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  "round": 5,
  "article": "best-xi",
  "title": "Best XI by expected points — Round 5",
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      "kickoff": "2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00",
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  "source": "https://evmax.ai",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "license_text": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution to evmax (https://evmax.ai)"
}