Qatar 2022: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mohamed Salah lead the absent stars

A few months before the World Cup, some star players have already been eliminated and will have to watch the tournament on television

Less than a year from World Cupthere are already figures of the selections of Italy, Egypt, Colombia, Chile, Sweden and Ivory Coast who will not be present at Qatar 2022because their countries failed to get through their respective qualifiers.

ESPN makes a count of the figures that will see the World Cup By television:

Europe

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

ibra came on as a substitute in the game against Poland, in the playoff for the World Cupbut could not prevent the fall of Swedenso the former Barcelona player was left out of Qatar 2022.

Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne

The Lazio scorer stays out of the game world, just like Insigne, after being unexpectedly eliminated by North Macedonia. The Azzurra will miss the world Cup for the second consecutive time.

Erling Haland and Martin Odegaard

Erling Haaland is related to Real Madrid, Barcelona and endless teams, but he should see the world Cup on television, because their selection, Norway, failed to qualify. The Borussia Dortmund player has the same fate as his partner Martin Odegaard.

Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko

The Besiktas midfielder and the historic and stainless Inter striker were far from getting the tickets for Qatar 2022.

Stefan Savic and Stevan Jovetic

The team defended by the Atlético Madrid defender and the Hertha Berlin striker finished fourth in their group, although they had no luck with the fixture: had to face the Netherlands, Turkey and Norway.

Jan Oblak and Josip Ilicic

The team of the Atlético goalkeeper and the Atalanta attacker finished far from the chances of reaching Qatar 2022behind Croatia, Russia and Slovakia in their group.

Marek Hamsik and Milan Skriniar

The historic player from Napoli, today at Trabzonspor in Turkey, said goodbye to his last chance to play a second world (the only one he qualified was the one from 2010), while Skriniara 26-year-old Inter defender, may have a rematch in 2026.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

The Roma midfielder had a difficult task with his team in the group in which Germany qualified and was six points from the playoffs, to which North Macedonia qualified.

Johnny Evans

The British team was far from qualifying and the Playoffs. Switzerland and Italy finished first in their group respectively.

Africa

Mohammed Salah

Salah missed a penalty that allowed Senegal to advance to the world Cupwhile Egypt was left out and will not be able to get their revenge after a quick elimination at Russia 2018. The Liverpool player will be one of the biggest absent stars.

Riyadh Mahrez

In the 124th minute, Cameroon scored the goal that left Algeria out and with them Riyad Mahrez leaves, who plays for Manchester City and will not be in Qatar 2022.

Geoffrey Kondogbia

The Atlético Madrid midfielder and captain of his national team was unable to make his team competitive, which finished last in group C.

Serge Aurier, Eric Bailly and Gervinho

The Elephants were unlucky enough to share a group with Cameroon, who beat them in a key duel on the last date and moved them to second place, leaving them with no chance of qualifying for Qatar 2022.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

The Barcelona forward played five games and scored two goals for his team, but it was not enough to dislodge Egypt from first place in the group, as he finished with an almost perfect score.

Naby Keita

The Liverpool midfielder’s team had no chance to compete against Morocco, which finished first with six wins from six games played.

South America

Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sanchez

Arturo vidal and Alexis Sanchez represent the twilight of a Chilean generation that shone in the Copa América and in the worldbut they say goodbye when they are eliminated heading to Qatar 2022.

James Rodriguez

The former Real Madrid player stays out of the worlddespite winning the last qualifying game, but with no chance of even playing the intercontinental playoff.