{"product_id":"oranje-total-the-netherlands-nearly-men-and-innovators-9781970852257","title":"Oranje Total: The Netherlands, Nearly Men and Innovators","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gigi Romano\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Soccer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDutch football has always been bigger than its borders. From the amateur origins of a small nation learning the international game to the tactical revolutions that reshaped world football, the Netherlands became the sport's most influential workshop-designing new ways to control space, press in unison, and make positional intelligence a national signature. Oranje's story is not just a timeline of tournaments; it is the long narrative of how Dutch clubs, coaches, and players repeatedly exported ideas that traveled farther than medals, leaving fingerprints on the modern game's most successful systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet influence has never quieted the country's most persistent ache. Again and again, the Netherlands have reached the final weekend-World Cup finals, European Championship knockouts, defining nights decided by seconds or penalties-only to watch the finish line slip away. This book follows the tension that defines Oranje: a team that often plays like an argument made visible, always measured against the harshest competitive standard, and forever asked to prove that innovation can survive the last step. It is a portrait of a football nation that keeps rebuilding, keeps modernizing, and keeps returning-because the Dutch experiment is never finished, and the next solution is always one match away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46861192167575,"sku":"9781970852257","price":2207.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781970852257.webp?v=1769961054","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/oranje-total-the-netherlands-nearly-men-and-innovators-9781970852257","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}