2014 World Cup Surprise Omissions. All 32 countries have now announced their preliminary squads for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. And there was no shortage of surprise omissions. Here, under countries in alphabetical order, is a comprehensive list of players* who were surprisingly left out... * Feel free to make a suggestion. ALGERIA Ishak Belfodil AUSTRALIA Lucas Neill ARGENTINA Carlos Tevez, Javier Pastore, Erik Lamela BELGIUM Timmy Simmons BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA None BRAZIL Kaka, Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Moura, Lucas Leiva, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Alexandre Pato, Miranda CAMEROON Sebastien Bassong CHILE Humberto Suazo, David Pizarro COLUMBIA None COSTA RICA None CROATIA Nikola Kalinic ECUADOR None ENGLAND Ashley Cole, Gareth Barry, Tom Huddlestone FRANCE Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy, Eric Abidal GERMANY Mario Gomez, Max Kruse, Heiko Westermann, Rene Adler, Marc-Andre ter Stegen GHANA None GREECE Nikos Spyropoulos, Sotiris Ninis HONDURAS None IRAN Ali Karimi ITALY Dani Osvaldo, Emanuele Giaccherini, Alberto Gilardino, Alessandro Diamanti, Domenico Criscito IVORY COAST Emmanuel Eboue, Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso, Arouna Kone, Siaka Tiene, Romaric JAPAN Hajime Hosogai, Yuichi Komano, Takashi Inui MEXICO Gerardo Torrado, Javier Aquino, Sinha NIGERIA Sone Aluko PORTUGAL Bebe RUSSIA Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov SOUTH KOREA None SPAIN Alvaro Arbeloa, Isco, Roberto Soldado SWITZERLAND Eren Derdiyok THE NETHERLANDS Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Kevin Strootman, Ibrahim Afellay UNITED STATES Eddie Johnson, Tim Ream, Jonathan Spector URUGUAY None
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 20:44:16 +0000
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