!@#$%! you nailed it earlier last week when you were wondering what happened to all the full-backs..
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/wh...up-full-backs/
Interestingly, since this is a high scoring World Cup already this far, if the trend continues can we say that perhaps there is a stylistic change? Is it on the part of a different approach to scoring by offenses or is it just better defense? The Knock Out stages can help shed some better light with a larger sample size against better quality teams..