.
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Total Football is a tactical theory of football in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player in a team. It was best known by the Netherlands National Football Team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Early exponents of Total Football were Real Madrid, Brazilian side Santos, the Golden Team of Hungary and English side Burnley in the 1950s.
In Total Football, a player who moves out of his position is replaced by another from his team, thus retaining the team's intended organisational structure. In this fluid system, no outfield player is fixed in a predetermined role; anyone can successively play as an attacker, a midfielder and a defender. The only player who must stay in a specified position is the goalkeeper.
Total Football's tactical success depends largely on the adaptability of each footballer within the team, in particular the ability to quickly switch positions depending on the on-field situation. The theory requires players to be comfortable in multiple positions; hence, it places high technical and physical demands on them.
During this era Ajax played some of their finest football ever, achieving home wins (46–0–0) for two full seasons (1971–72 and 1972–73), just one defeat in the whole of the 1971–72 season, and celebrating four titles in 1972 (the Netherlands national league, KNVB Cup, European Cup and Intercontinental Cup).
Total Football is a football (soccer) videogame developed for Sega Genesis and Amiga programmed by Domark and published by Acclaim in 1995
Total Football was a British sports magazine on football published by Future Publishing. It was launched in September 1995 as a ' laddish' competitor to FourFourTwo, which had launched the previous year. Total Football and its then-rival Goal were inspired by the success of the 'lad's magazine' Loaded.
Total Football closed in September 2001, with the publisher citing "massive coverage" of football as the reason. Monthly sales were just under 25,000 at the time of its closure, declining from over 80,000 at launch. Another competitor, the BBC's Match of the Day, also closed in 2001; Goal had already suspended publication in 1998 and was later merged into FourFourTwo.
Total Football is a tactical theory of soccer play. This may also refer to:
- Total Football (magazine), a British soccer magazine from 1995-2001
- Total Football (video game), a soccer video game published in 1995
- The former name of Fox Sports FC, an Australian soccer TV show
Usage examples of "total football".
After the indifferent spell that had brought about the end of the Total Football experiment, Arsenal had clawed their way back into the Championship race simply by being what they had always been –.