How To Win The World Cup
Ali Maxwell and The Athletic's Tactics guru Michael Cox analyse the trends and similarities between sides that have achieved success at major international tournaments over the last 25 years to explain the anatomy of a World Cup-winning team...
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast · The Athletic
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Show Notes
Host Ali Maxwell and The Athletic's Michael Cox delve into World Cup data from every tournament since 1998 in an attempt to establish the anatomy of a World Cup-winning team...
How good do you actually have to be to win a World Cup? Is current form actually the best reason to pick a player and how big a role experience plays on the biggest stage of all.
Plus, odd trends involving unlikely stars of the tournament, slow-starters in the group stages, non-goalscoring no.9s, clean sheet records, Didier Deschamps' underrated tactical intelligence and plenty more myth-busting besides.
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Produced by Adonis Pratsides
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