Football, like life, always develops in stages, with each period being a trend. Each stage, each trend, follows the same sequence, has a starting point, a peak and then a decline. Interestingly, at a certain stage, the shift returns to old values.
Modern football is said to have reached its peak, with the almost comprehensive development of players. In the uniformity of players and teams, they create tense, dramatic, emotional, and attractive matches. However, for many people, especially older fans, something is still missing...
It is also emotion, but it is the lack of emotion from outstanding individuals. It is not without reason that today's players are likened to "machines", operating according to the so-called model, the programming created by the coach. It is not that there are no moments of brilliance, but it has become a luxury in modern football.
Ronaldo de Lima - the Brazilian superstar once dubbed "The Alien", recently commented: "Players have improved a lot in terms of physical fitness in the modern football environment. Compared to the previous training sessions, everything has been improved and improved. Football now focuses a lot on physicality and speed, standards are raised significantly everywhere, however, technique is forgotten. For example, number 10s like Guti no longer exist. He has perfect vision and beautiful handling, but also extremely effective. Our generation depends a lot on this aspect, that's why every team will have important players, those who can change the situation of a match."
Young fans may not understand, but when “Fat Ronaldo” mentions Guti, those who know will not be able to forget the “eyes behind” backheels of the former Spanish midfielder. Of course, Guti is just one of many stars who brought very unique emotions to a period of football, but people understand that there will come a time when football and fans need such role models again.
With Vietnamese football, in the current mismatch of training trends, finding talent early and focusing on training in football thinking, pushing more emotions into football is a choice to prepare, like for the new future but old...
