Football has a particular kind of sadness reserved for teams that had everything and still could not do it. The Netherlands of 1974 — Johan Cruyff, Total Football, the most revolutionary side the sport had seen — lost the Final to West Germany. Brazil in 1982 — Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder, perhaps the most beautifully […]
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