Playing in the World Cup is every athlete's goal, being called up to the national team means being the best in your country. However, some of the greatest players ended up being left out of the cup.

The path is difficult to get there. Players go through many exhausting games, sometimes even injuries and surgeries, to continue playing.

Injuries always happen in the world of football, however, when the World Cup approaches, an episode like this can interrupt the dreams of a lifetime.

Check out with us which players were injured and will not participate in the competition in Qatar:

Let's see which stars will be left out of this competition:

The Aston Villa player was one of the main players who would make up the Brazilian team at the World Cup. 

Coutinho, coach Tite's trusted midfielder, suffered a thigh injury during training with the English club, with no date for his return to the pitch. 

Another player who will be missing for Brazil is Guilherme Arana. The athlete performed impeccably for the team at the Olympics. 

He was performing at the highest level in Brazil, he was practically a defined part of the Seleção's squad.

According to the medical team at the club where he plays, the player suffered a multiligament injury, compromising the posterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments, as well as a tear in the medial meniscus and cartilage. Therefore, he will be left out of the 2022 World Cup.

Great protagonist of France in winning the World Cup in 2018, the controversial Pogba will miss the midfield.

The player suffered a knee injury in July, and consequently had to undergo surgery. 

Pogba underwent intensive treatment in an attempt to return in time, however, he was unable to do so.

France's list of absences doesn't stop there, they are perhaps the team with the most injuries so far.

Standing out in defense, he was a spectacular defender in the last cup, and had been having a good season for PSG.

The player was called up, however, he was cut a week before the competition. 

Kimpembé had an Achilles tendon injury. Coach Deschamps hoped the player would recover in time, but that was not possible.

The player Kanté, driving force in the French national team's midfield, will not be present at the World Cup and will be missed. 

The athlete whose greatest characteristics are speed and filling spaces, was injured last season. 

Shortly before the World Cup, he was about to return to the field when he suffered another injury that meant he was absent from Qatar.

Perhaps this is the saddest injury to date. The player was called up, and was already training with the team in preparation for competing in the cup.

However, during an exercise to recover the ball, he had a dispute with his teammate, Camavinga, and ended up suffering a knee injury. 

The athlete, despite being voted the best player in the Bundesliga, will be left out of the competition in Qatar. 

Senegal's hero will stay out of this. The current Bayern Munich player was injured in the game against Werder Bremen and will be missing from the Senegalese team.

The athlete suffered a fibula injury and will need surgery.

Senegal's number 10 outside the World Cup is the worst-case scenario for this team, the player who, above all, is a reference for the team, is also a legend for his country.

Furthermore, Mané was one of the most important figures in this World Cup.

Reliving his worst nightmares, Reus goes through the 2014 drama again. The player, who already missed out on the World Cup in Brazil, will not participate in another competition.

Defendants were called up to join the squad that won the 2014 championship, but due to injury he ended up not playing.

Again, Germany's creative midfielder was injured just before the World Cup, so he will be one of the biggest absences from this team, which is in the process of being reformulated. 

With the last World Cup of Cristiano Ronaldo and several players for the Portuguese national team, Portugal is going through a period of transition. 

At 25 years old, Diogo Jota was part of the athletes who would lead this reformulation, however, he was injured playing for Liverpool, where he had a good season, with 9 games and 5 assists.

The midfielder suffered a fractured tibia and will not recover to play in the World Cup.

The Roma player was injured during training. He suffered a fracture in the tibia of his right leg and will not recover for the World Cup in Qatar.

The Netherlands team is one of the favorites for the title, however, with this loss in the squad, their midfield will be missing.

The athlete was an absolute starter on Scaloni's team, coach of Argentina. The midfielder was injured while playing for Villareal. 

Lo Celso will need to undergo surgery, and will be absent from the team. 

Another team that has been suffering from many casualties is Seleção La Albiceleste, check out the latest injuries to this team below.

It was announced this Thursday, November 17th, three days before the start of the World Cup, the two most recent absences of the Argentina team.

Striker Nicolás González and midfielder Joaquín Corrêa were cut from the squad. Both were injured and are on the list of players out of the World Cup.

Corrêa was injured in the friendly against the United Arab Emirates, this Wednesday, November 16, a game in which he even scored a goal.

Their replacements, Ángel Corrêa and Thiago Almada, have already been announced to fill the vacancies.

The witch is loose! Several important players missing from the main teams in this World Cup. Who do you think will be missed most?

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