World Cup 2026: Turkey Crash Out After 1-0 Defeat to Ten-Man Paraguay
- On Friday evening at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Paraguay eliminated Turkiye from the 2026 World Cup with a dramatic 1-0 victory, secured by midfielder Matias Galarza's goal after just 64 seconds.
- During first-half stoppage time, Paraguay midfielder Miguel Almiron received a straight red card for covering his mouth while confronting Turkiye's Mert Muldur, marking the first enforcement of a new tournament rule.
- The United States maintained their strong form by defeating Australia 2-0 in Boston, with forward Alex Freeman scoring after an earlier own goal helped the hosts top Group D with a match to spare.
- Securing victories in Group C, Morocco defeated Scotland 1-0 behind an early Ismael Saibari strike, while Brazil beat Haiti 3-0 with Matheus Cunha netting two goals in a dominant performance.
- Haiti became the first team eliminated from the competition following these results, as the group stage intensifies with remaining matches determining which squads advance to the knockout rounds.
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USA clinches first place in World Cup group after Paraguay's win over Turkey seals favorable bracket path
USA clinched first place in Group D at the 2026 World Cup after Paraguay's win over Turkey, setting up a favorable Round of 32 matchup on July 1 in San Francisco.
Zero points in two games, two defeats, zero goals scored. Turkey was the favorite number one of the group D of the World Championships 2026 and instead it is the first eliminated. The Turkish line-up that speaks Italian given the presence of Vincenzo Montella on the bench, of Calhanoglu and Yildiz in the field also lost against Paraguay for 0-1 (playing a time in numerical superiority) and after the defeat against Australia for 2-0, says already…
They had started the tournament with great hopes. However, after only two games without their own goal, old wounds broke up in Turkey. How could it be that the team once again failed in itself?
Turkey crashes out of the World Cup after Paraguay loss
Ten-man Paraguay scored the fastest goal of the World Cup so far to beat Turkey 1-0 in a dramatic Group D match on Friday, breathing life into their campaign and condemning their opponents to an early exit. Fired up from a humiliating 4-1 defeat by the United States in their opening match, Paraguay went ahead 64 seconds in when Matias Galarza rifled home from long range, then clung on for the entire game against a torrent of Turkish attacks. Par…
Turkey exits World Cup after 1-0 defeat to Paraguay
Santa Clara: Matias Galarza scored 65 seconds into the game for the fastest goal at this year’s World Cup and Paraguay held on for a 1-0 win over Turkey after playing a man down for more than half the match. The win on Friday, June 19, night assured the United States would win Group D and eliminated Turkey from any chance of advancing to the knockout round with its second straight loss. Paraguay will face Australia in the final match of the grou…
Turkey was eliminated from the World Cup after two rounds of losing to Australia and Paraguay, in a campaign marked by inefficiency in the finals. Without scoring goals in the two games, the Turkish team accumulated 62 kicks, but failed to turn the high numbers into balls in the net. At the premiere, before Australia, even with 30 finishes, Turkey was defeated, in a game in which the opponent was more efficient: with only nine kicks in total, fo…
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