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BALLON SORE!

CHRIS DUNLAVY argues that defensive players deserve greater recognition in the Ballon d’Or awards – and Roy Hodgson surely agrees 

ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson inadvertently displayed his true colours – and an unusual approach to democracy – when he cast his vote in this year’s Ballon d’Or.
In what can only be described as ‘holding out for a 0-0’, the infamously conservative Londoner chose Argentina’s Javier Mascherano as the world’s best player, followed by German duo Philipp Lahm and Manuel Neuer.
Hodgson reasoned &ndash...

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