The 2022 World Cup successful Qatar is simply a tourney similar nary different successful that it starts conscionable a week aft the home play was enactment connected pause.
Unsurprisingly, that has meant a big of wounded issues, fixed that a three-week contented tin regularisation a subordinate retired of the World Cup entirely, wherever antecedently they would person had respective weeks to retrieve anterior to the tournament's kickoff.
There are immoderate large names missing, but who are they? And which players are inactive struggling to beryllium their fitness?
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Benzema suffered an injury to his near thigh during grooming connected Saturday successful Doha. The 2022 Ballon d'Or victor felt a beardown symptom successful his thigh during a sprint toward the extremity of the grooming league and, aft undergoing an MRI, it was confirmed that helium had suffered a musculus teardrop that would request 3 weeks of betterment time.
Benzema addressed his withdrawal successful an Instagram post.
"I've ne'er fixed up successful my beingness but contiguous I person to deliberation of the team, arsenic I person ever done," helium said. "So crushed tells maine to springiness my spot to idiosyncratic who tin assistance our squad person a large World Cup. Thanks for each your messages of support."
Also retired for France are defender Presnel Kimpembe, goalkeeper Mike Maignan, midfielder Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante, and, conscionable a fewer days ago, guardant Christopher Nkunku suffered a sprain of his near knee.
Mane, 30, picked up an wounded successful Bayern Munich's 6-1 triumph implicit Werder Bremen connected Nov. 8. He was substituted connected 20 minutes with the squad describing it the time aft the lucifer arsenic an wounded to the caput of the fibula bony successful his little close leg.
Despite the injury, Mane was included successful the Senegal squad for the World Cup and was expected to miss astatine slightest their archetypal crippled of the tourney against the Netherlands connected Nov. 20. However, the squad revealed successful a quality league connected Thursday that further scans connected the two-time African subordinate of the twelvemonth showed helium would necessitate country for the wounded and would not beryllium capable to play successful Qatar.
Werner was ruled retired owed to an ankle injury, his nine RB Leipzig said connected Nov. 3. The 26-year-old, who has 24 goals successful 55 appearances for the nationalist team, was taken disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of Leipzig's 4-0 Champions League group-stage triumph against Shakhtar Donetsk connected Wednesday aft a sound connected the ft successful the 13th minute.
"This portion of quality is highly bitter," Germany manager Hansi Flick said. "I consciousness precise atrocious for Timo personally due to the fact that helium volition miss the World Cup which helium desperately wanted to play in."
Meanwhile, Marco Reus's vocation has been scarred by injuries much than most. The Borussia Dortmund guardant watched his Germany teammates triumph the 2014 World Cup from home, missed Euro 2016 and Euro 2020, and present the 33-year-old has to beryllium retired the 2022 World Cup arsenic good owed to an ankle injury.
Florian Wirtz, 18, is besides missing. He is regarded arsenic 1 of the champion young prospects successful Europe but was ruled retired for astatine slightest six months aft tearing the ACL successful his near genu during the first-half of Leverkusen's 1-0 decision to rivals Cologne successful March.
Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands)
Wijnaldum's information astatine the World Cup was ended aft helium fractured the tibia successful his close limb successful August. The midfielder was grooming with Serie A nine AS Roma and contempt not being included successful Louis van Gaal's Netherlands squad for the Nations League matches successful June, helium was tipped to marque the World Cup squad.
"Sometimes shot tin beryllium s---," Roma manager Jose Mourinho said. "In lone 2 weeks, Gini became 1 of america due to the fact that of his quality qualities (his shot qualities we already knew). Sadly, In a precise unfortunate mishap helium had a atrocious wounded that volition support him distant from playing for a agelong time."
Jota was ruled retired owed to a calf injury suffered connected Oct. 18. , connected Tuesday. The 25-year-old was taken disconnected connected a stretcher heavy into stoppage clip during Liverpool's 1-0 Premier League triumph against champions Manchester City.
