According to FIFA stats:
The ideal individual and team age bracket to win a FIFA World Cup is 26 to 28 years old, with the historical median average starting lineup age sitting at 27 years and 57 days. This window perfectly balances physical peak condition with accumulated elite match experience.
The ideal individual and team age bracket to win a FIFA World Cup is 26 to 28 years old, with the historical median average starting lineup age sitting at 27 years and 57 days. This window perfectly balances physical peak condition with accumulated elite match experience.
Historical data shows that roughly 86.4% of all World Cup-winning starting XIs fit into the 26-to-28 age sweet spot
40 years old?
Messi, is Messi for an out field player. For everybody else the national team coach should grow a pair and retire them.
It's not rude to make changes from the world cup. Many of the teams in this competition will also make changes. All I'm saying is that the All Whites coach should be making a few changes with an eye to the future. Besides, I'm sure some players coaches are going to have a few words about selecting certain AW players for the tournament. I can see certain AW players in the Premier League get a hard time from their coach about going to Japan in September/October. Not that they will listen to such talk.
40 years old?
Messi, is Messi for an out field player. For everybody else the national team coach should grow a pair and retire them.
It's not rude to make changes from the world cup. Many of the teams in this competition will also make changes. All I'm saying is that the All Whites coach should be making a few changes with an eye to the future. Besides, I'm sure some players coaches are going to have a few words about selecting certain AW players for the tournament. I can see certain AW players in the Premier League get a hard time from their coach about going to Japan in September/October. Not that they will listen to such talk.