In 1954, a player did run 4 km within the 90 minutes, today they usually run 12 km. Who has to run where and when has been exercised thoroughly. The safety net to suppress any creative play in the midfield gets better every four years. Three out of the four teams in the semifinals have only one single attacker. These teams between them have allowed five goals against them in altogether fifteen games.

I think it is time to think seriously about restricting the number of players to give creativity more room.

Wolfgang