Total Football
Along with [[Rinus Michels]], Lobanovskyi is recognized for being the inventor of the major football playing style known as "[[Total Football]]" in the 1970s. Lobanovskyi often referred to "Total Football" as "gold vein" that would be exploited for many years to come. According to Lobanovskyi, the "revolutionary process" in football ended in 1974 with the discovery of "Total Football", and in modern football, all players must be able to play in offense and defense equally effectively. Per Lobanovskyi, "Now we are talking about the so-called 'smart' universalization. What do I mean? Well, for example, we would not want [[Andriy Shevchenko]], the striker, to play the [[right defender]]. But if he gets into this zone, he must be able to perform there. And in the future, football will gradually move from 'smart' universalization to full universalization".