Total Football.
Total Football is a style of play featuring constant changes of position. The defenders are always joining the attack and the strikers also help out in the defence. The aim is to get the opponent confused – it’s never clear who should be marking who.

Grass.
When it comes to technology in the field of artificial turf and natural grass, Belgium and the Netherlands lead the world.

Stadiums.
Belgium and the Netherlands are also a centre of innovation when it comes to stadium construction. The Amsterdam ArenA was the world’s first fully roofed football stadium. It was the Turnhout plant of the Dutch company Philips Lighting that created the illumination for the sports stadiums of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing/

TV coverage.
Belgian companies are particularly active at major sporting events, including the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Above all, they have played a major role in facilitating television coverage.
The Netherlands have a reputation for good producers of sports coverage.

Medical innovations.
For some time now, the Low Countries have also been home to groundbreaking work in the field of sports medicine. Ever since he treated Ruud Gullit’s knee and Marco van Basten’s ankle in the 1980s, Antwerp-based Professor Marc Martens has been regarded as one of the world’s top orthopaedic surgeons.