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FROM THE JOURNALanalysisNot on the BallotFrance Football removed career achievement from the Ballon d'Or criteria four years ago. Harry Kane's journey was, officially, not on the ballot. The voters judged his season instead, and the season turned out to be the journey's closing argument.Kwabena Osei · 8 min readThe Latest
All news →Photo: Lewis Storey/Getty Images - Nov 10, 7:58 AM ETMarc Guéhi leaves the England squad injured, and Dan Burn is called upThe Manchester City defender came off at halftime of Saturday's defeat at Nottingham Forest and misses England's games against Croatia and Spain.Reporting from The Independent (via Yahoo Sports) and FourFourTwo
- Nov 10, 7:58 AM ETVirgil van Dijk and Brian Brobbey withdraw from the Netherlands squadThe Dutch federation said Van Dijk did not return fit from Liverpool's win at Crystal Palace, and no replacements will be called up.Reporting from Liverpool FC and Football Today (via Yahoo Sports)
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Spain were the best team at the World Cup, and it was not especially close. GoalPost's Team Power Rating still has Argentina first. I don't agree with it, and I'm publishing it anyway, because the reason it disagrees turns out to be four years old.
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Fleetwood Knock Out Arsenal on Penalties
Fleetwood Town and Arsenal were level 1-1 after 90 minutes, a result GoalPost gave just a 3% chance before kickoff, and Fleetwood Town won the shootout 5-3 to reach the quarterfinals.
Since Gennaro Gattuso replaced Maurizio Sarri, Lazio have taken 2.55 points a game across 11 matches, up from 1.38 across 40 matches under the previous manager. That is about 12 more points every 10 games. Since Mario Kohnen replaced Hans Cornelis, Charleroi have taken 2.00 points a game across 13 matches, up from 1.07 across 14 matches under the previous manager. OB have had the worse of the chances across 5 recent matches, yet they have finished about 1.9 goals a game better off than those chances would suggest, and Charlotte FC have had the worse of the chances across 7 recent matches, yet they have finished about 1.7 goals a game better off than those chances would suggest.
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The Comeback That Changed Nothing
Manchester United produced the game of the season and went down in the table. Four-four with Aston Villa at Old Trafford — two down inside four minutes, level, two down again, and rescued at ninety plus two and ninety…
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