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Injuries are one of the biggest fears for players and managers – particularly when a World Cup is around the corner.
With the tournament only coming around once every four years, being fit at the right time is crucial for players hoping to guide their nation to ultimate glory.
Football can be a cruel game though and injuries can strike at the worst times with players denied a dream and teams left scrambling to fill their void as a result.
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Can teams replace injured players on World Cup squads in Qatar?
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With the World Cup starting on November 20, club football will be played until a week prior meaning players could be injured lining up for their clubs right on the eve of the tournament.
FIFA's ruling on replacing injured players therefore gives managers greater flexibility to name squads prior to club football pausing, knowing that even if a selected player is sidelined they can still be replaced.
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World Cup injuries: Star players who have been sidelined at the wrong time
Neymar 2014 World Cup
With Brazil vying for the title on home soil, their star player was forced off on a stretcher in their quarter-final win over Colombia.
Neymar was subsequently found to have fractured his vertebra and missed Selecao's infamous 7-1 loss to Germany in the semi-finals.
Who knows how that match would have gone if Neymar wasn't injured…
Michael Ballack 2010 World Cup
Germany lost their captain Michael Ballack for the 2010 tournament after he injured his ankle in the 2010 FA Cup final.
Ballack had been starring for club and country, with Joachim Low's side finishing third at the Wor psg goalkeeper shirt ld Cup in South Africa without their veteran midfielder.
Zinedine Zidane 2002 World Cup
Defending champion France had to start the 2002 World Cup without star forward Zinedine Zidane, who was sidelined with a t psg pink away kit high injury.
Zidane missed Franc psg shirt glastonbury e's first two group games, a loss to Senegal and draw with Uruguay, and even his return against Denmark wasn't enough to see them reach the knockout stages.