Who has never wondered what could have happened IF that decisive player hadn't had that unexpected injury. Could it have made a difference? 

That's what we're going to show you in this article today, the biggest and SEs in the history of World Cups, injuries that changed the trajectory of some teams, causing the chances to drop to almost 0%.

When we talk about this, we think, which player was left out because he was injured and could have scored the title goal, or which injury prevented the player from showing his full potential in the games.

Throughout this article I will show some moments that defined the glory of some teams, and the failure of others, bringing part of the fans to tears.

And right away, there's no way to talk about injuries that changed the history of the World Cup, not to mention Neymar, the main player of the Brazilian team in 2014.

The national team star had an incredible campaign in the World Cup, before being removed from the competition due to a very serious back injury.

On that 4th of July 2014, when the star put his hands on his spine, Brazilian fans had no idea that it would be his last game in that World Cup. 

Neymar Júnior had already scored 4 goals in 5 games in this World Cup, some say that the player was experiencing his best moment, both in the national team and at Barcelona.

It was then that in the ball dispute against Colombia's defender, Zúñiga, the Brazilian player, after being kneed in the back, had his third left lumbar vertebra fractured, and the one who was knocked down was not just the player, it was the hope of a country whole, who knew that without number 10, the team wouldn't have much of a chance of winning the World Cup.

After the player's forced withdrawal, Brazil still managed to beat Colombia and qualify for the semifinals. 

However, what came after that went down in the history of World Cups, the Brazilian team, when facing Germany, lost terribly, by the score of 7-1. Making clear the dependence that the cast had on Neymar.

Now we can only wonder, would it be a different story if the star hadn't gotten hurt?

Brazil reached the 1998 World Cup with a dream attack, with Romário and Ronaldo as its main players. 

In the Confederations Cup, these two players had been highlights of the competition, Romário was top scorer with 7 goals, and Ronaldo played at a high level.

However, close to the World Cup, the little guy who was in his prime, but was injured and was cut from the '98 competition, even with the star's chances of recovering to play in the most decisive games, the coach decided not to take any chances.

In this World Cup, Brazil lost 3-0 to France in the final, could Romário have changed that story? 

The French player was at his peak, he had been having a spectacular campaign for Bayern Munich, he was considered the 3rd best player in the world by FIFA, some say he deserved to be 1st.

Ribery suffered a lower back injury and was unable to recover in time to play in the 2014 World Cup.

His team fell in the quarter-finals to that year's champion, Germany, it was a very competitive game, where France even attacked the opponent's goal more, however, it was the Germans who became champions of that game and the World Cup.

The player was greatly missed in the creation sector of the France team, who knows, if the player had been on the field, he could have made a difference.

One of the strangest injuries in the history of the World Cup could not be left off our list. Goalkeeper Cañizares tried to prevent a perfume from falling with his foot, but in doing so he ruptured his tendon and had to undergo surgery, which left him out of the 2002 World Cup.

His replacement was none other than Iker Casillas, which after this World Cup, became much better known, and became a fundamental part of winning the 2010 World Cup for the Spanish national team.

The fact that the Englishman was left out of the 2010 World Cup was one of the most notable news of this World Cup, he was a fundamental part of the England team.

The player was injured alone in a play while playing for Milan, suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon and had to watch his last World Cup on TV.

With this article, sad for some and happy for others, which of these player choices could have changed the history of the World Cups?