In the European preliminaries of the World Cup, Croatia 3-1 Faroe Islands qualified early, Germany defeated Luxembourg 2-0 and tied in the last round to qualify, and the Netherlands drew 1-1 with Poland and is expected to qualify.

Commentator Zhan Jun posted:

Croatia became the third team in Europe to qualify for the World Cup finals. They will appear in four consecutive editions and have reached the semi-finals in the past two editions. The 40-year-old Modric is participating for the fifth time in his career! "Grid Army" has weak attack power but good defense and great resilience.

The German team defeated Luxembourg away from home with two goals from Walter Mader. As long as they draw with Slovakia at home next Monday, they will advance to the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The Dutch team drew with Poland away from home, and will qualify as long as they draw with Lithuania at home next Monday. It was Depay who helped the team score. He scored 8 goals in this World Cup European qualifier, second only to Haaland with 14 goals on the scorer list. The 31-year-old Depay currently plays for the Brazilian team Corinthians.