🤝 Just like us! The stars who'll also watch the Cup on TV | OneFootball

The 2026 World Cup begins on June 11 (Thursday) with two matches.

Mexico, one of the hosts alongside the United States and Canada, will face South Africa at the iconic Azteca Stadium at 4pm (Brasília time), and South Korea and the Czech Republic will meet at 11pm (Brasília time), also in Group A.

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However, even with 48 teams qualified for the tournament, many stars still will not be able to play in the competition that only takes place every four years.

Whether due to injury, not being called up, or even because their national team failed to make it through the qualifiers, the list is long of top players who will be like the rest of us, mere mortals: watching the World Cup on TV.

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With that in mind, OneFootball has put together a (long) list of some of those stars.

If you notice someone is missing or just want to comment on the misfortune of missing a World Cup, write in the comments!

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

📸 MAURICE VAN STEEN