Mondial-2026: l'Australie emballe et remballe la Turquie
These Socceroos are impressive! For their entry into the 2026 World Cup, Australia, highly motivated, gave a lesson in realism to Turkey, from whom we had the right to expect better and who were logically beaten (2-0) on Saturday in Vancouver.
The Australians, who had given Lionel Messi's Argentina a hard time, victorious (2-1) in the round of 16 four years ago on their way to a third title, scored two very beautiful goals.
The first was by Nestory Irankuda, who was played through and, with one touch, nutmegged his defender before beating the keeper with an unstoppable shot (27th).
The second was the work of Connor Metcalfe, who calmly approached the area undisturbed, before unleashing a powerful shot to the near post (75th).
Meanwhile? For their return to the World Cup, 24 years later, Turkey monopolized possession but often played poorly and rarely got their shots on target.
The only bright spot: Abdülkerim Bardakci thought he had scored an exceptional goal, but his half-volley crashed against the post, the ball having been touched - just enough - by the fingers of goalkeeper Patrick Beach.
And so the Australians join the United States, the main co-organizer of the tournament, at the top of Group D, who also made a convincing start by crushing Paraguay the day before in Los Angeles (4-1).
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