Argentina, among the shortest and veteran teams of the Qatar 2022 World Cup

With the confirmation of the squad of the 32 national teams that will play the Qatar World Cup 2022 Various statistical analyzes of each team’s players began to emerge. And in two, the Argentine national team is in the Top Five: the team led by Lionel Messi is among the five teams with older and shorter footballers.

Argentina is third, together with Brazil, among the teams with the highest average age of the squad. Franco Armani is the most “veteran” player among those chosen by Lionel Scaloni with 36 years

The River goalkeeper is followed by Messi, with 35, and by the 88 category: Alejandro Gómez, Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi, all with 34. The youngest? Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernández, with 21 years.

The Argentine team, like the Brazilian team, which includes Dani Alves, 39, has it an average age of 27.9 years.

This particular ranking is led by Iran, which has an average age of 28.8 years. And it is followed by Mexico, with 28.5 years.

The team directed by Gerardo Tata Martina counts the goalkeeper among its squad Alfredo Talavera (40), who will be the “oldest” player in the World Cup.

​Then he is followed by Pepe, strenuous defender of Portugal; Atiba Hutchinson, Canada midfielder; Eiji Kawashima, Japanese goalkeeper; Remko Pasveer, Dutch goalkeeper; and the Brazilian Dani Alves, all 39 years old.

To explain the call to Alves, in the face of strong criticism, Tite, coach of Brazil, heaped praises on the former Barcelona player and dismissed his age: “The criterion is the same as all the others: combine individual technical quality, physical strength and the mental aspect. Some have more quality in one aspect, others in another. In my team full-backs don’t play full-backs, they are builders and the technical quality that Dani offers me in this sense is impressive”.

However, none of them will surpass the record that belongs to Essam El Hadary, an Egyptian goalkeeper who played in the 2018 World Cup in Russia at the age of 45.

The Argentine national team, among the shortest teams at the Qatar 2022 World Cup

For its part, the Argentina ranks fifth among teams with the lowest average heightUndoubtedly a figure to take into consideration when thinking about defense and attack with the ball at a standstill.

The ranking is led by Cameroon, with an average of 174.5 cmfollowed by Mexico (178.81cm) and Saudi Arabia (179.04cm), both rivals Argentina in Group C.

In fourth place is Ghana (179.46 cm) and In fifth place is the Albiceleste team, with an average height of 179.81 centimeters.

On the other side of the chart, among the highest selections there are Denmark (186.12 cm), Serbia (187.19 cm) and Brazil (187.92 cm).

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