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Referees are nicer to attackers nowadays, plus there's several rule tweaks done in recent decades to make attacking more worthwhile. Goals scored at WC bottomed in 1990 iirc.

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Goals scored isn't a great metric though since there's more teams than ever. Highest goal to game ratio was during the 50s.

Yeah I meant goals/game bottomed. It came down from the 50s towards Italia 90 and the authorities decided to make some changes.

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