Paul Carr
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Sr Director of Media & Biz Ops, @TruMediaSports. โฝ research @ WBD, FOX, CBS. Betting @ Ringer Soccer Show, VSiN. Wheaton (IL) alum. #RootForChaos ๐บ๐ธ๐
There is no place like home.๐ป
Joined October 2010
After a three-and-a-half year battle with cancer, my dad passed away on Sunday. Hero, idol, best friend, mentorโฆI donโt think of him as any of those things, but he was my dad, which is all of those things & much more. Thank you for everything, Dad.
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Top 20 times ever in women's 1500m free:. 1. Ledecky.2. Ledecky.3. Ledecky.4. Ledecky.5. Ledecky.6. Ledecky.7. Ledecky.8. Ledecky (today).9. Ledecky.10. Ledecky.11. Ledecky.12. Ledecky.13. Ledecky.14. Ledecky.15. Ledecky.16. Ledecky.17. Ledecky.18. Ledecky.19. Ledecky.20. Ledecky.
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South Korea breaks CONCACAF's Best Director streak. #Oscars. 2020 ๐ฐ๐ท Bong Joon-Ho.2019 ๐ฒ๐ฝ Alfonso Cuarรณn.2018 ๐ฒ๐ฝ Guillermo del Toro.2017 ๐บ๐ธ Damien Chazelle.2016 ๐ฒ๐ฝ Alejandro G. Iรฑรกrritu.2015 ๐ฒ๐ฝ Alejandro G. Iรฑรกrritu.2014 ๐ฒ๐ฝ Alfonso Cuarรณn.
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Wojciech Szczesny is the third keeper to save two penalties at a single World Cup (not including shootouts). 2022 ๐ต๐ฑ Wojciech Szczesny.2002 ๐บ๐ธ Brad Friedel.1974 ๐ต๐ฑ Jan Tomaszewski.
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Christian Pulisic was fouled 11 times by Porto today. ๐บ๐ธ. That's the most fouls suffered by any player in a UCL game since Lionel Messi vs Real Madrid in 2011.
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Most non-penalty Premier League goals for Chelsea since Oct. 2019:. 20 โฝ Christian Pulisic.19 โฝ Mason Mount.14 โฝ Abraham & Havertz.
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2026 is going to destroy the World Cup attendance record, which is still held by the 1994 tournament.
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For the first time, U.S. internationals have scored in the Premier League, Bundesliga & Serie A on the same day. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Christian Pulisic.๐ฉ๐ช Gio Reyna.๐ฎ๐น Weston McKennie.
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Sergiรฑo Dest is the first USMNT player with an assist and a red card in the same game since. Sergiรฑo Dest vs Mexico in the Nations League semis earlier this year.
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In the Super Bowl era, Kansas City is the only city to winโฆ. ๐๐ Two Super Bowls.โพโพ Two World Series .โฝโฝ Two MLS Cups.
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#USMNT goes into Pot 2 for Fridayโs World Cup drawโฆ. Pot 1: ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ง๐ท๐ง๐ช๐ซ๐ท๐ฆ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ช๐ธ๐ต๐น. Pot 2: ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ท๐บ๐พ. Pot 3: ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ท๐ธ๐ต๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ท๐น๐ณ. Pot 4: ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฒ๐ช๐จ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ + 3 playoff winners. - ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ/๐บ๐ฆ/๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ.- ๐ฆ๐บ/๐ฆ๐ช/๐ต๐ช.- ๐จ๐ท/๐ณ๐ฟ.
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Six U.S. internationals are starting in UEFA Champions League today, the most ever on a single day. ๐บ๐ธ Brenden Aaronson.๐บ๐ธ John Brooks.๐บ๐ธ Weston McKennie.๐บ๐ธ Jordan Pefok.๐บ๐ธ Christian Pulisic.๐บ๐ธ Tim Weah.
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For the first time in 20 continental and global tournaments played at home (17 Gold Cups, 2 Copas, 1 World Cup), the USMNT has gone out in the group stage.
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Players fouled 6+ times in a UCL semifinal match, last 10 years:. ๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi.๐ฉ๐ช Mesut รzil.๐ช๐ธ Sergio Ramos.๐ง๐ช Eden Hazard.๐ง๐ท Neymar.๐บ๐ธ Christian Pulisic.
