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#7 Bayern Munich (1974-1976)
Playing Total Football with a decidedly German touch, Bayern built their side around arguably the greatest exponent of Total Football ever – Franz Beckenbauer. There was not a blade of grass on the pitch that the man named Der Kaiser did not utterly dominate.
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Paul Breitner, the true multi-purpose footballer, a wrong-footed full-back with a love for mazy dribbles, the great goalkeeper Sepp Maier and the fearsome striking partnership of Gerd Mueller and Uli Hoennes all came together under Beckenbauer’s charismatic leadership to make for an awe-inspiring footballing team.
They played attacking football but with a ruthlessness and pragmatism that was typically German. Up front, Mueller always seemed to be able to contrive a way for the ball to nestle in the back of the net; combine that with the Beckenbauer-marshaled defence that was an impenetrable wall behind which stood one of the greatest goalkeepers of the time, and this was the ultimate winning unit of its era.
Bayern Munich won three consecutive European Championships from 1974-76 and they also dominated the West German league making them one of the greatest football teams of all time.
