“When I saw Buffon in tears, I wanted to give him my spot in the World Cup. If I could, I would. He deserves it. What he has done in football is incredible,” Rakitić said to ESPNFC.
Obviously, this is a humble gesture towards a footballing legend in Buffon.
But as a Croatia supporter, do you want one of your veteran players saying he would give up his spot at the World Cup?
Croats seem to be good at kicking ass. We also had the UFC champ Pat Militich.
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I didn’t write that, if I did I would admit it, then Croatianperson85 would catch me red-handed.
Maminjo get a life
Three Croats winning K1 is huge.
Yugos
Ya iggy neither did I. Gr8 picture in Croatia news weekly. Check it out.
I did not know about that Plazibat dude but that’s great news too
add him to the list with Branko and Mirko as winners : )
Italy, who failed to reach a World Cup for the first time since 1958 after losing a playoff to Sweden, are ranked 14th.
Under FIFA regulations only 13 European teams can play at a World Cup and that quota is already filled.
In the 1992 European Championship, Denmark — who went on to win the event — qualified only after Yugoslavia, who had finished top of them in their group, were disqualified.
That could mean New Zealand, as Peru’s beaten playoff opponents, stepping up to take their place in the event of expulsion.
Special shout out to Antonio plazibat from solin who won the 2017 grand prix in tokyo heavyweight championship. Just like cro cop did. Good for him.
Actually just checked 48 trans I don’t know man
Whole bunch more crap would enter without lot more Europe
Whatever I guess it makes money
They would want Italy cause of the money
Would make an interesting story for tv as well
Peru vs Italy haha
But I agree they should use their stupid FIFA ranking system to solve the problem
Is the way the groups are set up the problem for the absence or the actual rankings just suck
I guess with the expansion more euro teams will make it and that should help. Wonder how many euro teams will go through? I’m thinking 16 could go through without making it weak sauce. Basically the Irish teams Italy and or Greece this time round. Ya I guess I’d be ok with that
Couple more South American squads too
I guess there would have to be another crap “asian” team wa well
itsly has 0 percent chance
Remember his free kick goal against the chetniks from 50 yards?
Zee- I agree, lay off the racist stuff guys. If somebody comes on the board racebaiting, like Crnkovic always does, just bend over and take one for the team {the croatiansports.com team}
I heard AC milan might be kicked out of europe for shady financial stuff…does that mean rijeka might make the next round?
Shitty South Africa was pot 1 back in 2010
I agree iggy. And please fellas this racist stuff gotta stop. Giving us a bad name. Please.
Italy would be my last choice, it should go (1) NZ, (2) Chile, (3) The Solomon Islands…………………….(103) Italy
But nah seriously it can’t be Italy, no way. I mean we’re just speculating of course cos im 99.9% sure Peru won’t be kicked out. If it’s a shit team like NZ that could change the pots around too – although it would prolly be after the draw so i guess NZ would be in pot 2? LEL .. well, if russia can be pot 1 …
Rakitic is a bitch, he should go back and kiss his wife’s asshole after she takes a shit…like he usually does
Pretty sure New Zealand would get the spot
While Italy have been touted as Peru’s potential replacement, it is unlikely it will be a European country that would be called in to take Peru’s spot, as no more than 13 European nations can enter a World Cup.
Chile would probably get it as they are there highest ranked non-qualified team. Plus, they are in South America too.
Maybe do Italy vs Chile, that way a team earns their WC spot by beating an opponent. If Peru got kicked out of course.
http://us.soccerway.com/international/oceania/wc-qualifying-oceania/2018-russia/2nd-round/r32598/
NZ qualifying in easy Oceania is pretty much guaranteed to get to the playoffs, which they did, and lost to Peru, so because they had a chance to already be in the WC by beating Peru, I for that reason would not give them Peru’s place, it’s not like Peru were on drugs and NZ was cheated.