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This is the first UEFA Champions League matchday to feature six Americans:. ๐บ๐ธ Dest starts for Barรงa.๐บ๐ธ McKennie starts for Juve.๐บ๐ธ Pulisic starts for Chelsea.๐บ๐ธ Reyna starts for Dortmund.๐บ๐ธ Adams subbed in for Leipzig.๐บ๐ธ Richards subbed in for Bayern.
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"They were saying 'We want Zlatan. We want Zlatan.' So I gave them Zlatan.". - Zlatan on Fox postgame.
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Katie Ledecky's 4.77-second win is over a second more than the margin of victory in Women's 400m Free at the previous 6 Olympics COMBINED.
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Brenden Aaronson, Tyler Adams & Christian Pulisic are the first trio of U.S. internationals to play in the same Premier League game since Nov. 30, 2013. ๐บ๐ธ Tim Howard and Everton beat Stokeโs Geoff Cameron & Brek Shea (!) 4-0.
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Christian Pulisic's 14 one-v-ones and 8 successful one-v-ones vs Bayern are both the most by any player in a Bundesliga game this season. ๐บ๐ธ.
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Countries with both national teams in the top 10 of FIFA's rankings:. ๐ง๐ท Brazil.๐ซ๐ท France.๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England.๐ช๐ธ Spain.๐บ๐ธ United States.
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For the first time, three Asian confederation teams have reached the same World Cup knockout stage. ๐ฆ๐บ Australia.๐ฏ๐ต Japan.๐ฐ๐ท South Korea.
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Most goals in Europe's top five leagues in 2021:. 5 ๐บ๐ธ Matthew Hoppe.5 ๐ต๐ฑ Robert Lewandowski.4 ๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi & 4 others.
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Friends, don't let friends forget about Leicester City.
Most stunning sports result you never thought youโd see this decade.
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The 30-pass sequence that led to #USMNT's game-tying goal against Germany: http://t.co/YM3t4EFakw.
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18 seconds is the earliest the USMNT has ever been CONCACAFed in a World Cup qualifier.
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Carli Lloyd is 2016 FIFA Women's Player of the Year. She's the 4th player & 2nd American to win in consecutive years (Hamm, Prinz, Marta).
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World Cup round of 16 by confederation:. UEFA ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ซ๐ท๐ต๐น๐ต๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ธ๐จ๐ญ.AFC ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท .CAF ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฆ.CONMEBOL ๐ฆ๐ท๐ง๐ท.CONCACAF ๐บ๐ธ.
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19-year-olds Christian Pulisic (Dortmund) and Weston McKennie (Schalke) start in today's derby. They'll be the first pair of American teenagers to play in the same Bundesliga game. ๐บ๐ธ.
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Atalanta had 47 shots and 5.86 xG in today's SCORELESS DRAW vs Empoli. That's the highest xG total without scoring in any of the 85K games in our dataset.
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At least 12 Americans could play in UEFA Champions League this season: . ๐ฉ๐ช Tyler Adams.๐ฉ๐ช John Brooks.๐ฉ๐ช Gio Reyna.๐ฉ๐ช Chris Richards.๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Christian Pulisic.๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Zack Steffen.๐ฆ๐น Brenden Aaronson.๐ช๐ธ Sergiรฑo Dest.๐ฎ๐น Weston McKennie.๐ง๐ช Owen Otasowie.๐จ๐ญ Jordan Pefok.๐ซ๐ท Tim Weah.
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The #USMNT has never lost to Mexico with me in attendance (3 wins & 1 draw, including a win and a draw at Azteca). I'm going to Mexico City. ๐บ๐ธ.
Paul please only tweet stats that tell me this all will be fine.
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Weston McKennie is the first U.S. international to win Coppa Italia!. Not a bad European cup season for USMNT players so far. ๐๐ฎ๐น Weston McKennie.๐๐ช๐ธ Sergiรฑo Dest.๐๐ฉ๐ช Gio Reyna.๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Zack Steffen.๐๐ง๐ช Mark McKenzie.๐๐ฆ๐น Brenden Aaronson.
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England's first-half touches, or. guess where Julie Ertz plays.
