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World Cup 2022: Mohamed Salah, Jorginho and Erling Haaland among stellar names not heading to Qatar

Mohamed Salah will not be going to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. That was the headline news from a night of high drama and upsets in the final round of African qualifying.

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Salah was targeted with laser beams from small handheld devices in the crowd as he missed his penalty in Egypt's shoot-out defeat to Senegal

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Cristiano Ronaldo will be present at his fifth World Cup after Portugal beat North Macedonia in the European play-offs meaning both he and Lionel Messi are heading for Qatar,

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Having being crowned European champions last summer, Italy are the most notable team omission whatever happens in the remaining

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Head coach of the Azzurri, Roberto Mancini, is considering his future after Italy's failure to qualify for a second straight World Cup.

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That means there will be no Gianluigi Donnarumma. The Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper was named player of the tournament last

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European Championship - primarily because of the saves he made in Italy's penalty shoot-out victories in both the semi-finals and final.

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