GianluigiBuffon’s agony as Italy miss out on World Cup

Italy 0 Sweden 0

GianluigiBuffon’s agony as Italy miss out on World Cup

Trailing 1-0 on aggregate to a Jakob Johansson goal scored in Friday’s first leg in Stockholm, Giampiero Ventura’s Azzurri were cheered on by almost 72,000 Italian fans in Milan.

But despite laying siege to the Scandinavian defence over 90 feverish minutes, Italy could not make the breakthrough and the goalless draw was enough for Sweden to reach Russia 2018.

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