Individual role and collective at World Cup 2014: No longer the land for me.

Argentina still think about the days when Diego Maradona alone pulled the home team on top of the world. But football was much different today than three decades ago ...

Recently, the Guardian has published a list of 100 best players in World Cup history. Of these only 6 who was in Brazil this summer Xavi (rank 15th), Cristiano Ronaldo (33), Gianluigi Buffon (44), Lionel Messi (51), Wesley Sneijder (84), and Philipp Lahm (95 ).

Tiki-taka or Messi?

With Barcelona, ​​Messi is a legend, althought 26 year old . But the Argentina national team, he is still regarded as a Diego Maradona's fault version. With 37 goals, Messi has surpassed Maradona (34) to become the best second scorer in the history Albiceleste. However, there is exactly one of all goals were scored in the World Cup, and almost does not mean anything significant (set victory 6-0 to Serbia in the first round World Cup 2006).

Analysts have pointed out this problem long ago, that the difference in the environmental club and has created two opposite sides of it. When Messi destructive scoring record with Barca, many people will think that this team heavy dependence on him. In fact, Messi greatly benefit from tiki-taka, or in other words, it's the launch pad to take him to the top. At Barca, he is the concretization of the advantages that he play, but not a leader to lead the match. In Argentina's national team, who also expect he will become the new Maradona, with the situation alone make a difference.

Tiki-taka or Messi? It is a metaphor to talk about two "schools" in the World Cup 2014: Collective (tiki-taka) or individual (Messi). The team is based on collective play like Spain, Italy, Germany, against the team based on stars like Argentina and Portugal. Ronaldo is pretty much the case with Messi in Real Madrid when the collective is clearly better quality than Portugal. It seems that the role of the big stars have become more blurred than in the past because of modern football stifle the space to be able to express their individuality.

Tactical discipline stifle individuality.

Since the World Cup 2002 so far, do not walk away with the team championship of Europe and the world, by to the shine of the individual. Greece 2004 is typical of a concrete block mounted without a person actually outstanding. Italy on top of the world 2 years later by to a disciplined style of play, though earlier, football country shaken survivors lead Calciopoli arrangements. The trend is set to continue to show throughout the past half decade, with three consecutive championships in Spain, though they do not have a real personal level of excellence as Messi or Ronaldo (EURO 2008, 2012 , World Cup 2010).

The only team in the last 12 years successfully with only a locomotive is extremely excellent for France in the World Cup 2006 , with blazing performance of Zinedine Zidane, but it also is not a complete success when they defeated put down on the previous shootout Italy in the final, and the last time wearing blue shirt of Zidane has become a  forget memories with a headbutting to Marco Marterazzi.

4 years ago, the Germany participate World Cup 2010 with a team  "ordinary", including many young players but they have built a very scientific systems. Bronze medal is a real achievement worthy of praise for young team. In contrast, stars like Ronaldo and Messi are powerless to pull the team up. Modern football honor the smart pass and runs the logical place, and with no site for middle-range artillery or hover over a half very team.

So also continue to promote the collective strength that list in the World Cup 2014  finals, Germany call a striker is Miroslav Klose . 36-year-old not only striker , but he understand systems of Germany,  131 times participating for the national team for 13 years.

In summary, the general trend of  football modern is personally serve the collective,not rather  a collective revolving around an individual. Even that could be dominant trend in future.

1 Lionel Messi has scored 37 goals for Argentina's national team, but in which only one goal was scored  at the World Cup finals. It is achievements in summer 2006 in Serbia gird.

14 Miroslav Klose has scored 14 goals in the World Cup in 2002, 2006, 2010.He just scored 1 goal again, he will equal the record of 15 goals by Ronaldo.

3 Spain is the only team in history ever European champion and world 3 times in a row (EURO 2008, 2012 and World Cup 2010).