In the first round of the World Cup in Qatar, the round of 32 all appeared, and in a World Cup known as "Ragnarok", the veterans who are about to wave away hope to present a brilliant final dance, but their debuts are mostly about heartfelt pathos.
On the other hand, those teams with eye-catching performances are staging a youth storm, and post-00 players who provoke the beam are everywhere.
It seems that world football has really come to a time for a change of generation.
Suarez also has a belly.
Suarez played 64 minutes against South Korea and was first replaced by coach Alonso.
The stats left behind were an embarrassing 0 shots, 0 passes, 0 ground confrontations, in addition to 9 lost possessions. In the post-game rating, WhoScored gave him the lowest 6.0 of all 22 starters.
South Korean media even wrote a related report with the headline "Is Suarez on the field" to ridicule the former striker.
Suarez is 35 years old and has been an absolute thigh for Uruguay with seven goals and four assists in his 13 appearances in the previous three World Cups, but he is now overwhelmed.
Suarez was replaced by his contemporary, Edinson Cavani, who once shone together in the forward line, can only last 90 minutes together, while Edinson Cavani scored only 6.1 points...
Uruguay's performance is a microcosm, many of the veterans who came to Qatar are old, but the reality is so cruel that it is difficult for them to continue to help the team win.
Modric will also make his final national team journey.
The 37-year-old Modric comes on with the aura of a World Cup runner-up and can walk around the midfield as he did at Real Madrid, but that's about it.
Without teammates like Benzema and Vinicius, Modric could not beat Morocco on his own.
The 35-year-old Messi is undoubtedly the most highly anticipated player, opening the scoring for Argentina, but Saudi coach Renard's admonition "Do you want to take a picture with Messi" made the players put away their awe and achieve a comeback.
In front of a group of opponents who play with your life, what ball king, what 36 games unbeaten suddenly seem so ethereal...
Messi is also the most skilled player on the planet, but physically honest, a no longer young Messi can neither leave room for error nor keep sailing in 90 minutes of high-intensity games.
I don't know if when he lowered his head and was sad, he was missing himself who had passed five levels and cut six generals.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, Thiago Silva, 38, and Olivier Giroud, 36, defended the last dignity for the veterans, but the problem is that they are not fighting alone – without young teammates such as Felix, Vinicius and Kylian Mbappe, winning will still be a question mark.
Competitive sports have always followed the natural laws of metabolism, and even the best players are no match for the erosion of time.
Qatar in 2022 is destined to be a window for a generation of stars to hand over their scepter. After the first round, England, Spain, France and Brazil showed their muscles perfectly, and they are the traditional powerhouses of world football, but they all have a common trait at the moment – young players have played major roles in the team.
England's goals were scored by Bellingham in 2003 and Saka in 2001. In addition, Mount was born in 1999 and Foden in 2000.
Saka (left) and Bellingham (right) are both representatives of the 00s.
Brazil's Vinicius and Anthony were born in 2000, Martinelli and Rodrigo were born in 2001; The French team also has Mbappe in 1998, Chuameni in 2000, Camavinga in 2002, and Dembele and Te'o were born in 1997.
On the Spanish side, Pedri was born in 2002, Garvey in 2004, Ferran Torres in 2000... The average age of the team is only 25.3 years, which is only older than Ghana and the United States in this tournament.
At the last World Cup in Russia, France became the youngest champion team in history with an average age of 25.57 years, and with the continuous development of professional youth training and scouting systems, it has become a trend for players to produce results at a younger age.
In a tournament like the World Cup, teams with more reasonable average age or even younger and more motivated are often more competitive.
In the past six World Cups, except for Italy in 2006 who won the championship at the age of 28.22, the other five winning teams showed a gradual decline in age.
The average age of the 1998 World Cup winner France is 26.73 years, and the average age of Brazil four years later is 26.17 years, while none of the last three champions has an average age of more than 26.
Football, just like that.