Qatar's World Cup qualifiers have largely come to an end, with only a few play-offs remaining. Compared with C Romesi, who has participated in the World Cup for 5 consecutive years, Alfonso Davis, who has entered the World Cup for the first time, there are many stars who regret not being able to play in the World Cup, so let's take stock of the superstars who did not qualify for the World Cup.
Salah
As Liverpool's star, Salah's form at the club can be described as fiery, making 36 appearances for the club in the 2021-2022 season, scoring 28 goals and providing 10 assists. However, he was fully dudded in the national team, playing for the national team in 8 games with 0 goals and 0 assists.
In the third round of the African Qualifiers, Senegal, led by his club teammate Mane, fell into a penalty shootout and regretted to stop the qualifiers, and Salah also paid the price for his poor performance in the national team. It is worth mentioning that two months ago in the African Cup of Nations final, Salah's Egypt also lost to Senegal on penalties.
Ibrahimović
At the age of 40, Ibrahimovic has returned to represent Sweden in the World Cup since he quit the national team in 2018. Ibrahimovic is no longer the big general who was the same as before, nor is he the main force of the team, playing only 4 times for the national team in the past year, without scoring 2 assists.
With Sweden losing to Poland in the play-offs, Ibrahimovic's World Cup dream was shattered again, who would have thought that the last time the general participated in the World Cup would be back in 2006, which may be the last time Ibrahimovic impacted the World Cup, I am afraid that Ibrahimovic's dream World Cup journey will also come to an end.
Haaland
As one of the world's most high-profile rising stars, Haaland scored 23 goals in 23 games for Dortmund in the 2021-2022 season, and the efficiency of scoring an average of 1 goal per game is terrifying.
In the national team Haaland also showed a thigh-level performance, 5 goals in 6 games, but the team's strength is limited, only in the third group, and even the play-off qualification has not been obtained. However, for the 21-year-old Norwegian, the road to the World Cup is far from over, and the future will one day usher in his glory.
J Ronaldo, Cuadrado
In South America, where there are strong players, no one can guarantee that they can stand out in the World Preliminary Round, and the World Cup regular Colombia team broke in the qualifiers this time, missing the play-offs by 1 point, and the big players J Ronaldo and Cuadrado also regretted that they did not qualify for the World Cup.
Although they are no longer at their peak, this exit has also made their fans feel sorry. After the game, J Ronaldo said that he would bear a lot of responsibility for this outing, but he would still be with the team in the next four years and continue to impact the World Cup.
Italian stars
The exit of ST European Championship champions Italy is really unexpected, sitting on a luxurious lineup of Italian teams, few people may have thought that they would play the play-offs, let alone that they would be eliminated by North Macedonia, and two consecutive World Cups did not qualify for the finals.
Italy is such a magical team, in the case of everyone is not optimistic about him, he can always break out, occupy a place in the four illusions of football, but often in the lineup luxury of the gutter overturned.
After the match against North Macedonia, The Roma Sport revealed that insigne, Jorginho and Immobile in the team may retire from the national team, and the defenders "The Second Elder" Chiellini and Bonucci are basically missing out on the next World Cup due to their age. Where the Italian team will go in the future will take time to prove.
In every World Cup, there are always some stars who have no chance and look forward to the next reshuffle of the river and mountains from the beginning, there are also some veterans who regret to bid farewell to their national team journey, and some new stars to start their new journey. We mourn for the veterans and applaud the newcomers.
Football is like this, generation after generation of stars have walked through our youth, the stars of the year will eventually grow old, but there are always people who are young.