Probably corruption and greedy have always existed on the backgrounds, although it didn't look widespread like right now, but I believe before athletes played for the passion for their clubs and countries, even because it wasn't a very profitable career, but now they play solely for money. Each nation had its own playstyle and it was nice to see the World Cup because it was an opportunity for the world to compare the quality and the differences between each country. The soccer we have nowadays is pretty standardized, because the techniques are the same used by everyone. Countries and regions have lost their original footprints and instead of improving it, they have adopted an external common playstyle common to everyone.