Its so sorry to see those stars did lose their spot of playing and carrying a decent career as a vital players. What they lost is the ideal that speaks, you never can do better in soccer if you are dedicated and consistent, no matter how skilfull you are, in long run -you do lag behind.
Thats what happened for Maradona and Balotelli ; players who had great genius ;but lifestyle and bad habits made them lose the edge, and their teams had to pay extreme price for that,I do flash back at 90's wc.