If the list doesn’t get long by then, three of the top 10 in the 2022 Ballon d’Or standings are the ones who won’t advance in the Meadows in Qatar: Sadio Mane (2), Mohamed Salah (5) and Erling Haaland (10). ). The Senegalese was injured with Bayern Munich against Werder Bremen (6-1) on Tuesday, 8 November. Affected by a tendon, he will miss several weeks of competition, according to information from the team.
Mane joins the big absentee radius due to injury to French midfielder Paul Pogba (knee, then thigh), N’Golo Kanti (hamstrings) and Corentin Tolisso (thigh). Didier Deschamps, who announces to him existing Wednesday 9 November, fingers crossed so that Raphael Varane (groin), Presnel Quimpembe (achilles tendon) and Karim Benzema (groin), in particular, all find their means in time.
The other withdrawal due to the notorious injury so far is Germany’s Timo WernerArgentine Giovanni Lou CelsoDiogo, Portuguese jotaDutch Jorginho Wijnaldum And English Res mosques. Belgium hold their breath for Romelu Lukaku, Uruguay for Edinson Cavani, South Korea for Heung-min Son, Canada for Alfonso Davies, Portugal for Pepe.
La Haaland, Alaba and the Italians …
As in each edition, there will also be stars absent due to the lack of qualification of their national team, such as Jari Litmanen, Ryan Giggs, George Weah, Eric Cantona or in the past. In 2022, how about starting this list with Erling Haaland ? Manchester City “Cyborg” (22) ranked third in the Eurozone qualifiers, behind the Netherlands and Turkey.
Third place is also for the Czech Republic Patrick Check, author of the most beautiful goal of the last euro. Austria David Alaba and Marcel Sabitzer He couldn’t do better than fourth place behind Denmark, Scotland and Israel, like Jan Slovenia Oblak Behind Croatia, Russia, Slovakia and Georgians from Khiva Kvaratskhelia. Zlatan Ibrahimovic It would have appealed if Sweden had won the final against Poland (2-0).
There is still a huge surprise for these dams in the eurozone, annihilation of Italy, European champions a few months ago, against North Macedonia in the semi-finals of the qualifiers, in the last second (0-1). The Squadra Azzura should have ruled out Portugal to see Qatar. But the disappointment is enormous for the Marcos family ferrattiGianluigi DonnarummaLeonardo Bonucci or Jorginho.
… nor Mahrez, Salah, or Osimhen
In Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana, Morocco and Senegal took the five places at the World Cup, leaving Algeria in Riyadh behind. MahrezAnd Egypt Muhammed Salah And Victor Nigeria Osimene, they were all defeated in the last round in the home and away matches. In the South American region, Columbia Lewis Diaz Finished in sixth place.
