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Netherlands national football team

Former Dutch soccer player Johan Cruijff (R) salutes a boy at the start of the Cruyff Court Final in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on May 18, 2013. The tournament connects the youth team of the Cruyff Courts, a sport project of the Johan Cruyff Foundation.

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About Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association. It won Euro 88 and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978 but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing. In many countries the team is colloquially referred to as "Holland".

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