Youth or Experience?
Argentina were the oldest squad at this years World Cup and the final pitted them against one of the youngest squads. Indeed 7 of the German squad weren't even born the last time that Germany won the World Cup in 1990 - including the goal scorer tonight Goetze and Schurle who set up the goal. Argentina had 8 players over 30 on their squad to Germany's 3. Maybe it was the toll of a long tournament on the old tired legs of the Argentinians, especially considering that they had one day less rest than the Germans. But in the end youth won out over experience. Or did it? If you look a little deeper Germany's youthful team have experience way beyond their years. They are the fourth most capped squad in the tournament. Young players like Muller not only have seen it all before but excelled - young Muller (only 24) was involved in 2010 when Germany beat Argentina 4-0 in the World Cup and he also was the top scorer in that tournament. Youth and exp...