One of the reasons why the quadrennial Football World Cup is a festival for hundreds of millions of fans is that it is a stage for the strong. This stage only worships strength, and does not advocate any crooked ways.
Thirty-two tickets, thirty-two princes. After three years of dark battles and countless tug-of-wars, these teams from all over the world came out on top and squeezed into this carnival feast that spanned only one month as winners. So, the World Cup ticket itself is proof of strength, victory, and perseverance.
However, although the stage of the World Cup is broad enough, its carrying capacity is still limited after all. So every World Cup, it has had to shut out some talented stars. These stars are super capable and have long been famous in world football, but because their national teams are too weak, they can't make it to the World Cup, and there is no place for heroes.
Today, let's take a look at the five football superstars who missed the World Cup due to their weak national strength. They are good enough, and some of them are even Ballon d'Or superstars, but they are not born at the right time.
is as strong as them, and they all have so many unsatisfactory, so as ordinary people, are we suddenly brighter in our hearts?
One, "Black Pearl" George Weah
George Weah, born in 1966, is a striker who has played for Monaco in Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan in Serie A, etc., and is a Liberian.
Liberia, a country that Chinese have hardly heard of, has only copied the US political system to govern the country, but as a result, the people in the country are still impoverished, the war is raging, and the faces of those who regard US imperialism as their belief in freedom and democracy are swollen with bloody reality.
Despite this, there is still a golden phoenix in Liberia's chicken nest - George Weah, the undisputed world-class star, has played for many European giants, won 2 Serie A titles, 1 Ligue 1 title, and 1 English FA Cup. In 1995, George Weah won the Ballon d'Or, World Footballer of the Year, and African Footballer of the Year.
Now, George Weah, who has been retired for many years, has entered the political arena and has become the 25th president of the Republic of Liberia, a man who has moved from CCTV5 to CCTV1.
As a player, George Weah was physically strong, technically delicate, top-notch in his headers, and had an excellent ball quotient, and he always seemed selfless on the field. Not only that, but his masterful turning skills are comparable to Zinedine Zidane's Marseille maneuvers.
In 2001, when the national football team entered the World Cup for the first time and the whole country was jubilant, the Liberian team also fought fiercely with its opponents in Africa for the right to qualify for the World Cup. That year, the 36-year-old George Weah, as a player, head coach, and president of the Football Association, has become the football totem and the only reliance of the entire country.
At that time, the entire Liberian team was so poor that Weah paid for all the players' travel expenses and bonuses out of his own pocket. That was the closest Liberia had ever been to a World Cup, and it was the closest George Weah had ever been to a World Cup.
After George Weah became president, he relied on the high prestige accumulated in his playing days to finally stabilize the situation in Liberia, which can be regarded as another wealth that football has brought to human civilization.
Although he can't play in the World Cup, George Weah should be relieved.
Second, "Majin Buu" Erling Haaland
Haaland and Mbappe are the hottest new stars in world football today, and they are known as the new "peerless duo".
But compared to Mbappe, who won the World Cup at a young age, Haaland has nothing but Manchester City's club honors, and he is not destined to have one in the future.
Haaland, who is 1.95 meters tall, winner of the 2020 Golden Boy Award, is the thigh-level figure of the Norwegian team, and is currently worth up to 180 million euros. Started in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and continued his brilliant performance after moving to Manchester City in the Premier League. But because Haaland is Norwegian, he is destined to miss the World Cup.
The Norwegian team has never qualified since participating in the World Cup in 1998, and it is not even as good as the national football team.
What's worse is that Norway not only can't play in the World Cup, but also can't even play in the European Championship. Euro 2024 was expanded to 24 teams, but Norway were eliminated under Haaland's leadership.
What does this amount to? It is equivalent to the college entrance examination to reduce the first line to 300 points, but if you score 250 points, you will say that you are not a cook!
As a post-00s, Haaland is also 24 years old, and there is not much time to waste. Although Haaland is tall and confrontational, his feet are rough, his header threat is not high, and his ability to hold the ball with his back is also average, and his biggest advantage is the rush with the ball, which makes him extremely dependent on the overall strength of the team.
So let's see if Haaland can practice in Manchester City in a few years, under the tutelage of Guardiola, Haaland should improve, and it is still possible to lead Norway to the European Championship in the future, as for the World Cup, don't think about it.
Three, "Austrian Liu Xing" Davide Alaba
Alaba has played for Bayern Munich for many years, and everyone thinks that he is German like Boateng, but in fact he is Austrian.
The Austrian team has been in the ascendancy for a while, but it has been in decline for many years, and it has long been reduced to the belly of the European fish that is bullied, and now it is not easy to produce a star like Alaba.
