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<p>Predicting the outcome of the different teams in the FIFA World Cup has been of great interest to the general public, and predicting the outcome has also attracted quite some attention in the R community. The World Cup has ended and by now, everyone knows that France managed to take home the trophy that slipped through their fingers when they hosted the UEFA Euro 2016 championship. But who won the more important competition of predicting the outcome?</p>
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