The provenance of the great Spanish game of today is not the bullring, but the Barcelona team built by Johan Cruyff in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The origin of his “total football” philosophy of keeping possession of the ball with quick, short passes and lightning switches from defense to offense was Ajax, Amsterdam, in the late 1960’s.
其实现实的足球风格相对更为复杂。今天西班牙伟大赛事的源产地不再是斗牛场，而是由克鲁伊夫组建于1970和80年代的巴塞罗那队。所有这些都源于60年代末阿姆斯特丹阿贾克斯队的“整体足球”理念，即保持控球、快速短传、和闪电般快速的攻防转换。