Croatia got here from behind to beat the Faroe Islands 3-1 in Rijeka on Friday and safe their qualification for the 2026 World Cup in North America.
After Geza David Turi had given the Faroes a shock lead, strikes from Josko Gvardiol, Petar Musa and Nikola Vlasic gave the 2018 World Cup finalists their ticket to the finals in Canada, Mexico and america.
Victory gave Croatia a six level lead over the Czech Republic on the prime of Group L with only a single sport left to play.
Defeat ended the Faroes’ faint hopes of turning into the smallest ever nation to succeed in the finals as they will not catch the Czechs and safe a play-off spot.
Turi shocked the hosts on 16 minutes, selecting up the ball simply contained in the Croatia half earlier than striding forwards unchallenged and lashing residence from exterior the field because of a heavy deflection.
The lead lasted solely seven minutes earlier than Manchester Metropolis defender Gvardiol fired residence the equaliser from an angle after some hesitant Faroes defending.
Musa shot residence on the close to publish 12 minutes into the second half to settle Croatian nerves.
Vlasic then drove the knife in deeper nonetheless 20 minutes from time with a cushioned volley to beat goalkeeper Mathias Lamhauge, who had strayed into no man’s land.
AFP
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