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Ligue 1 Team of the Week, Round 16: Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne make up the majority
Otavio, Josh Maja, and Cristian Battocchio are in there with 10s.
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Ligue 1 Top Five, Round 16: Three 10s on Tuesday, including Josh Maja
Otavio and Cristian Battocchio also recorded a perfect rating.
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FC Player of the Day, 4 Dec: Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
In the absence of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in the starting XI, the Senegalese was the star man again.
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FC Player of the Day, 3 Dec: Josh Maja (Bordeaux)
Two Bordeaux players hit a 10 on Tueday, but the 20-year-old just edges it among the Ultras chaos.
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Serie A Team of the Week, Round 14: Ilicic and Pasalic star for Atalanta
Plus Lautaro Martinez's stock continues to rise at Inter.
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Bundesliga Team of the Week, Round 13: Embolo leads Gladbach contingent
Denis Zakaria and Patrick Herrmann also feature for BMG.
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Championship Team of the Week, Round 19: Dasilva leads Brentford demolition of Luton
There are five Bees in our line-up.
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Best Of The Rest Top Five: Turkish Super Lig leads the way with two 10s
Djalma Campos and Burak Yılmaz scored five goals between them this weekend, while another star is born at Ajax.
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Best Team Performances, Dec 3: Talleres awesome in Argentina
They are joined in the rankings by Alanyaspor, Benfica, and Willem II
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Ligue 1 Team of the Week, Round 15: A week for midfield maestros
The Marseille man is joined in the middle by Xavier Chavalerin and Teji Savanier.
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Ligue 1 Top Five, Round 15: Fulgini unlucky to be on the losing side
Plus some dominating midfield displays from Xavier Chavalerin and Morgan Sanson.
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La Liga Team of the Week, Round 15: Pique shuts out Atleti
The Spain international and Lionel Messi ensured victory against Atletico
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La Liga Top Five, Round 15: Pique and Messi down Atleti
Plus some impressive performances within the Basque sides.
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Premier League Team of the Week, Round 14: Three Spurs stars after defeat of Bournemouth
Plus West Ham's third-choice goalkeeper David Martin keeping a clean sheet at Stamford Bridge.
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Premier League Top Five, Round 14: Superstar Spurs
Dele Alli, Son Heung-min, and Moussa Sissoko were all in excellent form versus Bournemouth.
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FC Player of the Day, 1 Dec: Noa Lang (Ajax)
The 20-year-old became the first Ajax player to score a hat-trick on his league debut for 60 years.
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FC Player of the Day, 30 Nov: Dele Alli (Tottenham)
The Spurs star is flourishing under Jose Mourinho.
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FC Player of the Day, 29 Nov: Robin Yalcin (Yeni Malatyaspor)
The defensive midfielder was wearing his scoring boots as he scored two in a 3-3 draw versus Genclerbirligi.
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Best Team Performances, Nov 29: Bayern demolish Red Star
Plus Roma keep their Europa League hopes alive.
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Europa League Team of the Week, Matchday Five: Bruno Fernandes the star, Besiktas well-represented
The Sporting captain was in magnificent form versus PSV, while Enzo Roco and Necip Uysal are in after their win against Bratislava.
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Football You Missed, Nov 29: Dare to upset Zlatan, and Inaki Williams record breaker
Plus two big stories from Germany.
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Europa League Top Five, Matchday Five: Bruno Fernandes punishes PSV
The Sporting captain is joined by the likes of Daichi Kamada and Vitalii Buyalskyi.
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European Goals of the Week, Nov 29: Dynamite from Dybala
Plus a potential assist of the season from Romelu Lukaku and Sven Bender's first ever European goal.
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Five Games to Watch: Barcelona take on Atletico Madrid
With mammoth clashes also coming from Argentina, Germany, France, and Denmark.
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FC Player of the Day, 28 Nov: Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP)
The sought-after midfielder was in supreme form as the Portuguese side blew away PSV.
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