In the early days of soccer, everyone grew up wild. European soccer relied on discipline and training systems to become the great giants of soccer. South American soccer relied on a broad mass base and the individual talent of its players to become the gates of soccer as well. Especially Brazilian players, such as Cristiano Ronaldo or Ronaldinho, more or less have the feeling of genius "street football players". It is in this magical continent of South America that such geniuses are born. In the past, everyone grew up savagely. Even if European soccer was systematized, it was only relative. Now soccer must talk about everything. If the European soccer systematization index used to be an 8 and South America a 6, South American players could still use their talents to bridge the gap.

Today's European soccer, with a systematic index of 10 and South America still at 6, is such a huge gap that it's hard to make up for it with only the talent of the players. Whether it's the Club World Cup at the club level or the World Cup in the national team realm, European teams are now crushing South American teams, including Brazil. As for the question that Brazilian strikers are not as good as they used to be? This is a sign that Brazilian soccer and even South American soccer is falling behind across the board. Brazilian soccer has no advantage in terms of youth training system, medical care, scientific data analysis or quality of the field. Brazil still has good strikers. If you look at Brazil's first division, you'll know there are still some strikers. You can't say that Brazilian strikers are not as good as they used to be, it's like the comic strip about Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong.

It's not the same era, it's impossible to say, because soccer nowadays emphasizes defense more than in the previous ten or twenty years. It's harder for this attacking players, especially forwards, to score goals. In addition, the role of the striker is broader than before. In the past, the main task of a striker was to score goals. Now a striker's task is not only to score goals, but also to pass, cut and work together, back and defend. Now he can the striker, so now than in the past the efficiency should decline. In addition, Brazil has a relatively large soccer population base, so there is no need to worry about finding a good striker. Even if there isn't one now, it will appear immediately after some time. In the past, South American soccer players didn't play in Europe until they were about 20 years old. Now, because scouting is so advanced, they are spotted coming to Europe at a very young age, so they often train on the European model, so goals are scored differently than in the past.

The level of education of coaches is not low. It's easy to use modern big data platforms. Through technological means, especially in the last 15 years, the advantages of Europe's advanced economy, bold investment and education system are gradually applied to soccer. European club soccer has entered a new level through sustained capital operation! Now European soccer has opened the gap between South America! This has made European soccer powerhouses more stable and balanced from youth to adults. Brazil has no platform for stable soccer development. Of course, there is no shortage of soccer talent in Brazil due to the country's situation and the love of soccer in the population. But it is difficult to balance the development in every position! France's racial equipment is similar to Brazil's, but due to the differences in training systems. France keeps achieving balanced development, Brazil can't! I mean Brazil hasn't had a top striker for a few years, but it might be soon, it might not be for a while. Anyway, without a good training system, it's hard to ensure consistent player output.