England and France have something in common that could be auspicious for Three Lions vs Croatia

In football, experience is important – but that's not all.

At the World Cup, the two teams with the highest average age were Panama and Costa Rica (29.6). beyond the group stage – or even win a match.

With regard to the youngest teams in Russia, France and England are second behind Nigeria (25.9).

Didier Deschamps and Gareth Southgate Belgium, beaten 1-0 by France in the semi-finals on Tuesday, was an average age of 27.6, while the opponent's opponent was in action. England, Croatia, had an average age of 27.9 years

With a bit of luck, the similarity of age between England and the French teams will be a good omen before the match of Wednesday.

For France, Kylian Mbappe, 19, Benjamin Pavard, 22, and Samuel Umtiti, 24, triumphed over players like Marouane Fellaini, 30, Vincent Kompany, 32, and Jan Vertonghen, 31.

Southgate has trusted young stars like Harry Kane, 24, Jordan Pickford, 24 years, Marcus Rashford, 20 years old and John Stones, 24 years old.

The director of the Three Lions hopes to have enough energy to get rid of aging stars like the 32 year old Luka Modric and Mario Madzukic, who played twice as long.