For various reasons, Karim Benzema, Marco Reus, Juan Mata... cannot attend Euro 2016. During this long month, what did they do to temporarily forget about football?
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| Kicked out of the French national team due to the blackmail scandal with teammate Mathieu Valbuena, Karim Benzema mainly spends his time traveling to vacation paradises like Los Angeles or beautiful tropical islands. |
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| Marco Reus was unable to play for Germany in another major tournament due to injury. However, the 27-year-old star was somewhat comforted by the fact that his beautiful girlfriend Scarlett Gartmann was always by his side. |
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| Despite a decent season, Juan Mata was still left out by coach Vicente Del Bosque because the Spanish team had too many stars in midfield. The Manchester United player enjoyed a cup of tea during his trip to explore Asturias (Spain). |
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| Injury prevented Vincent Kompany from joining the Belgian team at the football festival in France. However, the 30-year-old star still had the opportunity to live in the Euro atmosphere by accepting to be a commentator for BBC alongside former players such as Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker. |
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| Despite accepting the invitation to play for the Spanish national team, Diego Costa still has pure Brazilian blood, where he was born and raised. Not being appreciated by "Mr. Del Bosque", the 27-year-old striker spends his time doing charity work in a poor neighborhood in the city of Lagarto, Brazil. |
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| Euro 2016 is the first major tournament in more than a decade that Germany will no longer have the services of their diligent captain Philipp Lahm. However, the 32-year-old star still watches his former teammates and sends his best wishes to coach Joachim Loew and his players after each match. |
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| Also unable to join the Italian team due to injury, Claudio Marchisio focused on releasing his own book. |
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| Retiring from his international career, John Terry leisurely went to Ireland to play golf. |
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| Center-back Raphael Varane enjoyed a wonderful vacation in Morocco with his beautiful wife Camille Tytgat. |
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| The Real Madrid star also came to the stadium to support the French team while he is recovering from a calf injury. |
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| Former England captain Steven Gerrard has just celebrated his 9th wedding anniversary with his wife Alex Curran. The 36-year-old star happily played with his 3 little princesses. |
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| Unable to attend Euro 2016 due to injury, Ilkay Gundogan is training hard in the hope of making an impressive debut for Manchester City. |
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| Also locking himself in the gym, Theo Walcott hopes to improve his form in the new season to regain his position in Arsenal and the England team. |
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| The Netherlands team unexpectedly failed in their campaign to qualify for Euro 2016. Arjen Robben had to find some fun in the resort paradise of Dubai. He happily took pictures with young fans. |
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| A month before Euro 2016 kicked off, Marco Verratti suffered a groin injury and was removed from the final list of the Italian national team. However, the PSG star is probably not too sad because the Azzurri are playing very successfully in France. |
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| Franck Ribery said goodbye to his international career after the 2014 World Cup. He is currently enjoying a happy vacation with his teammates in Las Vegas, USA. |
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| The rise of Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane has left Andy Carroll without a chance to participate in Europe's biggest football festival. However, the former England international probably doesn't care at all because he has a beautiful girlfriend, Billi Mucklow, by his side. |
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| Russian fans will certainly miss Alan Dzagoev. Without the 26-year-old star due to a broken leg, the Russian team lacked creativity and had to say goodbye to Euro 2016 early in the group stage. |
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| Jesus Navas took the opportunity to reminisce about old memories with his former Sevilla teammate Frederic Kanoute. |
According to Zing
