Am I missing something with this pitch width discussion. Accoring to this site, it's only a couple of metres? I guess it's because we're not used to playing on different sized pitches like we used to be before they all became homogenised and boring?
https://sqaf.club/premier-league-pitch-sizes/
Many many years ago playing for the Scouts at Hove Park we were 3-0 down at half-time. Part of my pep-talk was 'If they can score three in a half, then so can we'. And we did!!
(we lost 6-3, but no matter)