The emergence of UEFA matches has given more grassroots teams in Europe a stage. The Faroe Islands League has one team participating in the Champions League qualifiers and two others on the stage of the UEFA Qualifiers. Although only one team advanced to the next round, their performance was remarkable and worthy of admiration.
You know, the Faroe Islands is only a Danish Dominion with a regional population of only 50,000 or 60,000 and an area of 1,000 square kilometers, and it is not so easy to breed an eye-catching European team in such an environment. They are much more difficult to win than the average team.
In the first round of the Champions League qualification round, facing the "European big market king" Bodo Grint, Karakasvik was only out with a total score of 3-4. In the second leg, if not the opponent's 1.89m high school striker Victor. Boniface scored to make the score 1-3, and the outcome of that game was difficult to say.
Moreover, Caracaswick played a 3-1 victory in the second leg after losing 0-3 in the first leg, which was a defeat for them.
Caracaswick's entire team was worth only 2.8 million euros, but his opponents were worth as much as 16.2 million, but Caracaswick's final result was only a small defeat. They don't have to be discouraged, and next, the team will play the UEFA Qualifiers against Nikask FC from Montenegro. The opponents are certainly weaker than the Norwegian team, and Caracastswick is expected to set a new all-time record.
Another Faroe Islands team, the Torres Harbour B36, also scored a very encouraging victory. In the first leg, they lost 0-2, and in the second match, they achieved a big comeback 3-1, and the score between the two sides became 3-3. In the penalty shootout, the Faroe Islands side made four of five free throws, while the opponent's last two players who came on the field conceded penalties.
In the end, the team defeated Plaka BL from the Bosnian League and advanced to the second round.
Incredibly, full-back Magnus of the Tórshavn B36. Magnus Egilsson scored a hat-trick. He scored for the team first in the first half and scored twice on penalties in the second half. This should be the first Faroese player in European history to wear a hat, and he is not yet an active member of the Faroe Islands team.
It was a match of unequal strength, with the Tórshavn B36's entire team assessed to be worth only €1.21 million. The total value of the opponent is 5.62 million euros, which is nearly five times that of the Faroe Islands team. But even so, the relatively weak side won a victory that would go down in the annals of the team's history.
Another team, Torres Harbour HB, also gave a "show" of the defeat. They beat Newtown AFC in the Welsh league 1-0 in the first leg. In the second match, the opponent scored twice in the first half, while the Torreshavn HB was scored by Pederson, and the two sides scored 2-2 on aggregate over two legs.
In the penalty shootout, the opponent's first player was given a penalty, while the Faroe Islands team played four people, and the two did not score. In the end, they were out on penalties and did not make it to the second round of the UEFA match.
Two of the three teams were defeated, and they faced a team much more valuable than they were, making it rare to be able to achieve such a result.