 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akagadzwa kumakota ekupedzisira paEuro 1968 neEuro 1972, uye semi-fainari paEuro 1968, pamwe nemutambo wekutanga weboka pakati peMexico neSoviet Union pa 1970 World Cup, iyo yakamuona achiva mutongi wekutanga kuratidza kadhi yero mumutambo. Akatongawo mutambo wechipiri-kutenderera pa 1974 World Cup. Nokudaro ndiye mutongi bedzi akasarudzwa neFIFA nokuda kweMitambo yeNyika nhatu. Pamwe chete akanga ari mutongi weFIFA kwemakore gumi nemanomwe, chinova chinyorwa munhoroondo yeFIFA. 