World Cup 2014: The Best Starting XI of Players Who Will Not Be Going to Brazil

So with 31 spaces booked for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it is now up to Uruguay to complete the spot remaining in their routine fixture against Jordan tonight.

However, there are those unfortunate teams who will miss out and even more disappointing is that there are world class players we will not witness on the big stage.

I've chosen a starting eleven of the players who will not be boarding the plane to Brazil in the summer.

Formation: 4-3-3

Subsitutes: Yevhen Konoplyanka, Andriy Yarmolenko, Mohamed Salah, Aleksander Kolarov, Stevan Jovetic, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

1. Petr Cech

Chelsea's number one shot-stopper and a world class keeper. He stands at the rearguard of a decent Czech Republic team, but not the ones who possessed the likes of Nedved and Koller. A huge shame we will not witness the ever-present Cech.

2. Lukasz Piszczek

Borussia Dortmund's marauding full-back, the Pole loves to gallop forward and is great in doing so. Poland failed to get out of the group with England successfully and it's a shame we will not see this mans bursting runs forward in Brazil

3. Neven Subotic

Neven Subotic occupies the centre-back role, alongside Piszczek at right-back. He faced a race against time to be fit for Brazil but even so, it's a huge loss. A solid enforcer at the heart of Dortmund's defence, Subotic's Serbia failed to qualify for the continental event in Brazil and will feel disappointed he will not show his talents on the world stage.

4. Branislav Ivanovic

Another Serbian, alongside Subotic, it is Chelsea's ever-present Ivanovic. A valuable defender and a great professional, as witnessed in the Premier League, Ivanvoic's heroic defending will not be there for all to witness in Brazil. Chelsea fans will be fairly happy him and Cech have a good rest during the summer however.

5. David Alaba

A Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup winner, yet FC Bayern Munchen's David Alaba will not be on a plane to Brazil. The Austrian full-back, who revelled during Austria's qualifying campaign, will be disappointed to miss out as will the fans watching on.

6. Aaron Ramsey

Arsenal's hero of the season so far. Smashing in the goals left, right and centre, its a shame Ramsey operates in a slightly less-efficient Welsh side. It would have been interesting to see, had he kept his form up, how Ramsey would have fared in Brazil.

7. Arda Turan

A key architect in Atletico Madrid's midfield, Turkish playmaker, Arda Turan, is another who will not be strutting his stuff in Brazil 2014. Failed to progress with a Turkish side who seemed lacklustre in their attempts to board the plane.

8. Gareth Bale

The world's most expensive player will not be present in Brazil and it's a huge disappointment. Bale lit up the Premier League last season and it would have been fascinating to see him take on the world in Brazil, however, like Ramsey, an average Welsh side failed to progress.

10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Is there a point explaining why? One of the world's finest footballers, Ibrahimovic proved on Tuesday night just how unlucky he is not to be going to Brazil. Scoring the two goals in the second-leg, the PSG forward must have been cursing his luck that his goals came up against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal. A real shame we will not see this man in Brazil, genuinely.

11. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

He represents Gabon and as expected the African side failed to progress. It's another Dortmund forward who occupies the front role and it's a shame we will not see the pacey former St.Etienne striker in Brazil. Dortmund however, will be more than happy.




source:ftbpro