"Really not bully news, yes helium volition miss the World Cup," Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said. "Pretty superior wounded successful the calf musculus and present the process starts. That's it beauteous much. All the remainder volition present travel successful the adjacent fewer days. Very bittersweet quality for the boy, for america arsenic good and for Portugal... I don't privation to enactment a clip connected it [his return]. It volition beryllium a agelong time."
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Rob Dawson believes Gareth Southgate's call-up of Callum Wilson is simply a akin astonishment to James Maddison's inclusion.
Chelsea defender James was not included successful England's 26-man squad for the World Cup aft sustaining a genu wounded against AC Milan past month. The 22-year-old was successful a contention against clip to beryllium acceptable and, successful a connection connected societal media, James said helium was "devastated" and added that helium "truly believed" helium could assistance the squad successful Qatar.
James flew to Dubai to acquisition a specializer betterment programme and had begun moving outdoors astatine Chelsea's Cobham basal but pursuing regular dialog betwixt the nine doctors and England's aesculapian team, the right-back has been deemed excessively overmuch of a fittingness hazard to instrumentality to Qatar.
Also missing for England is Chelsea left-back Ben Chilwell, who pulled up successful stoppage clip of Chelsea's 2-1 Champions League triumph implicit Dinamo Zagreb, with scans showing helium had "significant" harm to his hamstring.
Jesus 'Tecatito' Corona (Mexico)
Mexico manager Gerardo "Tata" Martino had been holding retired anticipation that Tecatito whitethorn person been capable to instrumentality to fittingness successful clip for the tourney successful Qatar and included him successful El Tri's provisional 31-man roster 2 weeks ago. But
The Sevilla subordinate fractured his fibula and suffered ligament harm successful his near ankle during a grooming league successful August. Shortly aft suffering the injury, the LaLiga nine announced that his betterment would beryllium 4 to 5 months, making it improbable that helium would beryllium acceptable successful time.
Martino explained what had changed connected Nov. 5: "The determination was made due to the fact that we had a triple connection with Jesus, wherever we spoke with the doctor, the carnal trainer and myself. He [Corona] straight told maine that helium was not successful a presumption to combat for a [World Cup] spot."
Juventus midfielder Arthur Melo, who is connected indebtedness astatine Liverpool, has been retired of action aft suffering a thigh wounded successful October. Arthur underwent country successful London and is acceptable to beryllium retired until the caller year, contempt lone making 1 elder quality for the Reds.
Brazil defender Diego Carlos is besides missing aft helium ruptured his achilles tendon successful Aston Villa's triumph implicit Everton successful August.
Lo Celso suffered a hamstring wounded for which the midfielder requires country during Villarreal's LaLiga nonaccomplishment against Athletic Bilbao connected Oct. 30. The 26-year-old was replaced and scans confirmed that the midfielder suffered a hamstring tear.
Spanish media reported that Lo Celso, who is connected indebtedness from Tottenham Hotspur, had exhausted each imaginable options to beryllium connected the formation to Qatar, including consultations with specialists from antithetic parts of the satellite for a little invasive treatment.
Argentina are besides missing forwards Nicolas Gonzalez and Joaquin Correa. Fiorentina's Gonzalez sustained a muscular wounded successful Thursday's grooming session, the Argentina FA announced, portion Inter Milan's Joaquin Correa was removed owed to an undisclosed injury.
One of Morocco's astir talented players, Harit was injured successful his club's last crippled earlier the World Cup. Marseille's 3-2 Ligue 1 triumph implicit Monaco astatine the play saw the midfielder endure a cruciate ligament sprain aft a collision with France's Axel Disasi.
Manager Igor Tudor said: "From what we know, it's a precise large injury. He got injured conscionable earlier the World Cup, we talked astir it each week, I'm precise sad."
"As you tin imagine, beyond the carnal pain, it's hard to spot the World Cup imagination alert distant a fewer hours earlier surviving it," Harit said.
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Alphonso Davies loved returning to Bayern Munich grooming arsenic a World Cup qualifier with Canada.
10 NOTABLE PLAYERS TO WATCH WITH ONGOING INJURY ISSUES
Paulo Dybala (Argentina)
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Kalvin Phillips (England)
Raphael Varane (France)
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