The World Cup But Age is Your Team
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This is one of my favorite ideas ever, I saw Pazjor try it on EAFC ( • World Cup But Age = Team ) and I had to take it for a spin on Football Manager where we could create a full World Cup up to 47 years old. Are the old guys going to win? No! But, it’s fun to have them around and it’s fun to get a full 32 team tournament to decide the best age once and for all.
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I had not realised there were players older than 23 in the FM database.
THERE ARE?
Teenage Groomer Simulator 24
The curse 😭
They’re loans
@@gezblairedp simulator?
Lukaku missing twice in a shootout is the most Lukaku thing ever
Oh God, this reminded me of watching that Belgium match vs Croatia I think on last World Cup.... since I work in England the whole office just cringed together at his... performance
@@aw2584 Lukaku missed some big chances, but without Lukaku Belgium wasn't creating anything though. He came back from a big injury and actually shouldn't have been playing in the world cup at all, but he still did, tried to carry a clueless Belgium team at the time. Sad he didn't score but you can't criticise his game against Croatia too much.
Lakaka 😂
And they say the game isn’t realistic
When he played for Everton he took over penalty duties from Leighton Baines who had only ever missed one penalty (from a not insignificant 27 or so). I think he scored under half of his. But Martinez wanted him on pens to up his goal tally and confidence.
Well that was a World Cup for the ages
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Hahahhahah so funny, that im going to throw myself to the sea.
That reminds me of a joke Michael Jordan told when asked "Do you think today's players would beat the all stars from the 90s?"
"Of course they would, we're in our 50s"
It was Larry Bird who said it.
As a 36 year old I feel personally attacked that despite clearly have Suarez and Messi they didn't call up my birthday boy, Gervinho!
Same for Balotelli in the 33 yo.
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Balotelli plays in random turkish club at 33, so no wonder they didnt call him up anymore for this tournament.
Gervinho has too big forehead, that they would have wanted to call him up for this tournament.
It's nice to know FM have taken the extra time to simulate Lukaku correctly 😂
One of your old hero’s Nick McCootie now plays for Yate Town fc and is banging the goals in 👏🏻👏🏻
He’s playing against my local team, Wimborne Town , soon so I’ll shout your name out to him 👍🏻👍🏻
Wow someone from Wimborne in a Zealand comment section, my local team is Poole Town!!!
Got Poole Town in the next round of the Dorset seniors cup 👍🏻👍🏻
See you there
Well well well a fellow Yate man
The fact it wasn't called A World Cup for the Ages seems like a big missed opportunity
I know this would never happen in real life but my god it would be sick. Even just a 5 aside tournament over a few days would be legendary.
True 😭 this is the feeling of missing something we've never had
So much missed potential in the sport. American sports get to do all that extra shit because they only compete for one trophy a season. But I agree imagine how many crazy things we could have. Prem all star game , or like you said 5 a side or many others
Loved this idea from the second Z explained it to me. Pleasure putting the db together. Absolutely Awesome video👏
Hey! Nice to see you were involved!
@@pbsmoothie7281 Hey mate. Thanks🙏
Ilkay Gundogan (a 33-year-old) scoring for the 26-year-olds against the 32-year-olds at 15:02?
That's what the World Cup of the ages is all about
But on another note, the goal catalogue is insane
Noticed that too, must be an own goal?
Brilliant video idea! Imagine if they did this IRL. The core players for the older teams would know each other's games inside out because they'd have been playing together for years and years, perhaps since 16.
Huge missed opportunity not calling this "A World Cup for the Ages"
Now do the 2026 world cup edition where you have a team of 64 year olds
9:53 love how he calls vini a saucy man after he scored against a keeper called seimen
The video, the idea, the commentary, the graphics
Hats off to you Zealand for being one of the few entertaining FM youtubers even as the game gets old
Love from India
Try watching Chroo. He’s absolutely amazing
This video is so creative. They should do this IRL
Cmon you youngsters. I'm only 2 years older than the oldest players.
