Johan Cruyff

Cruyff was the architect of, and personified Total Football, a peculiarly Dutch brand of tactical football in which all players are all things. Cruyff himself, perhaps the most complete player of all time, was totally at home in a team that are said to have evolved as a result of the Dutch attitude to land use, always making the best use of available space. Although he was man-marked out of the 1974 World Cup Final by West German, Berti Vogts, it is widely accepted that maverick Cruff's total footballing Dutchmen, despite suffering a 2-1 defeat, were the best team and deserved to have taken home the trophy.

Frenz Bechenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945), nicknamed der Kaiser ("the emperor"), Franz (English Francis) being a name of Austrian emperors in 1965. Beckenbauer's first game for the national side came in September 1965 and he played in his first World Cup in 1966.
In 1968-69 season the year he was made Bayer captain he started playing as a sweeper. The most successful period of is carreer is as follows:In 1972 West Germany won the European Championship, beating the Soviet Union 3-0 in the final. The 1974 World Cup was hosted by West Germany and Beckenbauer led his side to victory, including a win over the hotly favoured Netherlands side featuring Johan Cruijff. At Bayern Munich Beckenbauer was equally successful, the club won three league championships in a row (1972-74) and also an astonishing hat-trick of European Cup wins (1974-76).

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