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The biggest competition in the world and by far the most watched after the Olympics is the Fifa World Cup and this year it will be taking place in Brazil starting on June 12. A total of 32 teams made up of 726 players will participate in the one-month competition and we will see some of the greatest footballers playing their last event. There are however, a few big names that will be missing at this soccer extravaganza either because their national team did not qualify or they are injured.
The following are the World XI team of players who will be missing at the biggest competition in football and the ultimate honour to represent their country at world stage.
These players are not travelling to the World Cup because their respective countries failed to qualify.
1 Petre Cech: He has played a couple of big events already but would have liked to finish off the career with another World Cup appearance.
2 Daniel Agger: Liverpool defender is having a great season with the club and also played a crucial role for Denmark who missed out on qualification.
3 Vidic: Big Serbian is in the twilight of his career but still a handfull.
4 Alaba: Young Austrian is a big part of Bayern Munich success, but he is young and surely his time will come.
5 Piszczek: Polish right back is a consistent starter for Borussia Dortmund.
6 Eriksen: Tottenham midfielder is a quality player and his national side narrowly missed out on qualification.
7 Yermolenko: Ukrainian is hot property and many clubs will be looking to get his signature in summer, he could have added a few millions with his participation in
the World Cup. He is a quality player.
8 Gareth Bale: The most expensive player transfer in the world. Bale is having a decent season with Real and he, just like Giggs, might never play at the world stage.
9 Marik Hamsik: Another player who is playing for Napoli at the moment, has been on the world stage for a while but will be missed at the World Cup.
10 Ibrahimovic: He is so good Sweden just released post stamps of his pictures, though he could not stop Ronaldo’s team from dumping them out of the World Cup in qualifying playoffs.
11 Lewandowski: He had his best season with Dortmund in 2012-13 and now a player every club is looking to buy. But he will be missed at the World Cup.
Injured players ruled out of Fifa World Cup
Rademal Falcao: The great Colombian had a couple of great years under his belt playing with Atletico. His move to Monaco was pretty decent as well. He is one of very high profile players who might miss the World Cup through injury.
Sami Khedira: German international got injured with cruciat knee ligament in November 2013, and although his national coach is optimistic he will be part of the squad, nothing is certain in this case. Khedira is a very important player for Germany.
Theo Walcott: Very pacy English forward who can play on wings or in forward line, Walcott ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in January playing against Tottenham. He is someone England could do very well with.
Guiseppe Rossi: Former Manchester United man Rossi has had bad luck with injuries in his career. Just as you thought he is getting in grip with his injuries and proving a real handful for Fiorentina, Rossi again got injured and will probably miss the World Cup. – Online.
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