Henryk Klemens (@henrykklemens.bsky.social)

‘Anything is possible’: Kosovo one game away from World Cup fairytale The minnows just need to win a playoff against Turkey at home to complete a qualification campaign that has become a rallying cry for national pride They are a World Cup fairytale, a footballing nation barely a decade old with fewer people than South Australia. A Balkan West Virginia, but with a fraction of the area, and a checkered past. Minnows Kosovo are just one game away from their first appearance at a World Cup, and a place beckons in group D alongside Australia, Paraguay and co-hosts the United States. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/27/kosovo-world-cup-qualification-fairytale-playoff?CMP=aus_bsky