The Modern Way

So this is how the game moved on, one up front and nine behind the ball, plonked like traffic bollards across the 18-yard line. Teams so terrified of losing they'd rather draw than try to win. Play the percentages, defend in depth, soak up the pressure then grab a goal on the break with a headed-in set-piece. The beautiful game of Pele and Puskas made ugly by frightened men in Bluetooth headsets.