{"id":81889,"date":"2026-05-13T21:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/81889\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:15:41","slug":"croatia-3-1-faroe-islands-14-nov-2025-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/81889\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia 3-1 Faroe Islands (14 Nov, 2025) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Croatia<\/a> secured a place at next year’s World Cup with a 3-1 win that ended tiny Faroe Islands<\/a>‘ dream on Friday.<\/p>\n

Croatia knew before kickoff that avoiding defeat in Rijeka would guarantee qualification but it was caught cold in the 16th minute when Geza David Turi scored with a deflected shot.<\/p>\n

The 2018 World Cup runners-up quickly recovered, however, as Josko Gvardiol<\/a> leveled in the 23rd. Making his return to the national team after two years away, Petar Musa<\/a> put Croatia ahead 2-1 after halftime from Josip Stanisic<\/a>‘s assist.<\/p>\n

\"PeterPeter Musa celebrates after scoring Croatia’s second goal in their win over the Faroe Islands to secure a place at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

STRINGER\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In complete control, Croatia added a third goal when Nikola Vlasic<\/a> volleyed in a precise cross from Ivan Perisic<\/a> at the far post.<\/p>\n

The win sends Croatia to a fourth consecutive World Cup, and seventh overall, while star midfielder Luka Modric<\/a> will now be eyeing a fifth World Cup appearance at the age of 40.<\/p>\n

“Our goal was achieved with a game to spare in the qualifiers. We can proudly say we’ve qualified,” Gvardiol said. “We’ll travel to Montenegro for the final match in a relaxed manner but with the intention of taking all three points, as every game is preparation for what awaits us in the summer.”<\/p>\n

It was Faroe Islands’ final match in Group L and the team will finish third behind runners-up Czechia. The second-placed team advances to the playoffs for the World Cup co-hosted by the United States<\/a>, Canada<\/a> and Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Croatia secured a place at next year’s World Cup with a 3-1 win that ended tiny Faroe Islands‘…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[43],"class_list":{"0":"post-81889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-faroe-islands","8":"tag-faroe-islands"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116569343672412031","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}