{"id":7602,"date":"2022-11-16T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/?p=7602"},"modified":"2022-11-17T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T10:51:05","slug":"what-does-it-take-to-win-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/what-does-it-take-to-win-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Trends: What does it take to win the World Cup?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  thought-leadership-heading '><div class ='av-subheading av-subheading_above  ' style='font-size:15px;'><p>Thought Leadership<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Performance trends: What does it take to win the World Cup?<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#80808a; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 8<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">MIN READ<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-author '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>By Omar Chaudhuri<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>November 17, 2022<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-9  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-7603 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7603 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-scaled.jpg\" alt='' title='France v Croatia - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final' height=\"1707\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-1000318352-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; 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Why not subscribe for regular insights delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/contact\/news-signup\/'  class='avia-button  avia-color-theme-color   avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-left '   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Subscribe<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  '><div class='av-share-box'><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this story<\/h5><ul class='av-share-box-list noLightbox'><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/what-does-it-take-to-win-the-world-cup\/&#038;t=Performance%20Trends%3A%20What%20does%20it%20take%20to%20win%20the%20World%20Cup%3F' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Performance%20Trends%3A%20What%20does%20it%20take%20to%20win%20the%20World%20Cup%3F&#038;url=https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/?p=7602' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Twitter' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href='https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=Performance%20Trends%3A%20What%20does%20it%20take%20to%20win%20the%20World%20Cup%3F&#038;url=https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/what-does-it-take-to-win-the-world-cup\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on LinkedIn' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no winning formula in football, but there are competitive advantages. This is no truer than in the World Cup, where a short tournament means no team can guarantee success, but each team can eke out the small margins that might get them further than they hoped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using Twenty First Group\u2019s Intelligence Engine, we\u2019ve picked out the areas in which successful teams have differentiated themselves from unsuccessful teams. To enable a fair comparison, we\u2019ve focused on the \u2018big 5\u2019 European countries plus Portugal, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and compared tournaments where these teams reached semis and finals, to tournaments where these teams went home early, picking out the key success factors since 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><b>Look to the present, not to the past<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obviously, having good players is a good starting point for success. Successful squads have had an average market value of \u00a3720m, compared to unsuccessful squads being valued at \u00a3623m. The makeup of these squads have generally been similar, with nearly 30% of squad value coming from attackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interestingly, the discrepancy in total value is not driven by recent playing experience. Successful squads actually had <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> big 5 league playing time in the 24 months preceding a tournament than unsuccessful teams, and only had a small advantage in Champions League playing time. They also had significantly less international experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='padding:10px 30px 10px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-26  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-7604 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7604 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-scaled.jpg\" alt='' title='Article 3 Graph-29' height=\"1190\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-1030x479.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-1536x714.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-2048x952.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-1500x698.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-3-Graph-29-705x328.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, successful teams tended to have players closer to peak age, with an average age 10 months younger than unsuccessful teams (26 years and 9 months, compared to 27 years and 7 months). These teams tended to play more under-23s during the competition, and fewer over-30s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This difference points to the challenges that national teams face when selecting squads. The temptation can be to prioritise the players who have contributed over the last 2-4 years, but invariably age catches up with players, and it can pay to select younger players who are closer to their peak and playing in elite domestic competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-31  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><b>Avoid staleness at the top<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are striking parallels between the profile of a successful squad to the profile of successful coaches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly, the successful coaches were on average 6 years younger than\u00a0 unsuccessful ones, and in their early 50s. Secondly, there is a similar danger of overweighting experience; successful coaches had been in the role for under four years on average in the lead up to the World Cup &#8211; in essence, a whole cycle &#8211; whereas the comparator group had been in their role for over 5 years. In short, national teams need to avoid their coaching setups becoming stale, and perhaps make changes before it is too late. Joachim L\u00f6w is perhaps the standout example of this, with Germany\u2019s disappointing 2018 World Cup being in the 12th year of his role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-35  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-36  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-37  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><b>Build from the back<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With such little time to work with the players, coaches often struggle to pull together a cohesive national team from back to front. The evidence points to the importance of getting things right defensively first: in the group stages, successful teams conceded 2.1 fewer goals than unsuccessful sides, a bigger difference than in attack (1.3 goals more).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-39  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-40  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='padding:10px 30px 10px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-42  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-7605 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7605 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-scaled.jpg\" alt='' title='Article 2 - Graph 2-30' height=\"1789\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-1030x720.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-2048x1431.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-1500x1048.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Article-2-Graph-2-30-705x493.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-43  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-44  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-45  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><b>Get seeded, or get lucky<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the role of luck is undeniable in major tournaments. The winners will play just 7 matches and 22% of possible opponents, meaning who you end up facing has an outsized impact on how you perceive your success. Successful teams on average played in marginally easier groups; according to our Nations League ranking, the average team in their group was the equivalent of 25 rating points weaker, or roughly the same as a small handful of league places in a domestic league. Of course, playing in a weaker group is not pure chance: good results in the preceding years improves the chances of being seeded and facing easier opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there are plenty of teams that have bucked the trends identified here, the averages are informative and should form the foundation of any national team strategy. While it is time for the players and coaches to focus on Qatar, strategic decision makers should already be turning to data to guide decisions ahead of the 2026 World Cup in the Americas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to find out more about our Performance Intelligence please get in touch with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/contact\/get-in-touch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar Chaudhuri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-47  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_codeblock  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the aid of data we can identify what it takes for a team to win the World Cup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Performance Trends: What does it take to win the World Cup? 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