For the third time, Turkey repeats its bad habit in the World Cup

Australia’s national team kicked off their 2026 World Cup campaign with a crucial 2-0 win over Turkey this Sunday morning GMT, in a match that witnessed several historic records for both teams.

The Turkish team continued its crisis, suffering its third defeat in the opening games of the World Cup (it has participated in the World Cup 3 times).

Turkey lost to Germany (4-1) on 17 June 1954, then to Brazil (2-1) on 3 June 2002, before falling again to Australia in the first round of the group stage.

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On the other hand, the match saw Australia’s Nestor Irankunda enter the history books after he became the youngest player to score for an Asian team at the World Cup at the age of 20 years and 4 months, according to French network stats foot.

The Australian national team also ended a long drought of scoring two goals in one World Cup match since a 3-2 loss to the Netherlands on June 18, 2014.

The two goals of the Australian team in today’s game were scored by Nestori Irankunda in the 27th minute and Conor Metcalf in the 75th minute.

Turkey and Australia play in World Cup Group 4, which also includes co-hosts Paraguay and the United States.

The United States currently lead the standings with 3 points after beating Paraguay 4-1 on goal difference over Australia, while Turkey is in third place.