Correcting The Men's & Women's FIFPro World XI
Host Ali Maxwell is joined by The Athletic's Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Women's football writer Alex Ibaceta to try to right some egregious wrongs at the FIFA Best Football awards...
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The Athletic's Mark Carey and Michael Cox join host Ali Maxwell to debate the results of this week's FIFPro World Xi... Have Ronaldo and Messi outstayed their welcome or do the statistics support their continued selection? Do trophies skew the numbers and do footballers watch enough actual football?
Plus, Alex Ibaceta (from the Box To Box WSL podcast) joins us to help correct an even more eyebrow-raising Women's Xi - as Champion's League winners and Olympic gold medalists were overlooked.
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