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Originally Posted by daveeb
It's rapidly becoming a non contact sport. The Leeds of the 70's or Wimbledon of the 80's would have their entire teams banned under current guidelines.  |
True but I would also say football's much faster, more elegant and more skilful than even 20 years ago. The stricter rules have been brought in to both protect players but also allow more fluid football too.
If you think back to the fitness of the players and the speed of the game then football now is very different and that plays a part. The foul for which Luiz was sent off for today was far more dangerous because of the speed of the two players involved.