Sweden will play the final against Poland. Kosovo recovered and won 4-2 away to Slovakia with goals from Fisnik Asllani, Florent Muslija and Kreshnik Hajrizi, after the home goals from Martin Valjent and Lukáš Haraslín. The Northern Ireland goalkeeper Pierce Charles prevented a bigger defeat. Denmark thrashed North Macedonia 4-0 in Copenhagen and will decide their pass against Ireland or the Czech Republic. Mikkel Damsgaard opened the score and then Gustav Isaksen, with a brace, and Christian Nørgaard extended the lead. Sweden eliminated Ukraine 3-1 in Valencia with a hat-trick from Viktor Gyökeres, who decided the match at key moments. Buenos Aires, March 26 (NA) - Turkey, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Kosovo, Poland, Czech Republic and Bosnia and Herzegovina advanced in the European playoff and are one step away from the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. According to what was learned by the Argentine News Agency, Vincenzo Montella's team won 1-0 against Romania and will play the classification against Kosovo. Forward Robert Lewandowski equalized, Piotr Zieliński sealed the result and will define their qualification against Sweden. Meanwhile, the Czech Republic drew 2-2 in the match played at the Fortuna Arena, at home, with goals from forward Patrick Schick and defender Ladislav Krejčí, to then impose themselves 4-3 on penalties to keep the dream of playing their tenth World Cup, which would be the second since the separation of Czechoslovakia. Another team that needed penalty shootouts was Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose only goal in regular time was scored by the eternal forward Edin Dzeko, four minutes from the end, for the 1-1 that turned into a 4-2 victory on penalties. In the final round of the European playoff, Italy will face Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden will play against Poland, Turkey will do so against Kosovo and Denmark will have to face the Czech Republic. She will seek to achieve a milestone against Turkey. Poland reversed their match against Albania and won 2-1. Turkey made a difference from the game and found the goal after the break with an assist from Arda Güler that Ferdi Kadioglu finished. With Kenan Yildiz and Hakan Calhanoglu as axes, the home team dominated, although Mircea Lucescu's side almost equalized with a shot from Nicolae Stanciu to the post. Italy also advanced with difficulties, as Gennaro Gattuso's side overcame Northern Ireland 2-0 with goals from Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean but dominated without clarity in the first half and resolved in the second half. Matvii Ponomarenko scored a consolation goal.
