Though the Dutchman has passed away, the concept of total football he initiated, introduced and nurtured has come to stay. Coaches, footballers and spectators world wide keep on passing this novel concept of free flowing attractive total football to younger minds and fresher legs season after season world wide. With profound gratitude and respect we bid farewell to the great Soccer General who single-handedly transformed static football into an enjoyable war bordering sublime art. From vertical passes to the frontliners, he made the boys get used to diagonal and horizontal passes with occassional backpasses bringing the entire set of eleven men into a fine blend of attractive orchestra-like performance. Long live the memory of the great maestro. Long live Dutch football. May the soul of the departed Michels enjoy eternal bliss.
