Gareth Bale has won three UEFA Champions Leagues in a row, but the Welsh superstar could only watch on as his compatriots lost their all-or-nothing final group match against the Republic of Ireland. When talking about their helplessness when it comes to national or regional teams, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan may have something in common with Bale.
It's not for the first time that the World Cup finals will take place without the Chinese national team, although the newly-named head coach Marcello Lippi secured three wins and two draws for China in their last six qualification games. Zheng Zhi has brought Guangzhou Evergrande two Champions League titles and seven Chinese Super League trophies, but he has hardly made one World Cup finals appearance, and this year will be no different.
THE UNCHOSEN ONES
For many young football stars, they are both glad to see their teams enter the tournament and sad about failing to secure a place in their countries' World Cup squads.
Leroy Sane and his Manchester City teammate Aymeric Laporte (France) helped City win the 2017-2018 English Premier League trophy, but they both will not play for their countries during the World Cup. Sane scored 10 goals and had 15 assists in 32 English Premier league appearances. The 22-year-old talent didn't make the cut when German manager Joachim Loew reduced his squad to 23 players on June 4.
Mauro Icardi, 25, brought Serie A side Inter Milan back to the Champions League after they've been absent for six seasons, but his fantastic attacking abilities were denied by Argentinean head coach Jorge Sampaoli. French winger Kingsley Coman has played for many football giants like Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern Munich but a slow recovery from an injury has scuppered his World Cup hopes.
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