The anatomy of a World Cup-winning team: Great captain? No 1 ranking? Home-based players?

The anatomy of a World Cup-winning team: Great captain? No 1 ranking? Home-based players?

Who’s going to win the 2026 World Cup?We’ve all got our ideas, theories, predictions. They may be based on a hunch, on data, on many hours of in-depth viewing and scouting, on some spurious AI nonsense, on something a guy in the pub told us.But what if you threw out everything you know about this summer, and based your prediction entirely on history? What if you went through every team that has won the World Cup, looked for common factors and applied them to the 2026 competitors to figure out which side most closely fits?Well, good news: you don’t have to do that, because The Athletic has done it for you.Advertisement

Fuente: NYT — Ver nota original

Fuente: NYT — Ver nota original

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