A magical afternoon-night is coming, one of those to remember, in Anoeta. The first continental appointment in Donostia with an audience for three and a half years has all the incentives. Two teams with undoubted talent face off, the second in the Spanish League against the eighth in the French Ligue 1, who display a quality that distinguishes them above the rest: their insulting youth. La Real has the youngest average-age team in the entire League and Monaco is the youngest team in the five most important competitions in Europe. Gazte, gazte, gazte, gaztedi (youth), as proclaimed by the Real’s anthem, the Txuri Urdin, which is now sung a cappella in Anoeta.
The Real squad happens to be the third youngest in LaLiga (behind Barcelona and Valencia), but, for the moment, txuri urdin is the team with the lowest average age in their initial league ‘eleven’: 25.50 years. Footballers injuries like Illarra, Monreal and Silva They have contributed decisively to lower that average, but the commitment to young talent is indisputable and non-negotiable at Real.
The difference with the second, Valencia (25.53), is almost negligible, but with the third, Barcelona (26.78), it is already very large. And that this calculation of CIES Football Observatory is made before the last day, in which the starting team of the Real was the youngest of the entire League in length, with 24.1 years on average. Far away are Barcelona (24.9), Real Madrid (25.2) and Valencia (25.2). That Adnan Januzaj being the grandfather of the ‘eleven’ with 26 years is very illustrative.
The fact is that the Txuri Urdin are showing all their power despite the short vital path of their players and also Monaco, which has added three victories and a draw in its last four official matches, is beginning to do so. And that his record is even more surprising than that of the Guipuzcoans.
That of the Principality is the youngest squad in all of Europe, considering the five main leagues, with an average age of 24.31 years. They are followed in this youth ranking by German Bayer Leverkusen (24.64) and French Saint Etienne (24.74). In this continental classification, the Real appears in 17th place.
La Real, more UEFA coefficient
Monaco is one of the most successful teams in Ligue 1; It has 8 leagues, five cups and a list of ex-players of the highest level in recent times such as Mbappé, Martial, James, Lemar, Mendy, Bernardo silva and before, Sonny Anderson and Trezeguet. However, this current Real has a higher UEFA coefficient.
In this ranking, which establishes as scales the European participation in the last five seasons plus the qualification of each league, the Real rises to 69th place with 18,000 points, with the 1,000 that it added for the tie against PSV Eindhoven. Monaco is in 98th place with 13,000 points, as their competition in European competitions, always counting the current one, has been deficient in the last five seasons. He participated in three and did not have a good role.
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