VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCES WITH CROATIAN AND FAROESE NATIONAL SOCCER TEAMS AHEAD OF WORLD CUP QUALIFIER / BOTH TEAMS TRAINING SHOWS: RIJEKA, CROATIA (NOVEMBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF ZLATKO DALIC AND IVAN PERISIC ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE 2. NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Croatian) CROATIAN PLAYER, IVAN PERISIC, SAYING: "Well, in recent years we have had really good results and therefore we may have been given a slightly easier group, but we knew that each game has something of its own and we prepared for each one, we worked well and as you said, let's finish these two games and try not to concede a goal and finish perhaps the best qualification so far. That is our goal." 4. MEDIA DURING NEWS CONFERENCE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Croatian) CROATIA HEAD COACH, ZLATKO DALIC, SAYING: "If it weren't these guys, if it weren't these players, if it weren't the team, there wouldn't be any of this for me (the awards). So here we are going together and in that way for all these 8 years and that is the result we are achieving. Community, team, team and that's how I look at it, I don't look at anything personally." 6. IVAN PERISIC RECEIVING AWARD "MOST PASSIONATE PLAYER OF 2025" FROM LUKA MODRIC 7. IVAN PERISIC AND LUKA MODRIC POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS 8. CROATIA'S PLAYERS ARRIVING FOR TRAINING 9. CROATIA'S PLAYERS WARMING UP 10. JOSKO GVARDIOL, DOMAGOJ LIVAKOVIC AND OTHERS WARMING UP 11. JOSKO GVARDIOL, DOMAGOJ LIVAKOVIC WARMING UP 12. LUKA MODRIC 13. PLAYERS DURING TRAINING 14. VARIOUS OF COACH ZLATKO DALIC TALKING TO PLAYERS 15. JOSKO GVARDIOL 16. CROATIA'S PLAYERS WARMING UP 17. IVAN PERISIC DURING TRAINING 18. VARIOUS OF LUKA MODRIC DURING TRAINING 19. CROATIA'S PLAYERS DURING TRAINING 20. MEDIA FILMING TRAINING 21. CROATIA'S PLAYERS DURING TRAINING 22. ZLATKO DALIC AND VEDRAN CORLUKA 23. CROATIA'S PLAYERS DURING TRAINING 24. VARIOUS OF FAROE ISLANDS HEAD COACH EYDUN KLAKSTEIN AND MEINHARD OLSEN ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE 25. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FAROE ISLANDS HEAD COACH, EYDUN KLAKSTEIN, SAYING: "And now I'm back for a historic match for us. It's the first time in history that we have a chance of qualifying for the World Cup in the last group match. We know that it's a small chance, but still, it is a chance and we will play that chance tomorrow." 26. MEDIA DURING NEWS CONFERENCE 27. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FAROE ISLANDS HEAD COACH, EYDUN KLAKSTEIN, SAYING: "Yeah, we know that Croatia, of course, is a really, really strong national team, one of the best teams in the world. And the teams in our group that came here to play, they all lost by three, four, five goals. So we know that we have to achieve well tomorrow just to have a chance to be in this game. But you never know. And in this campaign, we have had some good even matches, and we are going for a good result tomorrow. So let's see." 28. JOURNALIST ASKING QUESTION DURING NEWS CONFERENCE 29. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FAROE ISLANDS PLAYER, MEINHARD OLSEN, SAYING: "Being a Faroese national team player is always... you're always the underdog, but we have shown several times in this campaign that we can play against the best teams and stand a chance. So tomorrow we'll give it our best shot, and hopefully there's something good waiting for us." 30. VARIOUS OF FAROE ISLANDS TEAM TRAINING STORY: Croatia will face the Faroe Islands in a World Cup qualifier match on Friday (November 14). The Croatian side, captained by AC Milan midfielder Luka Modric, is the overwhelming favourite going into the match against the tiny island nation of the Faroe Islands, which is a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Croatia's Ivan Perisic said the team were going into the match hoping not to concede any goals, while Faroese coach Eydun Klakstein said his side still believed there was a "small chance" of them qualifying for next year's World Cup. A win against Croatia would allow the Faroese to try their luck in the play-offs. "Being a Faroese national team player is always... you're always the underdog," said Faroe Islands' Meinhard Olsen. (Production: Antonio Bronic, Thomas Holdstock) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
