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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Turkey reached its first World Cup in 24 years with high expectations and a series of emerging stars, but left without goals and in tears after another surprising failure facing the bow against Paraguay. Despite playing against 10 men for more than a time, Turkey fell 1-0 to the South American combatives after accumulating 32 goals and was eliminated with one match for fighting. The defeat came after it added up 30 unsuccessful attempts in its i…
USA clinches first place in World Cup group after Paraguay's win over Turkey seals favorable bracket path – Democratic Accent
The United States’ chances of a magic carpet ride to a World Cup title are still slim, but the opening is much wider than it once was. The U.S. Men’s National Team clinched a spot in the Round of 32 with its 2-0 win over Australia on Friday, but there was more reason to celebrate roughly eight hours later. After Paraguay defeated Turkey, 1-0, the United States clinched first place in Group D — Turkey (zero points) cannot finish ahead of the U.S.…
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.
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Le Journal de QuebecHe wins 1 to 0 even if one of his players was chased late in the first half.
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…
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