Jiyefuu : well maybe part of 'modern football' may not be the exact words.. perhaps 'in trend'??
coz popular players within this decade like ronaldinho, ronaldo, messi, aguero tends to do tricks..
also, hot prospects touted as new world's best players are also the ones that are able to do tricks and they go "wow, he's going to be the new messi" n shit like that.
well there are people who can do better tricks than ronaldo and ronaldinho. but that doesnt make them great footballers.
the likes you see at the top level are great footballers. they can play FOOTBALL, doing tricks is just an extra thing they can do. they rarely do tricks in a match, you kinda never see them actually do a trick. in friendlies you might. but in proper matches they dont.
dribbling is what these players specialise on. great technique and dribbling. hope that sums up what im arguing about here.