17 year old account is a flex
@@rekhavmenon1507Bro made his account when I was 3 wtf
17 year old account….2006…
wow u was only 2 years old when you made your account im 19 now!!
Than the oldest youngsters or oldest player in all
Can't believe Christian Pulisic is still only 24. Seems like he should be over 30..
Yeah, it always feels strange when players start very young. When Rooney was 30, I felt like he was 35 :D
@@5minutemovies977 Felt that way about Müller. I'm so used to being a couple years deep in both FM and FIFA saves that he's always 35+ in my head.
Jesus... the idea that Courtois has nearly another decade left to play.
Brilliant. It would be fun to see what the CA breakdown of the various teams were - assume that there would be a bit of a CA 'peak' age which I would figure to be in the 27-31 range anyway.
This was one of the most interesting things i've saw. Thank you very much. You should do this at every FM release. What a joy to watch.
Imagine Julian Brandt scoring that decisive penalty and winning it for the 27y team. JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
The FM content I never knew I needed😂
As a totally unbiased AEK fan, you should wear Pineda's jersey, after all he's 27 (28 soon but who cares).
Love this. I was actually going to set up a database like this this week. Already made a regional database (48 subregions around the world + 6 continental u20 teams). I was going to use that db to create it. Thanks for the video. Love these kind of fantasy leagues.
cool concept. really loved it. i think this would be great but instead of age, you do it by country. you first heard it here guys.
"I have no idea why he wasn't up earlier but Son is up..." Keeper catches it... Yeah, Tottenham bad bro, lol. Also Raya is Arsenal keeper, so that was probably hard coded, unlucky.
I had no idea Peter Utaka was still playing. That's such a fun niche throwback.
Man, this World Cup was one for the ages!
Your creative themes for your videos are just so good. So interesting to see the outcomes. Still can't forget your San Marino vid 😂
Keep up the great work, Buddy 👍
the 36 year olds were wearing 1800s pyjamas
Haven’t watched a video in a while but this one drew me in! Nice to be back Zealand lad
This man would make an amazing Premier League commentator
2:34 Mistake Scoreboard
8:38 too.
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@@ReeceTheEditorthe video was great bro, dw
@@ReeceTheEditor Thank you for your work, Reece. I just noted it in the means of help :D
@@ReeceTheEditor Same with the comment below. The whole video was great. I think it is pretty normal from 30 min video. We are only talking frames.
thank you, zealand! as a 27-year-old, it's great to know it's only downhill from here :)
My sister is 27 years old too and she says exatly the same thing xD
*biting nails in 26*
I think this would be more accurate with how the games played out, if you played it as fifa, when in FM database it was bit more random who actually wins the games.
Such a clever idea, really well implemented. Up there with the giant players.
"The son" Van Persie did indeed.. make me feel old. Thanks Zealand 👍🏾
This video was so much fun. I got so invested :D
Valeri Lihobabenko played in Russian PL when I wasnt even born, yet here he is putting absolute bangers in fm24
There needs to be a battle of ages with players who dont qualify for the world cup. Would pay to watch that!
12:33 not even francis ford coppola could pull off such a good transition
I swear that this is the time when Lukaku missed the penalty not just once but twice as well. Lukaku is truly a meme in the world of football or soccer for his contributions there.
16:40 Upsimecano doing Upsimecano things
Glad I'm not the only one who does a fake British accent when watching football 😂
17:41 muller: look mom I’m on television!!
Okay, with age 26 im quite literally PRIMED to have my team win....
I'm 26... but I'll be 27 for the majority of the year... can I root for the 27 year olds? 😂
Really hoping that Brandt had scored so we can queue Jack's, "JULIAN BRANDT! GOAL!!!"
