One of the great absentees in the next World Cup that will begin on June 14 in Russia is undoubtedly Italy, the four-time champion of the highest event of this sport on planet Earth. The Azzurri team had played all the World Cups to date, except for the 1930 when he was not invited and the 1958 that was held in Sweden, a country that eliminated it to perform in the upcoming edition in Russia.
But he is not the only selected one that will be missed in Russia. Holland, third in Brazil 2014 and second in South Africa 2010 was eliminated in the qualification phase, even had no option to enter via the repechage.
In the rest of the planet there were also surprises. In South America, the current Copa América champion, Chile was also left out, as was Paraguay, who participated in four of the last five World Cups. Cameroon. Five times champion of Africa took the last edition of the continental tournament but did not manage to get into the great competition to be held in Russia.
The same has happened with other teams that in recent years rivaled the best such as the United States, which participated in the last six World Cups, consecutively, but was left out behind Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama. He could not even play the repechage and that place was occupied by Honduras.
Nor can we fail to mention the debutants Iceland and Panama, who will take part in a world cup for the first time since June. The only team that has participated in all the World Cup editions is still Brazil considered by the experts as the favorite to play the final.
Also they have the approval to choose to the championship the representations of Spain, France and of course, Germany, the current monarch of the world. We hope to see what the future holds and that the results are given as planned.
