FIFA counts down to the World Cup 2026 with a daily statistical story. Johan Cruyff created 36 chances for the Netherlands at Germany 1974 – the most by any player at one World Cup. Diego Maradona is ...
Every Monday, FIFA spotlights a World Cup record. The latest remembers two ‘Total Football’ exponents setting several in the 1974 final. “As we walked out of the tunnel I said to him, ‘Johan, we’re ...
Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff, who revolutionized the game as the personification of "Total Football," has died. He was 68. Family spokeswoman Carole Thate confirmed to The Associated Press that ...