{"id":166117,"date":"2026-04-06T10:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166117"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:16:37","slug":"kosovo-vs-turkiye-world-cup-qualifier-preview-world-cup-or-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166117","title":{"rendered":"KOSOVO vs. T\u00dcRKIYE: World Cup Qualifier PREVIEW | World Cup or BUST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A2gU0LgnSb4?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>It is time for a massive match amongst all of the World Cup Qualifiers taking place today, where Kosovo are facing off vs. T\u00fcrkiye for a spot in their first ever World Cup. The crew is pleased to be joined by Marcelo Balboa to preview the match, discussing Edon Zhegrova &#038; Kosovo&#8217;s chances of beating Arda G\u00fcler, Hakan \u00c7alhano\u011flu &#038; T\u00fcrkiye, discussing which side has the quality to do the most damage in Group D. Who will come out on top between Kosovo vs. Turkey?<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Where does Kosovo rank?<br \/>\n1:17 Atmosphere of Kosovo<br \/>\n3:19 \u00c7alhano\u011flu on &#8220;heart&#8221;<br \/>\n4:28 Winner faces the USMNT<br \/>\n5:14 Matchup history<br \/>\n6:24 Kosovo vs. Turkey RESPECT?<br \/>\n8:10 MENTALITY WINS GAMES<br \/>\n8:37 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#kosovo #turkey #t\u00fcrkiye #soccer #football #preview #worldcup #worldcup2026 #soccer #football #cbssportsgolazo #cbs #cbssports<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=A2gU0LgnSb4\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is time for a massive match amongst all of the World Cup Qualifiers taking place today, where Kosovo are facing off vs. T\u00fcrkiye for a spot in their first&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":166118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166117","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\/166117","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=166117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/166118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}