a écrit le 10 avril 2006 à 11h10 VOTE NOW in eurosport.com's poll to find the greatest World Cup team of all time as Netherlands 1974 face Cameroon 1990. Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michel's 'total' football looked set to conquer the earth in Germany, while Roger Milla and the Indomitable Lions inspired in Italy.
HOW IT WORKS
Eurosport.com's football editors have chosen 16 teams to battle it out for the title of Team of the Century, which you - the eurosport.com public - will decide.
The choice was made on several criteria, which is why not only World Cup-winning sides were included in the list.
The teams are being played off against each other in a series of 'matches' of which only you can decide the outcome. Simply click on the link in this story to access the page where you can vote for the team of your choice.
The team with the most votes when their 'match' finishes will advance to the next round.
Team profiles
3) NETHERLANDS Runners-up 1974
This was 'total football' in its original and purest form.
Johan Neeskens, Jonny Rep, Rob Rensenbrink, Ruud Krol and the irrepressible Johan Cruyff wowed as they swept past Argentina and Brazil only to allow their self-belief to swell to fatal proportions in the final - a first-minute Neeskens penalty lulling Rinus Michel's men into a false sense of security as they were overpowered by West Germany.
14) CAMEROON Quarter-finalist 1990
An opening-game shock win over holders Argentina set the tone for the Indomitable Lions' run to the last eight.
Inspired by the remarkable 38-year-old Roger Milla, Romania, the Soviet Union and the Argentines were seen off in the group phase before Colombia was also vanquished. The dream ended with a 3-2 extra-time loss to England, despite leading 2-1 seven minutes from the end of normal time.
HOW IT WORKS
Eurosport.com's football editors have chosen 16 teams to battle it out for the title of Team of the Century, which you - the eurosport.com public - will decide.
The choice was made on several criteria, which is why not only World Cup-winning sides were included in the list.
The teams are being played off against each other in a series of 'matches' of which only you can decide the outcome. Simply click on the link in this story to access the page where you can vote for the team of your choice.
The team with the most votes when their 'match' finishes will advance to the next round.
Team profiles
3) NETHERLANDS Runners-up 1974
This was 'total football' in its original and purest form.
Johan Neeskens, Jonny Rep, Rob Rensenbrink, Ruud Krol and the irrepressible Johan Cruyff wowed as they swept past Argentina and Brazil only to allow their self-belief to swell to fatal proportions in the final - a first-minute Neeskens penalty lulling Rinus Michel's men into a false sense of security as they were overpowered by West Germany.
14) CAMEROON Quarter-finalist 1990
An opening-game shock win over holders Argentina set the tone for the Indomitable Lions' run to the last eight.
Inspired by the remarkable 38-year-old Roger Milla, Romania, the Soviet Union and the Argentines were seen off in the group phase before Colombia was also vanquished. The dream ended with a 3-2 extra-time loss to England, despite leading 2-1 seven minutes from the end of normal time.
