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The article covers La Liga's October awards for best goal and best player, as well as the exclusion of two Dutch national team players due to injury ahead of two UEFA Nations League matches.
The Spanish Football League chose Barcelona star Lamine Yamal's goal against Real Betis as the best goal in the tournament last October.
The official website of the association stated, on Monday, that the young player continued his brilliance and consolidated his position as one of the best players in the world due to his great abilities, high technical quality, and his prowess in making a difference, as evidenced by his goal against Betis in the match that ended with Barcelona’s 2-5 victory.
Ten minutes after the start of the match, Lamine received the ball on the right wing, faced the Betis defense, and after several feints, found space on the edge of the penalty area, controlled the ball with his left foot and fired a wonderful shot into the far right corner of Betis goalkeeper Alvaro Valles.
Yamal's goal won the award after competing with Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe and Deportivo Alaves player Hugo Novoa.
The Dutch Football Association announced, on Monday, that captain Virgil van Dijk and striker Brian Proby have left the national team squad, which is preparing to play the final two matches in the group stage of the European Nations League, in the middle of this month.
Van Dijk participated in Liverpool's 3-1 victory over its host Crystal Palace on Sunday, maintaining his perfect record by playing every minute of the English Premier League matches this season, but the Dutch Federation said that he was not fit to participate.
Van Dijk's previous international match, which ended in a 2-1 victory over Serbia in October, was the defender's 100th international match.
As for striker Brobbie, he participated in his team Sunderland’s 1-0 victory over Chelsea on Sunday, but the Dutch Federation said that he is not ready either.
Probbe started in the 1-1 draw against Germany at the start of the Nations League campaign in September, but was forced to leave the field due to injury after just over half an hour of play, and missed the following matches, against Serbia twice and Greece.
The team did not call up any substitute for the duo, as the Netherlands squad included 23 players.
The Netherlands will host its rival, Greece, in Group A in Amsterdam, on Friday, before hosting Germany in Berlin, on Monday.
Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, the Real Madrid striker, won the award for the best player in the Spanish League “La Liga” for the month of October (November).
The official website of the Spanish League stated that Mbappe was one of his team's most prominent players this month, and contributed to Real Madrid achieving 3 victories from 3 matches it played in the tournament last month.
He explained that Mbappe scored 4 goals during this month, including two decisive braces. After his team’s victory over Villarreal 1-0, he scored two goals in Real’s victory over Sevilla 4-1. Then he repeated the same thing in “El Clásico” against Barcelona, where he scored two goals that ensured victory for Real Madrid.
The Spanish League website pointed out that the result helped Real Madrid reduce the gap with leaders Barcelona to 3 points. This showed the brilliance of Mbappe, who has scored 11 goals and made two assists so far this season.
He explained that Mbappe beat out his competitors for the award, namely Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona star, Gonzalo Guidish, the Real Sociedad player, Alejandro Grimaldo, the Atletico Madrid defender, and Matias DeToro, the Elche player.

The Algerian Federation announced the absence of Mohamed Bashir Belloumi and Joan Hajam from the national team squad against Togo due to injury, and goalkeeper Abdel Latif Ramadan joined them due to the death of his father. The Tunisian Federation also announced the departure of Hazem Al-Mastouri from the national team camp due to injury and summoned Al-Sadiq Guedida as his replacement, in preparation for the two matches against Libya on November 13 and 17 in the 2027 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The Tunisian Football Federation announced that Hazem Al-Mastouri left the national team camp due to injury and summoned Al-Sadiq Gudida as his replacement in preparation for the two matches against Libya on November 13 and 17 in the 2027 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. In the same context, Ali Maher announced the Egyptian national team’s list to face Malawi in the same qualifiers, after assuming the position of technical coach, succeeding Hossam Hassan.

The Saudi national team began its preparatory camp in Doha in preparation for the friendly confrontation between South Korea and Uzbekistan on November 13 and 17. Firas Al-Braikan missed group training due to a cold, while Saud Abdul Hamid joined the mission and Hammam Al-Hammami began his rehabilitation program. Al-Qadisiyah Club also announced its nomination for the Best Team Award for Attracting Players within the 2026 Transfer Room Awards, and Al-Nassr topped the Saudi Women’s League by two points over Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Ittihad.

Kylian Mbappe wins the Spanish League Player of the Month award for October after scoring 4 goals in 3 matches for Real Madrid, Ramla Ali wins the world minimum featherweight boxing title at the age of 37, and Olympique Lyonnais appoints Carlos Vicens as the new coach until June 2028.

Raja Allah Al-Salami confirmed the Arab Federation’s aspiration for more championships, and praised the success of the Arab Beach Cup in Port Said and Morocco’s victory over Mauritania 6-5. The Egyptian Federation also announced the appointment of Ali Maher as technical director of the first team, succeeding Hossam Hassan, and revealed the list of players for the upcoming matches in the 2027 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.