This heading may be teasing for football fans throughout the world but it is a fact. Germany’s Captain Michael Ballack has been ruled out of the World Cup 2010. The cause is the ankle injury Ballack got in the FA Cup final last Saturday. Nothing works against the fortune and this is exactly what has happened with Michael Ballack.

Ballack is 33 year old and has 98 caps from German team and has been a star performer. He was quite certain that the injury was not threatening and he will recover quickly. He also said in an interview that he is worried about the MRI report and now it is clear that why he was worried. The German Football Federation has made it clear that the injury Ballack is facing is not minor and he will not be available for the World Cup 2010 finals in South Africa.

“It’s hard to accept, of course I’m disappointed,” Ballack said on Monday.

Ballack will not be able to practice football in next 8 weeks and it will impossible for him to join German team in the World Cup. Captain’s injury has created lot of troubles for German team and coach Joachim Leow will have to find Ballack’s replacement in a very short time. German team has already lost Rene Adler, the goalkeeper, last month. If proper replacement is not found in coming two weeks then German team might face much more problems.

Teams have to submit their preliminary squad list of 30 players by the 1st of June and Germany had already given its list of 27 players. Ballack is now ruled out and the change in list is expected. It remains to be seen who will turn up at Ballack’s place and how German team will perform in the World Cup. Germany is in group D of the World Cup and will face Serbia, Australia and Ghana in its group matches.