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 6-2 ๐ฎ๐ท. World Cup Scorigami!. It's the first 6-2 final score in World Cup history!.
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Christian Pulisic gets his fourth Premier League goal as a sub, tying the record for a U.S. international. 4 ๐บ๐ธ Christian Pulisic.4 ๐บ๐ธ Clint Dempsey.4 ๐บ๐ธ Brian McBride.
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For the first time, two African teams and two Asian teams are in the same World Cup knockout stage. AFC: ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ต .CAF: ๐ธ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฆ.
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Weston McKennie goal! ๐บ๐ธ. He has five Serie A goals this season, equaling the career total of all other U.S. internationals combined. 5 ๐บ๐ธ Weston McKennie.3 ๐บ๐ธ Michael Bradley.2 ๐บ๐ธ Alexi Lalas.
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To reach the Copa Amรฉrica quarterfinals, the #USMNT needs one ofโฆ. ๐บ๐ธ Win vs Uruguay (and win GD tiebreaker if Panama wins). ๐บ๐ธ Draw & Panama-Bolivia draw. ๐บ๐ธ Loss and Bolivia win & win GD tiebreaker with Panama and Bolivia (currently U.S. 1, PAN -1, BOL -7).
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A record six American internationals now have a Bundesliga goal this season:. Boyd, Johannsson, Johnson, Morales, Pulisic, Wood.
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Questionable geography on this FIFA map, unless Denver and Dallas moved recently.
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Final: ๐ฏ๐ฒ 0-1 ๐บ๐ธ. ๐บ๐ธ USMNT's first shutout road win since 2016 in Cuba. ๐บ๐ธ USMNT's first shutout win in Jamaica since 1994.
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Why does LeBron James hate the World Cup?. 2010: The Decision. 2014: "I'm Coming Home". 2018: Free Agency, Part III.
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Konrad de la Fuente subs in for Barcelona! . Heโs the 7th American to play in UCL this season, breaking the record of six set in 2004-05. ๐บ๐ธ Adams (21 years old).๐บ๐ธ De la Fuente (19).๐บ๐ธ Dest (20).๐บ๐ธ Horvath (25).๐บ๐ธ McKennie (22).๐บ๐ธ Pulisic (22).๐บ๐ธ Reyna (18).
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Australiaโs Emma McKeon won 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympics. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ. 2nd woman to win 7 at a single Olympics, joining Soviet gymnast Mariya Gorokhovskaya (1952). She has the most career Olympic medals of any Australian. 11 ๐ฆ๐บ Emma McKeon.9 ๐ฆ๐บ Ian Thorpe.9 ๐ฆ๐บ Leisel Jones.
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Carli Lloyd is the 5th American with 5 international hat tricks (Hamm, Parlow, Wambach, Akers).
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Christian Pulisic subs in for Chelsea. He's the first U.S. international to. ๐บ๐ธ . play in the UCL quarters in two different seasons. ๐บ๐ธ . play in the UCL quarters for two different clubs. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ . play in the UCL quarters for an English club.
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Sergiรฑo Dest starts for Barcelona in the UCL Round of 16 today. ๐บ๐ธ. The 20-year-old will be the first U.S. international to play for a Spanish club in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage.
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Improbable #RootForChaos tonightโฆ. ๐บ๐ธ U.S. loses 7-0 .๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico loses 7-6 . ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica qualifies in 2nd place (+10 GD). ๐ค U.S. and Mexico are tied with +6 GD and 21 goals. ๐บ๐ธ U.S. advances on head-to-head (#DosACero). ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico goes to playoff vs the Oceania champ.
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Yunus Musah started for Valencia today. ๐บ๐ธ. Itโs the 52nd career La Liga game for the 19-year-old, passing Kasey Keller for most by a U.S. international.
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๐บ๐ธ Weston McKennie starts for Juventus today. ๐ฎ๐น He's the first U.S. international to start a UCL game for an Italian club.
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Kansas is the only state with multiple Division I schools to put all of its teams in this year's men's NCAA basketball tournament.
