{"id":158399,"date":"2026-02-12T11:26:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=158399"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:26:43","slug":"can-croatia-make-another-deep-run-2026-world-cup-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=158399","title":{"rendered":"Can Croatia Make Another Deep Run? 2026 World Cup Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BavmjKX14pw?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The 2026 World Cup is inching ever closer to kicking off this Summer, and that has our crew taking a look at all of the squads that have a chance to win it all. Nico Cantor &#038; Troy Deeney are pleased to be joined by Marko \u0160apit as they break down Croatia&#8217;s journey to qualifying for the World Cup, discussing the impact of players such as Ivan Peri\u0161i\u0107 &#038; Luka Modri\u0107. Plus, the crew chat about Group L &#038; whether or not Croatia can get past England, Panama &#038; Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Croatia World Cup SPOTLIGHT<br \/>\n1:04 Marko \u0160apit talks Croatia<br \/>\n1:23 Croatia&#8217;s expectations<br \/>\n3:22 Croatia&#8217;s fight &#038; spirit<br \/>\n6:19 Where is the next generation?<br \/>\n8:26 Luka Modri\u0107&#8217;s resume with Croatia<br \/>\n8:52 Croatia Projected Starting XI<br \/>\n10:36 Who is Croatia&#8217;s next hero?<br \/>\n12:08 Croatia&#8217;s Group L schedule<br \/>\n13:47 Final Thoughts<br \/>\n14:36 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#2026worldcup #worldcup #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #cbssports #soccer #football #croatia #groupl<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BavmjKX14pw\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 World Cup is inching ever closer to kicking off this Summer, and that has our crew taking a look at all of the squads that have a chance&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":158400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}