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From: Alessandro Riolo on 2 Jul 2010 18:40
Uruguay - Netherlands will be the rematch of a seminal WC match, the one
played the 15th June 1974 in Hanover.

Arguably the very first time modern football was displayed at such level in
international competition in such a complete way, the Dutch, albeit in a
very rough form, showed the world what in the next 20 years would become the
dominant characteristics of football: zonal defense, offside trap, pressing,
short depth, forward defending, they had it all.

The Uruguayans, who had started the match as heavy favorites, didn't know
what had hit them, it was like a match played by 2 teams in different eras,
it ended 2-0 for the Dutch, but could have ended up 10-0 as easily, the
Dutch did possibly set the recond for squandered chances in a single match
as well ...

Not the finest display of what would become famous as total football, but
probably the very birthday of modern football, at least at international
finals competitions.

--
ale
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From: jvazquez on 2 Jul 2010 19:19
On 2 jul, 18:40, "Alessandro Riolo" <alessandro.ri...(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Uruguay - Netherlands will be the rematch of a seminal WC match, the one
> played the 15th June 1974 in Hanover.
>

Technical detail: It was a group 3 match. Uruguay didn't advance and
there was no semifinal as such in WC 74.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup

Nothing to say about the rest of your post because I didn't see the
match, but I imagined you are right.

Juan Vazquez

From: Alessandro Riolo on 2 Jul 2010 19:34
<jvazquez(a)semavenca.com> wrote in message
news:0952e6c5-4d74-4459-bd06-36ac213a856a(a)j4g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> On 2 jul, 18:40, "Alessandro Riolo" <alessandro.ri...(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Uruguay - Netherlands will be the rematch of a seminal WC match, the one
>> played the 15th June 1974 in Hanover.
>>
>
> Technical detail: It was a group 3 match. Uruguay didn't advance and
> there was no semifinal as such in WC 74.
...

For a while I didn't understand your post, then I grokked it! :)

There have been seminal semifinals, but not all the seminal matches are
semifinals :p

--
ale
http://ale.riolo.co.uk

From: MH on 2 Jul 2010 19:28
jvazquez(a)semavenca.com wrote:
> On 2 jul, 18:40, "Alessandro Riolo" <alessandro.ri...(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Uruguay - Netherlands will be the rematch of a seminal WC match, the one
>> played the 15th June 1974 in Hanover.
>>
>
> Technical detail: It was a group 3 match. Uruguay didn't advance and
> there was no semifinal as such in WC 74.

He said seminal, not semifinal ! I did a double take too when I first
read it.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup
>
> Nothing to say about the rest of your post because I didn't see the
> match, but I imagined you are right.
>
> Juan Vazquez
>
From: jvazquez on 3 Jul 2010 04:58
On 2 jul, 19:28, MH <MHnos...(a)ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> jvazq...(a)semavenca.com wrote:
> > On 2 jul, 18:40, "AlessandroRiolo" <alessandro.ri...(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Uruguay - Netherlands will be the rematch of a seminal WC match, the one
> >> played the 15th June 1974 in Hanover.
>
> > Technical detail: It was a group 3 match.  Uruguay didn't advance and
> > there was no semifinal as such in WC 74.
>
> He said seminal, not semifinal !  I did a double take too when I first
> read it.
>

Sorry. My mistake for speed reading.

Which reminds me a of the guy who read Leon Tolstoy's "War and Peace"
in 15 minutes, after taking the course on speed reading.

A friend asked him:

- What it is all about?

-Uhhh... you know,... something about Russia.

Juan Vazquez



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