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Weston McKennie goal! ๐บ๐ธ. He now has four Serie A goals, passing Michael Bradley for most by a U.S. international!. 4 ๐บ๐ธ Weston McKennie.3 ๐บ๐ธ Michael Bradley.2 ๐บ๐ธ Alexi Lalas.
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Ricardo Pepi subs on for his Bundesliga debut!. Heโs the 7th U.S. international to play in the Bundesliga before turning 19. ๐บ๐ธ Gio Reyna.๐บ๐ธ Christian Pulisic.๐บ๐ธ Joe Scally.๐บ๐ธ Sebastian Soto.๐บ๐ธ Weston McKennie.๐บ๐ธ Josh Sargent.๐บ๐ธ Ricardo Pepi.
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Five Americans have played on the same UEFA Champions League matchday for the first time. 2020 MD1:.๐บ๐ธ Tyler Adams.๐บ๐ธ Sergiรฑo Dest .๐บ๐ธ Ethan Horvath.๐บ๐ธ Christian Pulisic.๐บ๐ธ Gio Reyna. Record was 4 in 2012:.๐บ๐ธ Jermaine Jones.๐บ๐ธ Sacha Kljestan.๐บ๐ธ Oguchi Onyewu.๐บ๐ธ Michael Parkhurst.
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10 years ago today was my first day at ESPN. #RoundNumbers. Thursday will be my last day at ESPN. Iโm excited to announce that Iโm joining @TruMediaN next week. More details:
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All three Iowa state schools have won a game in the same NCAA Tournament for the first time (Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa).
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France is the first team with zero shots in the first half of a World Cup final. (As far back as data goes, to 1966)
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Rich Strike won the #KentuckyDerby at 80-1 odds. At @CaesarsSports, the #USMNT is currently 80-1 to win the 2022 World Cup. ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ. (h/t @MackNova).
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Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie are the first pair of U.S. internationals to each get a yellow card in the same Premier League game since. ๐บ๐ธ Adams and McKennie 10 days ago. ๐บ๐ธ Before that, it hadn't happened since 2012 (Brad Guzan and Eric Lichaj).
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Tyler Adams (deflected) goal!!! . Heโs the first U.S. international with a UEFA Champions League goal in the quarterfinals or later!!! ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ.
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July 7 will be quite the soccer day:. - Women's World Cup final.- Gold Cup final.- Copa Amรฉrica final.
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This is crazy! Bobby Finke's 25.78 on the final lap of the 1500m free was faster at these Olympics than. - Anyone's final 50 in the 800m free (his own 26.39). - Anyone's final 50 in the 400m free (27.06). - Anyone's final 50 in the 200m free (26.46)!.
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Christian Pulisic subs in for Chelsea! ๐บ๐ธ. Heโs the record-setting fourth U.S international to play in this UCL knockout stage.
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With Iran beating Wales. ๐บ๐ธ With a win vs England, U.S. advances w/ a win/draw vs Iran, and could advance w/ a loss. ๐บ๐ธ With a draw, U.S. advances with a win vs Iran. ๐บ๐ธ With a loss, U.S. advances with a win vs Iran (and winning tiebreaker w/ Wales if Wales wins).
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Gio Reyna is the third U.S. international to win the German Cup final!. 2021 ๐บ๐ธ Gio Reyna.2017 ๐บ๐ธ Christian Pulisic.1990 ๐บ๐ธ Thomas Dooley.
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#RootForChaos in the final week of the Premier League:. โฝ Liverpool beats Southampton 6-0 today. โฝ Liverpool draws 1-1 vs Wolves Sunday. โฝ Man City loses 1-0 vs Villa Sunday. โฝ City & Liverpool are tied on points, GD, goals, H2H. โฝ Title decided by a neutral-site playoff!.
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Christian Pulisic's transfer fee of $73M is more than three times the previous record paid for a U.S. international. ๐บ๐ธย ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ.
The reported $22M transfer fee for John Brooks is by far the largest ever paid for an American international:
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Happy Womenโs World Cup year!. ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฐ๐ท ๐ณ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฌ.๐ฉ๐ช ๐จ๐ณ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ฟ๐ฆ.๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ท ๐ฏ๐ฒ.๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ฆ๐ท ๐ฏ๐ต.๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฑ.๐บ๐ธ ๐น๐ญ ๐จ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช.
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