Experience definitely matters in sports and football is not an exception. Take a look at the Olympic Games there is a space for older player to be included by each nation just to add experience to younger players. A team filled without experience easily run into crisis. Real Madrid were actually considering allowing Luka Modric to leave this summer but opted against it when there option to stay Toni Kroos choose to retire. Modric was already wanted by some various clubs like inter Milan which shows that the player could still have remained in Europe even if he had to leave Madrid, that’s how important he is still his.

Concerning a team experience matters a lot because during period of downs it is this experience players that the younger players look up to. The issue of Ronaldo mention is a good example, when Ronaldo missed the penalty he became emotional and that was his nature but the ability of him to get back and take the first plenty is what character showcase. In moments like that a younger player will have definitely succumbed to failure and wouldn’t be able to take the next one that will leave other players in fear. We could see when Ronaldo missed the spot kick many of the other players went upto him with talks about the team needing him to stand up to the challenge, that’s what having an experienced player in the squad means, he leads in terms of difficulty