Art de Roché

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591 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 7 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · USA's statement win + can Brazil lift a sixth World Cup? · 13 Jun 2026 podcast

And that's mainly down to the makeup of the squad in terms of age.

I think their average age is 27, but you've got players like Neymar.

No, to be fair, I mean, when you look at his Brazil career, the 2016 Olympics was quite a big thing.

Obviously he was playing, so that makes a big difference.

But from what I can remember, a lot of people speak about how he was a real driving force in that Brazil team to win that Olympics.

It was obviously a home tournament as well.

So I think,

I can understand why he's been picked, even with the injury doubts, whether it's having someone who the players respect so much around the team and given a little bit of a lift in that sense.

Also, maybe...

having a little less of kind of antagonism towards Carlo Ancelotti himself when it comes to having to answer questions about why he's, you know, not picked one of the most loved players in the country.

But my thing is, when it comes to the average ages, looking at the last four World Cup winners, so Argentina in 2022, their average age was 27.

France in 2018, they were 27.

25.6.

Germany were 26.3 in 2014.

And Spain in 2010 were 25.9.

So those average ages are all kind of in a sweet spot, a two-year sweet spot in the mid-20s.

And I just feel like Brazil's balance is a bit too far the other side.

So you think because it's 27 point what?

So between 25 and 27, basically.

Yeah.

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