Sentence:  If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their <WSD>lack</WSD> of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.