Alaba, born in 1992, is 32 years old this year, currently plays for Real Madrid, and is currently worth 55 million.
Alaba's home country, Austria, was once a powerhouse in the World Cup, having reached the World Cup finals seven times. But since 1998, they have disappeared from the history of the World Cup.
The main reason for the disappearance is the lack of strength. In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers European play-offs, Austria played against Turkey, and Austria was cut 0:7 by Turkey in the two legs (0:1 at home, 0:6 away).
So as the captain of Austria, Alaba is eager to use his strength to help his home team regain its former glory, but the reality is still cruel. In the 2021 Qatar World Cup qualifiers, Austria ranked fourth with 16 points with 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, and lost the World Cup qualification prematurely.
According to the current strength of the Austrian team, Alaba will not be seen in the 2026 World Cup.
Fourth, "China's first brother" Wu Lei
Wu Lei, the only player in the national football team who has played in the five major European leagues, can be regarded as a person who has walked through the south, crossed the north, and drank foreign ink in Europe, single-handedly dominating the world, a new generation of leaders of the national football team, the ceiling of local players' strength, and his status is comparable to that of the phenomenal center of the Chinese men's basketball team, and Zhou Qi, a famous rocket player.
When South Korea is complacent because it has Son Heung-min who plays for Tottenham, and Japan is complacent because it has Takumi Minamino, who plays for Liverpool, the national football team should not be ashamed of itself, because our martial arts king is the famous team of La Liga giants Espanyol, so I ask you if you are afraid?
Wu Lei, who once drew with the Cosmos team Barcelona, shocked the Champions League king Real Madrid, and the gravedigger of the Mero era, blew a Chinese whirlwind in La Liga, which admired technology.
Although Wu Lei's skills are average, his physical confrontation is average, his ability to grasp the single knife ball is average, and his shooting is a little amateurish, but his housekeeping skills are ghostly running and sensitive sense of smell in front of the goal, which is the unique skill of the king of martial arts, and the foundation of his life.
Wu Lei once relied on this unique skill to sit firmly in the main force of the Espanyol team, allowing Westerners to fully appreciate the terrifying and mysterious power from the East.
Therefore, Wu Lei's technical characteristics doomed him to be just an assassin who killed him in one move, and he could not become a heavy hammer to destroy the city.
Therefore, the Chinese team, whose overall strength is weaker than the sky, cannot provide Wu Lei with any technical support. The sparse midfielder of the national football team had to play hard in the face of Thailand and Vietnam, and over time, Wu Lei's materials were wasted.
Wu Lei was born in 1991 and is already a 33-year-old veteran, missing the 2022 World Cup, and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers have started, but the only task of the national football team at present is to kill Thailand at home and reach the round of 18.
The top 18 is the World Cup of the national football team, and it is enough to compete with Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Australia, as for the World Cup, don't even think about it, unless there is a miracle.
This miracle is that at that time, the 35-year-old Wu Lei will lead the national football team to hang up, blast Iran, kick South Korea angrily, kick kangaroos, slaughter Japan, and kick out a few of these World Cup nail households, and the spring of the national football team will definitely come.
Fifth, "Wang Laoji" Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs, born in 1973 in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, England, is a football superstar and Manchester United celebrity.
Ryan Giggs has been with Manchester United for 23 years and everyone thinks he is for England, but he is actually for Wales.
Ryan Giggs has been playing for United since 1991 and has made 963 appearances over the course of 23 years, scoring 168 goals and providing 175 assists. Ryan Giggs has won 13 league titles, two Champions Leagues, four FA Cups and 36 trophies in all competitions.
But alas, Giggs has not played in the World Cup in his entire career, and probably won't in the future.
Originally, Ryan Giggs had the opportunity to play in the World Cup as a Welsh coach to make up for the regrets of his playing days, but a scandal forced him to resign from the Welsh manager's position, and this scandal was domestic violence.
This is not Giggs's first scandal. In 2011, a sensational peachy news sensation caused a sensation in world football, and Manchester United star Ryan Giggs and his brother-in-law Natasha's eight-year affair history was exposed.
Since then, the image of the respected Manchester United captain, the banner of the times, and the well-known national husband has completely collapsed.
Since then, this guy seems to have given up on himself, and he has a complete showdown on the issue of men and women, he doesn't pretend, he is as diligent as changing women as he is changing clothes, and he also pedals on multiple boats, domestic violence, etc., and the list goes on, from one extreme to another, which is the origin of the nickname "Wang Laoji" in the second half of his life.
Looking at the stars who missed the World Cup, Giggs is the least deserving of sympathy, and he won't die if he doesn't die.