He is probably one of the most unlucky in the history of the German national team: Marco Reus. The qualities of the 33-year-old cannot be denied, but neither can his susceptibility to injury. Hardly any player misses his club or national team as often as Reus, who keeps missing major tournaments. In 2014 he injured himself shortly before the World Cup, at the 2016 European Championship he was not nominated due to lack of fitness after an injury and now Dortmund’s captain is missing the last chance for a World Cup. “Unfortunately, a big dream of mine was shattered,” said the Borussia Dortmund midfielder on Thursday on the Bundesliga club’s website. The 33-year-old injured his foot in mid-September. After two brief game comebacks, he fell out again.
Football World Cup in Qatar: Many stars are not there
“After another setback on Sunday in training, everyone involved has tried everything possible in the last few days to make my participation in the World Cup possible. However, my injured ankle wasn’t enough for the World Cup,” explained Reus.
But not only Reus is missing from the German team, which also has to do without the injured Timo Werner, Florian Wirtz or Florian Neuhaus. But the same applies to other nations: France breaks away the center in midfield after two injuries, in England the players for the outer positions are rare. In Qatar, however, you will also have to do without other world stars, because some nations have not even qualified for the final round in the desert state.
Source: Stern
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