This is a list of six world elite players who could not participate in a World Cup for various reasons:
An injury left Rio Ferdinand without participating in the World Cup in South Africa. The injury occurred to the ligaments of his knee in training prior to the start of the championship, and his coach was left without what was undoubtedly the best central defender at the time. Hard blow for the three lions who ended up eliminated against Germany in the round of 16.
The one from Cantoná is one of the most curious cases in history, because it could not participate in the 1994 World Cup because France did not qualify, in 1997 it decided to withdraw from the national team and a year later the French team won the World Cup that it organized in his country.
The Italian star was left without contesting his last World Cup due to injury, an injury that despite the fact that he acknowledged that it would not prevent him from being at the highest level, was not enough to convince his coach that he decided to do without his figure. The boot team ended up losing in the round of 16 to host Korea.
Although many may think otherwise, no, George Best is not English. The former Manchester United player defended the colors of the Northern Irish team, which while he was active could not qualify for any world championship.
The case of Kubala is one of the most surprising in history, because despite the fact that he defended the colors of three different teams (Greece, Czechoslovakia and Spain) he was never lucky enough to be able to enjoy a World Cup.
The one who is considered one of the best strikers in the history of football missed the ’84 World Cup because his club, Milan, refused to let him participate because he was fully immersed in a process of injury recovery. A year later the Dutchman ended up retiring from football for not recovering well from that ankle injury.
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