{"id":81867,"date":"2026-03-31T07:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/?p=81867"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:54:10","slug":"kosovo-plays-the-big-final-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/kosovo-plays-the-big-final-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo plays the big final today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kosovo national team will face Turkey tonight in a historic match that will decide qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The match will take place at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina at 08:45 PM and is considered one of the most important fixtures in the history of Kosovar football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dardanians come into this playoff final after a dramatic 4-3 victory over Slovakia in the semi-finals, securing a step closer to a historic achievement. Meanwhile, Turkey reached the final after defeating Romania by a narrow margin, setting up a highly intense clash between the two national teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The atmosphere in the capital is expected to be electric, with a packed stadium and strong support from fans, as Kosovo aims for its first-ever participation in a World Cup. This match is seen as a historic moment for the country, which only a few years ago began its journey in international football and now stands just one step away from fulfilling a major dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\/KosovaPress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo national team will face Turkey tonight in a historic match that will decide qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The match will take place at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina at 08:45 PM and is considered one of the most important fixtures in the history of Kosovar football. The Dardanians come into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":81868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[301,299],"tags":[7951,343,1264,7904],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81867"}],"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=81867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81869,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81867\/revisions\/81869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}