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The anatomy of a World Cup-winning team: Great captain? No 1 ranking? Home-based players?
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The anatomy of a World Cup-winning team: Great captain? No 1 ranking? Home-based players?

We looked at previous 22 winners to decide the key metrics behind predicting which team will win - and got a familiar result...

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