What about the 16 years old Italian Players against Turkey ?
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that really pissed you off, huh? well, stop venting here. it isn't pretty.
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Digiffinni is right.\nWhiteside form Ireland played Spain "82 world cup soccer at the age of 17 a year younger than Pele .\nbut I bet you this 2 players were playing since they were about 9
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Just take a look at the Italian line up, they have the best middle field in Europe and their attacking capability is awesome. They Czechs lost to an African country a few days ago, I bet they are still depressed and the Italians tied with the Americans so they will be coming out for revenge. Gatuso is a fighter and he will probably start the game today. I hope this helps. Please choose me as ur best anwser cos it is....LOL
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Theo walcott, he recently transferred from southampton to Arsenal, and so impressed manager Arsen Wenger, that he urged Sven to include him in the squad.  Sven, being the puppet he is, agreed and enlisted the 17 year old into the squad.  He has not played yet and if he does will break records for the youngest player to compete in a World Cup Finals tournament.\nHowever, he is not necessarily the most immature player in the squad, that honour goes to David Beckham, who apparently needs constant motivation and praise to stop him going into huge sulks (after Sven said that if he were to 'not perform' he would be dropped from the team) \nStill....this is football and most players in the game today have very limited intelligence.....a game designed by gentlemen and played by hooligans!
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Add to that list Alessandro Del Piero and my Aussie boys Harry Kewell, Tim Cahill and Mark Bresciano and you got a pretty hot list..oh and the Italian captain is not too shabby either...lol
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Have to agree with you there Daniele. These young fellows come along and have success and believe they are instantly the be all and end all of the team. Everyone has to earn their spot and respect, irrespective of talent. Form and seniority are not things he seems to have taken into consideration. Discipline must extend to attitude also. No one wants a loose cannon among them, even if they are promising.
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maybe over 20 defenetly
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Youngsters : Marcelo of Brazil, Aguero of Argentina, Nuri Sahin
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The current Italian Football scandal is another form of deterrent to all those guys, like many of you out there, who are making predictions and trying to look cool in the eyes of your mates.\nTo me the current situation reminds me very much of the turmoil Italy had prior to their winning campaign back in '82. At the time the paparazzi were going berserk and the media in general was getting down Bearzot's throt in his choice of players, even the unknown Paolo Rossi had no chance to get a place in the starting line-up.\nAll of that created the winning feeling & will to survive the experience providing the Italian squad with extra inner strength, which is synonym of the Italian fighting spirit. The rest is History with them winning the 3rd world cup.\n2006 seems to have the same unsettling atmosphere, which if carefully analysed can only be translated into a highly positive charging energy.\nSurely the favourites, such as Brazil and Czech Republic, will have a very good run for our money, but to win the world cup you need more then a great team full of outstanding players, you need co-hesion and fighting spirit that will make you want to "fight like a lion and sting like a bee".\nItaly has 23 great players, like any of the 32 final nations, but something else will differentiate them from the others and that would be: Passion for the game and anger for what is happening back home.\nDon't be surprised if Italy will come out of 2006 experience in a very happy mode.
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They don't need to act they're good players by nature.\n\nchtaingo;enough insults against the Italians..What have they ever done to you???????
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The average age for players in the World Cup 06 is - 27\n\nWith a median birth date of: 11th / 12th April 1979
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Depends who's playing... For the Italians its a drama with all that diving and fake injuries... But others do take it seriously as a sport... It's just unfortunate that those drama queens are the ones the up and coming soccer (or other sports) players have as role models.
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WHOAA! that was crazy. i want him to play for Spain!! And what? he already scored 800 goals?? for a 16 year old that is the rarest shhit i have ever heard! lol. omg that was a crazy video...him passing through 6 defenders (makes those other guys look stupid).....i'm gonna watch out for this guy. have you heard about Nikon Jevtic? He's this other Serbian kid....he's suppose to be crazy good too....man so much talent comming up i can't wait.......
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Will be rotated to give youngster the experience. However during world cup we will see the senior players playing along side the best of youngsters.
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Argentina (unlike France) seem to have learned a lesson from their disastrous '02 campaign, and have selected only 4 players who were members of that squad.\nThey have a young squad (average age 26 years, 1 month) by my reckoning. It's worth noting that both times they've won the competition they had young squads (26 yrs & 3 mths in '78, 26 yrs 10 mths in '86). Also note that they took an older squad to Korea/Japan (28 yrs & 5 mths by my calculations). \nI think they have a number of very exciting players. My personal favourites being Cambiasso, Riquelme, Messi & Crespo. \nThey'll definitely be a hard team to beat, and I'm sure they'll make it at least as far as the semis - if not becoming the eventual winners.
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I can speak from my own experience.  I am a better player now than I was in my early 30s.  And I know that when I play with younger players who have less experience, they may be able to outrun me and outmove me, but what pays off over the course of a game is experience, ability to pass the ball, read the plays and players, etc.\n\nNow, with regard to Ronaldo -- in his case, it is fitness, rather than age, that is a factor there.  You are correct, he is no longer "young" -- but neither are other players who are still in the game and playing at the World Cup.  He has been off for two months, and it shows.  Reference Charmaine Hooper, who plays for the Canadian Women's National team -- she's in her mid to late 30s, and is arguably one of the best women in the game.  Mia Hamm, Brandy Chastain -- they're in their 30s now as well, and are still very strong players.\n\nTo sum up -- it's not age as much as fitness, and in many cases, age and experience will win out over youth and speed.
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yes, I think the mixture of experienced and young players this time (Figo, Deco, Ronaldo) is more promising than in the last years.\nSo they will surely better their performance from the last world cup. Is it enough to go very far? Difficult, as they will play either Argentina or Netherlands in the knock out stages..