I'm still stuck on the fact that Brandt is 27, I always think of him as a youngster and he's 5 years older than me
Very nice. Maybe a World cup of legends? The best players of history in each World Champions, plus the gratest team like Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Camerún, Japan, South Korea...
Real fun video, really well made, good shit Mr Shannon
As a fellow 28 year old I never fancied our chances. My knees hurt.
GUYS THIS IS THE PRODUCTION QUALITY YOUR PARENTS ASPIRE FOR
Seeing a 24 team league of these sides between the ages of 17 - 40 would be good
Koke in the final shootout looked like he took his run up from the halfway line… no wonder he missed!
There’s no shot Pulisic is only 24, that’s crazy
this is such a great idea for a video. loved it c :
Story of Salah's career in one vid, carries his team all the way to the end but falls short😂
This is absolutely great content. Invested from start to finish 🔥
19:40 „Wanda… Mauro Icardi“ 😂😂😂
Does it give anyone else the creeps when Z gradually shifts from his real accent into his English commentator voice? It’s real uncanny valley stuff for me.
Cant believe you didnt include Enzo Fernandez (the last worldcup golden boy winner) in the start XI for the 23 year olds. Massive oversight
As a 27 year old, I'm proud of my peers.
fyi the graphic is wrong at 2:35 , it shows the 16 year olds scoring the goals when it was the 31 year olds, great Idea that as far as i am aware have not been done before. A good fun video to watch
Great video, wonderful idea, so much fun
That 22 year old team almost gave me some heart attacks. But my respects to my generation. On the verge of elimination in the group stages to a very decent third place
Our guys did great
As a 47 year old I feel both grateful to be included and offended by the ageism
This video was way better than expected.
I really liked this one. It'll be sweet to see you in a Mexico national jersey :)
Before the video : my favorite player is giroud go 36 years old and 18 yo !!
Son being spursy makes it all so real
Never thought we'd find 17 year old Seimen in a net
"the 19 year olds completely handled the 17 year olds"-Zealand, 2024
A tournament for the ages. Literally
if it was played like this, you would support the same players while supporting other team each year
Very nice concept, also in learning all players and ages better. Could be a multiple parter imo! :)
For instance, regular world cup, but per age only 1 player allowed
Or use year of birth instead of age for something. Slight difference, but cool to know footballers that are born in your own birth year
This really is a video for the ages
Lukaku missing twice is unreal haha
A league format and then a graph showing age Vs league position would be interesting
Damn, if only Kaka, Petr Cech, Landon Donovan, Jermain Defoe, Antonio Cassano, Alvaro Arbeloa, Rafael van der Vaart, Michael Essien, Mikel Arteta, Adriano, Thiago Motta hadn't all retired... my lot might have stood a chance!
I’m impressed Matip made to the final given he’s made of glass
They should do this irl, and you have to wear the kits generated by FM
Awesome idea and a really cool video Z :D
Trent getting snubbed from the starting XI of an age World Cup team too feels like a special kind of irony😭😭💀Kyle Walker I get but who tf starting Ben white over Trent
This would be an awesome league format.
Yk they should do this in real life but with nations I think it’d be a pretty good idea tbh
this should be irl cup tbh would be hugely popular
How is Sterling still only 28 years old? I feel like he had his whole career behind him twice at this point
Ake had more goals than the whole 47 year old team 🤣
This was a World Cup for the ages
Hey just wanted to say you had some great moments during the commentary of the games, I think you could be pretty decent at it
At first I thought you had a good commentator impression and it was funny, but then you kept doing it.
Suarez hitting the post. Has he been watching Darwin Nunez too much?
If only this was a real tournament 😭😭🔥🙌
Bro sounds like a PES commentator
That 31 year old team is stacked.
Amazing video. They should do this in real life!
This is amazing man
You need to make a followup video about this tournament, with stats etc. It must've been Schick who won the golden boot, right? He seemed to have scored like 7-8 goals, no? Except BOMBING out in his last match of the tournament.
Suarez with that miss let my age group down