Dutch football concept and Spanish football concept have a certain degree of agreement, both of which have the influence of all-out and all-defensive tactics. At present, the backbone of the two teams are Ajax and Barcelona respectively, and these two clubs have the best youth training system in the world football. The philosophy of football can develop to this day with the historical contributions of the Dutch, including michels of Ajax and cruyff of Barcelona-although both of them have written historical chapters in both teams.
At present, as many as nine people in the Netherlands have Ajax youth training background (Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Huntelaar, Elijah, Haitinga, De Jong, Van der Ville, Stecklenburg and Babel), while eight people in the Spanish team have Barcelona youth training background (Valdes, Pique, Puyol, busquets, Harvey, Iniesta, Fabregas and Pedro).
Although the Dutch team in this World Cup has a strong utilitarian style under the leadership of coach Van Malvik, the offensive style of the team in the frontcourt still reflects the Dutch tradition. The combination of Van Persie+Sneijder+Robben+Kuyt has frequent transposition and surprise attack. Spain, with Barcelona as the main force, insists on the style of controlling traffic. At one time, there were seven Barcelona players on the team. The success of their style has also made artistic football find a reason for recovery.