The World Cup of injured stars

Ronaldo - might not make the first match/matches
Ribery - out
Messi - got injured 4 times this season
Aguero - still carrying injury, doubtful for the first match
Falcao - out
Suarez - might not make the first couple of matches
Diego Costa - might not make the first couple of matches
Gomez - out
Rossi - deemed too unfit

I'm sure I'm missing many others. The amount of matches modern players play is ridiculous - before bossing 2002 Fatty Ronaldo played only 24 matches in 3 years. He was thus very rested for the WC and excelled at it. No star is arriving to the WC in similarly rested state.

Mario Gómez was ruled out beforehand due to being injured most of the season.

Added

Reus could be added very soon

There really needs to be a bigger break after the season ends imo.

Firstly in general the number of matches being played each season need to be decreased but no one seems to be bothered to do anything about it.

Secondly for world cup years there should be even more provisions for resting but nowadays players are barely getting a week between season end and joining the national team.

No matter that they are superstars and earn a lot, they are still human beings. Some in charge of things seem to have forgotten this last bit.

Walcott

Montolivo, Strootman and Benteke.

Add me to that list

Sprained my ankle 4 years ago, never been right since.

Tomwin Lannister wrote:Add me to that list

Sprained my ankle 4 years ago, never been right since.

Sprained ankles are the worst. Lost too many good player through them.

Ronaldo, Van Basten, Pele, Banks and Zidane all were forced to retire due to them.

I feel sorry for you. I can't imagine the pain you go through everyday.

Thank you man. The support is the only thing that keeps me going.

no BC you can't define Ronaldo rested and excelled for it

those injured were really awful , and also close. (factor who worsens much  the situation)

90% of times it is even difficult to imagine a return in pitch , let alone to high levels.

It was a miracle, only an unreal player as Ronaldo could do it, because Ronaldo to 50% is always a difference maker. Few could think a similar scenario after his injury in Lazio-Inter 2000 in Coppa Italia. But he wasn't a normal man.

Ideally there would be a longer off-season from club football, but we know it's not going to happen. Not all of those who are out are out due to fatigue-related injuries, though.

Tomwin Lannister wrote:Add me to that list

Sprained my brain 4 years ago, never been right since.

Fixed.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Ronaldo - might not make the first match/matches
Ribery - out
Messi - got injured 4 times this season
Aguero - still carrying injury, doubtful for the first match
Falcao - out
Suarez - might not make the first couple of matches
Diego Costa - might not make the first couple of matches
Gomez - out
Rossi - deemed too unfit

Walcott
Reus
Strootman
Montolivo
Montes
Oviedo
Navas
Gundogan
Bender
Mandanda
Saborio
El Shaarawy
Jay Rodriguez
Badstuber
Papadopolous
Van Der Vaart
Van Der Wiel
Benteke
Ronaldo (struggling with injuries, missed both friendlies. Likely to miss Germany match)

M99 wrote:Bender

Lars *and* Sven

And Marcel Schmelzer was also ruled out as he wasn't able to train properly with the NT due to injury.

M99 wrote:Ronaldo (struggling with injuries, missed both friendlies. Likely to miss Germany match)

Same situation for Manuel Neuer.

Oh, and I just read Roman Shirokov is out due to a knee problem, too...

ffs this wc will probably be worse than 2010

Germany have announced that Marco Reus will not recover from an ankle injury in time to play in the World Cup.

The Borussia Dortmund player suffered a partial ligament tear in Friday's 6-1 friendly defeat of Armenia and has been replaced by centre-back Shkodan Mustafi in Joachim Low's 23-man squad.

Reus was left in agony following a heavy challenge from Armenia midfielder Artur Yedigaryan one minute before the end of the first half and was subsequently replaced by Lukas Podolski.

The 25-year-old was immediately taken to hospital to undergo an MRI scan, which confirmed the ligament damage.

After initial optimism over his chances of playing in Brazil, Germany confirmed his absence from the competition on Saturday morning.

"It is extremely regrettable for him and for us," Low told the media. "Marco was in excellent shape. He was superb in our training camp and during our friendlies against Cameroon and Armenia. He showed a real joy for playing. We all expected him to play a major role in this competition."

Speaking about Reus' replacement, the coach explained why he picked the once-capped Sampdoria defender: "It was not about replacing Marco Reus one-on-one. We have great quality behind the forward already with Lukas Podolski, Andre Schurrle, Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, Julian Draxler and Toni Kroos. We have many alternatives. That is why we decided to go with another option for our defence.

"Shkodan convinced us during the training camp. He is fit and we trust him. We know we can rely on him 100 per cent."


No Reus   

2002 was very similar too... whoever wasn't injured was killed off during the tournament by the heat & humidity

If they're still part of the squad then they shouldn't be classified as injured in my view.

M99's list seems pretty comprehensive, though Thiago Alcantara has been overlooked.

meh wc inc

dostoevsky wrote:If they're still part of the squad then they shouldn't be classified as injured in my view.

Well, the definite list can only be made 24 hours before the first match as that's the final deadline to replace injured players.

If they quite literally miss the World Cup I'm more than happy to include them in the injured list. Unless Ronaldo is facing amputation though he's not missing the World Cup.

Yeah. Hm... Maybe the list should be sorted by country, I think that would be interesting, too.

im calm on this

new stars will step up.

it's wc.