On the 15th of June the Dutch will play the Germans on the European Championships in Portugal. This year it is exactly 30 years ago that the Dutch played against Germany in the World Cup Final in 1974.
Dutch writer Auke Kok publishes a book about it with the title: 1974, ‘We were the best’. The Dutch writer did in-depth research and reveals a lot of new clues that explain why the Dutch played so bad in the dramatic or better traumatic final.
Kok concludes that although the Dutch team played very well and managed to reach the final, it was an undisciplined group of fun makers that had a fierce lifestyle during the tournament. When the finale started the Dutch team was already completely exhausted.
BR reporter Markus Rosch travels to the Netherlands for a reportage for the program Report München from the German broadcaster Bayerisches Fernsehen. He interviews writer Auke Kok and Renee van der Kerkhof, one of the players of the 1974 Dutch national team, give insight in way the Dutch lost the final.
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