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Clive Rose/Getty Images  Parking the bus. Anti-football. From
Italy's 1970 Catanacio to Inter's 2010 mighty defense.
Actually the last time we encountered a World Cup that was
blessed with attacking football was back in Mexico 1986, where
teams never had to think about the double pivot option in the
midfield, or about defend-tell-you-drop tactics in order to get
a point or maybe a win if they are lucky.  At that time we saw
the attacking-minded Argentina with the little genius, we saw
Brazil's Zico, and we enjoyed France's Platini.  Even new teams
like Denmark were so joyful to watch, and they took the world by
surprise. Well, until Spain gave them a taste of their own
medicine and thrashed them in a show of pure attacking style.
Italy 1990  The Argentines came to play a whole different role
in this World Cup. They came with a lousy team and a 100 percent
dependency on the master himself