Modern football is evolving, Footballers in previous generation where basically a breed of skills and technique. Olden days managers worked on building technicality in players, the focus then was on players ability and not the teams play.
Slowly and surely new managers began to deviate from this perspectives, making football decided on small details. new tactics now depended on players movements. Players quality left the center stage, as Coaches came up with means to win without necessarily the best players. Jose Mourinho who led a Porto team, with no World Class players to Champions League Triumph, now exposed the ability of managers to create a system, that works with players with less skills and technique,
Pep Guardiola, brand of tiki-taka football, was different from Mou’s approach. Guardiola’s brand depended on players attribute. He had a specific demand from every particular player, and that to a large extent hampered player development. Different aspects of his players game were neglected, focusing on his specific demands. this made most of his players, unable to function outside his system. and his system demanded the most promising talents in world football.
Current managers learnt from this two in their coaching development, and this have currently made the game less technical. Coaches now demand a specific number of touches in build up play. This to a large extent have reduced the confidence in Upcoming stars. while a change is needed for the future of world football, the next generation could see numbers reduce in terms of goals and assist by World class stars.