Time to change the laws of the game
Watching the frankly uninteresting Euro 16 matches it is striking how few goals there have been even when one team has massive possesion advantage. Also the minnows have been doing very well against the giants of the game. It is fairly easy to see why this is so. Pack the box and there is no room for shots and often no space to show ball control skill. I think we are overdue a change to the laws.
When the laws were first formulated back in the 1880s players were smaller slower and not as fit as now, piches were heavier and boots weighed a ton. Forwards stayed forward. Watch any old movie of games and a feature is how few players are in the box. Watching matches this last few weeks there have been 19 or 20 players in there, (all wrestling, but thats another issue). Some of the evidence is how many late goals there are when even todays players tire and cannot cover back.
The offside law stops players moving too far forward and I think there should be a rule that two players from a team should not cross the halfway line into their own half for corners or free kicks. This would routinely reduce the players in or around the box by five as the defence will keep 3 back for cover. The game would be a lot more open. Would do it for open play as well but cannot see an easy "penalty" to apply that wouldn't give the defence an advantage. A full penalty seems too much