UEFA has published an analysis of the European World Cup 2026 play-off semifinals, highlighting the Kosovo national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to UEFA, Kosovo is one of the teams aiming to make a historic step toward World Cup qualification, having reached this stage thanks to their second-place finish in the qualifying group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their analysis of the semifinals, UEFA notes that Kosovo will face Slovakia in a crucial match, where any mistake could be decisive, as the games are single-elimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKosovo\u2019s goal is a first-ever major final in history, and their German coach, Franco Foda, draws confidence from their five-match unbeaten streak (3 wins, 2 draws),\u201d <\/em>UEFA stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The article emphasizes that this stage involves 16 national teams competing for just four World Cup spots, making the competition extremely tough and the pressure very high for all teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If Kosovo overcomes Slovakia, they will face the winner of the Turkey vs. Romania tie in the final for a place at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In summary, UEFA considers Kosovo one of the teams that could surprise at this stage, with the match against Slovakia seen as a key moment in their historic World Cup qualification dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UEFA has published an analysis of the European World Cup 2026 play-off semifinals, highlighting the Kosovo national team. According to UEFA, Kosovo is one of the teams aiming to make a historic step toward World Cup qualification, having reached this stage thanks to their second-place finish in the qualifying group. In their analysis of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":81598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,299],"tags":[7883,343,539,1618],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81599,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81597\/revisions\/81599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}