Two Manchester City stars join Cristiano Ronaldo in a team of players that we will miss seeing from now on at Brazil 2014.
The group phase of the 2014 FIFA World Cup is over and 16 of the 32 nations have been eliminated.
A whopping 736 players began the tournament with dreams of glory, but that number has now been halved.
Among the 368 international footballers that will play no further part are some of the biggest names on the planet.
We have selected XI of them to make a team of World Cup departees. Scroll through the pages to check it out.
One could argue that, on paper at least, it is a stronger lineup than could be created from the players that are still involved…
Goalkeeper – Gianluigi Buffon
Buffon is one of the finest goalkeepers of all time.
The Juventus legend missed his side’s 2-1 win over England through injury.
However, he started the 1-0 defeats to Costa Rica and Uruguay, taking his cap tally to 142 – the Italian record by a large margin.
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