Players ruled out of the World Cup finals because of injury in the past week following the announcement on Saturday Germany's Marco Reus would not be going to Brazil:
Colombia: Radamel Falcao (Monaco/FRA)—knee injury
France: Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/GER)—back injury
Clement Grenier (Lyon/FRA)—thigh
Germany: Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund/GER)—ankle injury
Ghana: Jerry Akaminko (Eskisehirspor/TUR)—broken ankle
Italy: Riccardo Montolivo (AC Milan/ITA)—broken leg
Mexico: Luis Montes (Leon/MEX)—broken leg