{"id":5202,"date":"2026-03-27T03:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/world-cup-european-playoffs-recap-italy-win-czechia-and-bosnia-advance-on-pks\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T03:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:50:37","slug":"world-cup-european-playoffs-recap-italy-win-czechia-and-bosnia-advance-on-pks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/sports\/world-cup-european-playoffs-recap-italy-win-czechia-and-bosnia-advance-on-pks\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup European playoffs recap: Italy win, Czechia and Bosnia advance on PKs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Mar 26, 2026, 06:37 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The final spots for the 2026 <a data-league-guid=\"34f478c4-cf9a-35da-abd5-33db021e09d2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/FIFA.WORLD\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> will be decided this month. In Europe, several matches will determine which teams are one step closer to qualifying for this summer&#8217;s tournament in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Here were the UEFA matches that will be played Thursday: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/465\/turkiye\">T\u00fcrkiye<\/a> defeated <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"878c1326-c43e-bd15-d2eb-e5dbb1cc4cda\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=473\">Romania<\/a> 1-0 in the early game, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"23dd2d21-d64c-2f6e-92e8-bf5e6ea92048\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=479\">Denmark<\/a> got a convincing 4-0 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/463\/north-macedonia\">North Macedonia<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"e5383473-2c2c-672e-5c37-253cfce49818\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=162\">Italy<\/a> impressed in the second half with a 2-0 win vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/586\/northern-ireland\">Northern Ireland<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d0622ec1-4824-12c0-43a3-e7a31784d64d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=471\">Poland<\/a> responded well in the second half to beat <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"1a802e32-0a5f-617f-0cbe-d25a5b9bef62\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=585\">Albania<\/a> 2-1, we had a thriller between <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"93a13f40-2458-9683-d43a-8e39745cb2fd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=468\">Slovakia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/18272\/kosovo\">Kosovo<\/a> that saw the visitors win 4-3 to still dream about qualifying for their first-ever World Cup and <a data-player-guid=\"ccc49e36-95e1-7186-22da-1b53b2a35bb5\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/258906\/viktor-gyokeres\">Viktor Gy\u00f6keres<\/a> got a hat trick for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/466\/sweden\">Sweden<\/a> to win 3-1 vs. <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"25ccbb22-53f2-8634-dcdd-cad4b43b3bb5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=457\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, two games have gone to extra time and penalties with <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"14608173-473c-c347-d753-e45fe20730f5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=450\">Czechia<\/a> beating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/476\/republic-of-ireland\">Republic of Ireland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team\/_\/id\/452\/bosnia-and-herzegovina\">Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a> beating Wales to advance to their respective final on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy all the live updates from today&#8217;s matches!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"module-iframe-wrapper \">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"arena-liveblog-iframe-2xYXigH\" height=\"2000\" width=\"100%\" class=\"frame iframe-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/go.arena.im\/embed?publisher=espn-69077&amp;event=2xYXigH&amp;v=2&amp;theme=light\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"false\" mozallowfullscreen=\"false\" and=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" seemless=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/48290586\/2026-world-cup-european-playoffs-live-updates-highlights-reaction\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 26, 2026, 06:37 PM ET The final spots for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be decided this month. 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