Horatio Gould
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Huge victory for communism.
But mainly, this is about the Dutch team.
This is my favorite team to watch, is early total football, where they just basically tear up all the rules, switch positions, and no one can handle it because everyone's been playing systems.
Cruyff says a perfect game ends 0-0.
What do you mean by that?
Because he means that if you're playing football properly, you don't concede a goal.
I thought it was the other way.
No, it's all based on not conceding and keeping the ball.
If you keep the ball, the other team can't score.
Possession football.
Possession football.
But there's a great quote by, I can't remember, it was David Winner who wrote a book called Brilliant Orange, which I read years ago.
It was a great quote that the total football of the Dutch team was...
It was like the Beach Boys, the hippie movement, swinging 60s and the death of John Lennon all in one tournament.
The Dutch play this amazing round of football, get to the final, score in the first minute and then West Germany win.
And they don't, you know, it's like the Dutch still go on about this.
This is the Dutch Hiroshima.
You ordered me to go and fuck that grandma behind the bin.
What do you think is going to happen?
Bad day to be a grandma.