Dallas forward Petar Musa (27) and HSV defender Luka Vušković (18) attended a press conference in Rijeka ahead of the upcoming match with the Faroe Islands in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Musa is returning to the Vatreni team after two years, while Vušković has only played a few minutes in the senior team.
I’ve been gone for a while. I’m back, it’s an honor and pride to be part of this team. There is a lot of competition. It’s up to me to train and worksaid Musa at the beginning of the “meeting” with journalists.
Musa has had a great season in Dallas, scoring 18 goals in 30 appearances.
MLS is a great leaguethere are a lot of good players. It is no longer a league for those towards the end of their career as it used to be. It’s quite demanding, I had a good season, I’m glad I imposed myself on the coachhe added.
So far, he has made six appearances for the Croatian national team, and he is still waiting for his first goal.
I’m glad to be backit’s a confirmation of my work and hard work. I hope for the first goal, but I am very happy to be back in the national team camp.
Dallas will be one of the hosts of the upcoming World Cup. AT&T Stadium will host as many as nine games, the most of any city in the tournament.
They are in town happy and satisfied. Football is not the number one sport there, but the city prepares well, you can feel it, it is done in a big way. I hope that one of our matches will be there as wellhe said.
Musa made his debut for the national team in March 2023 against Wales, and he last played in October of the same year against Wales.
After two years I got a call and now it’s all up to me. Any player who plays at a good level hoping for a call. I was focused on myself and my teamhe said.
On the other hand Luka Vušković played for Vatrene only the last few minutes in the match against the Czech Republic in June of this year. Coach Zlatko Dalić announced on Monday that the young Tottenham defender on loan at HSV will play against Faran from the first minute.
We talked, it’s a great honor, he trusted me. I hope that I will play a good game and that we will secure the WC.
Vušković is playing great in the German championship and is among the best-rated stoppers.
I am satisfied with everything, the coaches support meteammates are great, fans too, I have no bad words to say. Everything is going great for me, I hope it stays that way.
He also referred to our next rival, the Faroe Islands, who have won 12 points so far.
They are a good opponent, they showed that with their games. But I hope that we will be right, take everything into our own hands and confirm our placement at the WC.
He revealed that he regularly talks to people from Tottenham.
I hear from a few people at the club. They follow me, we talk. It’s hard to say what will happen next season. I am now focused on HSV. As for Hajduk, I hope it’s that yearsaid the former Split club player with a smile.
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