They say that good wine improves with age, but it seems that this statement can also be carried over to the world of football thanks to players like Ashley Young, Modric, Ibrahimovic…And the first, his 39 years and 148 daysbecame the oldest scorer to score from a free kick in Premier League.
The English full-back, former WatfordEdit, Aston Villa, Manchester United and Inter Milanscored from a direct free kick in the 10th minute in his victory Everton against wolves through 4 to 0thus also snapping a streak of five games without a win for the ‘toffies’. Despite being close to forty years old, Young has 1090 minutes in the current season, starting in all the games in which he has been available and scored a goal and distribution three assists.
As if that wasn’t enough, the former England international also became fourth oldest player in marking the competition history and the first of history of your club.
Source: La Verdad
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