Rakitic would give World Cup spot to Buffon

Turin (Italy) (AFP) – Barcelona’s Croatian international Ivan Rakitic said Tuesday he would love to tell Italian goalkeeping great Gianlugi Buffon to take his place in the 2018 World Cup. Rakitic will meet Buffon in Wednesday’s Champions League clash with Juventus in Turin, just a week after Buffon tearfully retired from international duty as Italy crashed out of the World Cup. “I feel like telling Buffon to go in my place, as what he’s done for football is incredible, simply unique,” said midfielder Rakitic when asked why Italy failed to advance from their World Cup play-off against Sweden while Croatia

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