total football

English

WOTD – 25 April 2016

Dutch footballer and coach Johan Cruyff (1947–2016), who was a noted exponent of total football, in 1974

Alternative forms

Total Football

Etymology

Calque of Dutch totaalvoetbal.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊtəl ˈfʊtbɔːl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊtəl ˈfʊtbɔl/
Audio (AU) (file)
Hyphenation: to‧tal foot‧ball

Noun

total football (uncountable)

(soccer) A tactic in which the outfield players assume different roles during a game, while keeping an organised structure.

Translations

football tactic

Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: totaalvoetbal n
Finnish: totaalinen jalkapallo
French: football total
German: totaler Fußball m
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: totalfotball m
Portuguese: futebol total m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: totalfotboll c
Turkish: total futbol

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