ajax were drawn against dukla prague of czechoslovakia in the quarter-finals. the first leg finished 1–1 in the netherlands, but ajax lost the second leg 2–1 at the stadion juliska in prague. thus, they lost the tie 3–2 on aggregate. following the match, michels decided to reshape his team. he moved defender ton pronk into midfield and sold his captain frits soetekouw, who had scored an own goal in the second leg, to rivals psv eindhoven, signing velibor vasović from partizan belgrade as his replacement. the changes had the desired effect as ajax won the eredivisie four times between 1966 and 1970. they also reached the final of the 1968–69 european cup, but lost 4–1 to italian team milan. the team's style, known as total football, would come to fruition in the 1970s as ajax won three consecutive european cups from 1971 to 1973. total football was also implemented by the netherlands national football team, who reached the final of the fifa world cup in 1974 and 1978, losing on both occasions.