Maybe you wouldn’t go Chile, because they qualify in Sth. America with Peru, and they didn’t make it.
So Chile and NZ both had there chance to get the better of Peru and failed, NZ in a playoff, Chile in a long enough qualifying campaign.
That leaves Italy, the best team not in the WC.
If Peru do get kicked out why do you believe NZ deserve it? NZ is shit, they lose to Peru, and for that you believe they deserve a spot, why, because of the arduous Oceania qualifying?
Is the corrupt fifa mafia going to fine or discipline the serb federation for over 1000 fans chanting pro-mladic cheers and unfurling signs and poster of the same? how about their chants of vukovar is serbian and how they”liberated” it from Croatia? etc, and at basketball/handball games too, or is fifa too busy sniffing soccer players cracks and jock straps as usual while filling their pockets with arab money this time?
Iggy hosts are always pot one
Doesn’t surprise me about Rakitic, she’s a alpha female and he caters to her
@TC
_If Peru were on drugs, then definitely NZ would deserve the spot, but, NZ had there fair chance to make the WC and they failed. If a spot did become available then Italy and Chile are the obvious candidates for the spot_
Obvious? Why? Why is Italy more deserving than NZ, who lost a playoff to Peru?
@ Andre
Is that for real?
Shame that they’ve been eliminated.
This would have put Rijeka in second and possibly (for the first time ever) a Croatian team in the Europa knockout rounds.
Rijeka pathetic up 2 goals and the game ends in a tie. Awful campaign
Asked a few months ago about his children, rakitic said he would expect them to represent Spain if they ever got really into soccer cause his wife is Spanish and they live there. If his child was unable to make the Spanish team though he said, he would delight in them playing for Croatia
Rakitic is clearly trying to solidify his rumored negotiations with Juventus. Smart man OUR CDM is.
Elvis – round mein cities, only those descending from Africa throw rocks. Croatia’s above that.
If Peru were on drugs, then definitely NZ would deserve the spot, but, NZ had there fair chance to make the WC and they failed. If a spot did become available then Italy and Chile are the obvious candidates for the spot.
Rijeka up 1-0!
Let’s stick it to those Greeks once more!
lol that is clickbait, all those news stories like this:
http://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2017/11/23/5a16bd4146163f794a8b4578.html
saying that ITALY could get Peru’s place.. LMFAO .. such gobshite
i mean, firstly, they won’t be exluded, so that’s that. But even if they were, the place would so obviously have to go to NZ, anything else would be completely biased – i know FIFA is biased but this owuld look too bad, even for them, so it could only possibly benefit NZ
So Russia is the lowest ranked country in the whole tournament, and theyre in pot 1
yeah, that’s real legit… *rolls eyes*
http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/world-cup-draw-without-10-top-32-new-fifa-rankings/
NEW FIFA RANKINGS..
he aint Lebron/rooney
There are products there are surgeries
Guy is a multi millionaire prob has access to god knows what for his hair
I’ve been harsh on rakitic in the past only cause we know he is capable of more for us
He showed up against Greece and that pass to kramaric is priceless
He gave his respect to Buffon the legend. Credit where credit is due.
There is a story that Peru may get kicked out of World Cup cause they want to let the soccer federation be run by the state
Needless to say my wop friends think they gonna get it if it happens
I would think it would go to another South America side or New Zealand i believe cause that’s who they had playoff with
I thought it was thinning and his hair line was going back lol
His hair looks thick again. So does his hairline.
Let the gossip begin!
#CroatianTMZ
Respect
What a homo, let’s throw some more Rocks at him.
It doesn’t mean he doesn’t value it, it’s as you said, a humble gesture.
It’s like when the Bulldogs won the premiership in 2004 and Thurston gave his medal to Steven Price, not cos he didn’t want it but he thought the other guy was even more deserving of it.
There’s no story here, this is just Ivan being a super-nice and humble dude, good on him !