Major Ten Characters To Ever Miss Football's Grandest Stage.

10 David Beckham - 2010

10 David Beckham - 2010

The Earth Cup is yet to be played in South Africa but Beckham is sure to watch the game on the sidelines having injured his Achilles tendon earlier this year while playing for AC Milan.

Beckham has played the last three Planet Cups and England's most capped player is going to be sad to miss out on a region record 4th appearance.

9 Emerson - 2002

He was Brazil's skipper throughout the qualifying campaign from the run up to the Japan/Korea Planet Cup in 2002. He regrettably certainly not got to lift the trophy his team eventually won obtaining dislocated his shoulder in the practice match couched by Major Phil. This meant that it absolutely was Cafu and not Emerson who led the South Americans to their record fifth World Cup.

8 Santiago Canizares - 2002

This Spanish hot shot-stopper missed out the 2002 World Cup in the most bizarre injury incident after dropping a bottle of aftershave in his bathroom sink which, with a shard of glass, severed his big toe's tendon. That injury ruled him out for the entire tournament, much the disbelief of his Spanish side.

The injury however served somewhat good news for second fiddle keeper Iker Casillas, giving him a chance to shine with two penalty saves against the Republic of Ireland in the tournament's second round shoot-out.

7 Rene Bliard - 1958

It was Rene Bliard's damage throughout training inside the run approximately the 1958 Globe Cup in Sweden that resulted inside the still-to-date-running history of one of the most goals scored inside a single Entire world Cup by a player - Just Fontaine. Rene, the French striker was hurt as his team prepared for that tournament, leaving Fontaine to take the attacking mantle for his land. The guy went on to score for fun.

6 Kenny Dalglish - 1986

'King Kenny' was without a doubt Scotland's best player for many years and even when he coached Liverpool as player/manager at 35 leading the Merseyside to a memorable double, Danglish was still phenomenal on the pitch. So how did the King miss out on the grandest stage of 1986? A mysterious call on the eve of the tournament from Kenny to the then manager, Sir Alex Ferguson saying he had pulled a ligament injury did it. Rumors however persist that it was the leaving out of the squad of Kenny's best mate Alan Hansen that made Kenny pull out. Dalglish's relationship with Sir Alex has since been sour.

5 Roberto Bettega - 1982

He was the talismanic, outstanding player that just about every Italian had put hopes on if they were to win the 1982 tournament. However the remarkable Juventus forward by no means made it on stage as the Azzuri lifted the title with the third time obtaining wounded his knee ligament inside a European tournament match. His nation knew it missed him. However the Italians won it nevertheless

4 Marco Van Basten - 1994

He is highly regarded in his home country of Holland and he knew how important he was to Johan Cruyff's team for the 1994 World Cup staged in the US. But a yearlong injury meant the Dutch captain was never to play for his team, subsequently quitting the game for good the following year. He never recovered to make to the pitch.

3 Romario - 1998

The Romario-Ronaldo striking force had made Brazil the favorites in the run up to France 1998. But that was before Coach Zagallo surprised the world by leaving out Romario from the squad on the eve of the Show, citing a muscular pull. This infuriated the entire Brazilian nation. The forward insisted the pull was minor and that he would have recovered in time for the second round games but Zagallo had none of it.

2 Alfredo di Stefano - 1962

He has the record of representing 3 different countries on an international game but he never played in the World Cup finals. His last attempt was in 1962 for Spain, his adopted home country, when the Real Madrid maestro injured a muscular tendon. This meant he would once again be a spectator on footballs grandest stage.

1 Daniel Passarella - 1986

He was Argentina's maestro, the force behind the blazing attack that included the legendary Diego Maradona. But the inspirational captain was mysteriously left out in the squad supposedly as a result of a diarrhoea. Most in the earth did not purchase it, and also though everybody was happy to see Maradona get the armband, it had been the benching of Daniel Passarella that stands out as the biggest World Cup player misses.

by: Max Johnson.

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