BBZ8800
Senior Member
Of course.
Small, slower, physically weaker players could have dominated while they had way superior technique.
So, if their names were Xavi and Iniesta.
For physically weaker players who's technique is not THAT much better than of taller, faster, strong, guys with more stamina=they will lose longterm.
This is just my estimation, but in numbers, a football 10-20 years ago looked like this:
Barca:
Technique 10/10
Physique 5/10
Other random top teams:
Technique 8/10
Physique 7/8
But today, other teams raised the bar to something like:
Technique 9/10
Physique 9/10
And our technique 10/10, physique 5/10 just isn't good anymore (in a CL), especially since we don't even have technique 10/10 anymore due to no one being even close to Xavi and Iniesta.
Again, that doesn't mean that we should look for tall, strong, fast guy with zero technique.
But quite likely, in 5-10 years, all teams (including Barca) will look closer to France's/Belgium's physique&technique than to current Barca's/Spain's physique.
All teams will have technique 9/10 and physique 8-9-10/10.
Players with a physique or Denis, Halilovic, Puig won't be able to come even close to top teams in the future.
If you don't believe, let's wait and see...
You will need to be either:
tall, strong and technical
Or shorter, technical, but fast as a lightning, mobile, with awesome stamina.
If you will be a technical guy with average pace, strength, stamina, top football won't be a place for you anymore.
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