Group Stage · Group D
About this match
Turkey finished third at the 2002 World Cup, with Hakan Şükür and İlhan Mansız, in a historic campaign still regarded as the greatest achievement in Turkish football. Paraguay reached the quarterfinals in 2010. Both nations return in 2026 looking to confirm that those results were no mere fluke.
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Head to Head
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Match events
2'Goal: Matías Galarza (assist: Julio Enciso)
4'Yellow card: Matías Galarza
45'+3'Red card: Miguel Almirón
45'Substitution: Damián Bobadilla ↔ Isidro Pitta
45'Substitution: Baris Alper Yilmaz ↔ Kerem Aktürkoglu
60'Substitution: Can Uzun ↔ Ismail Yüksek
60'Substitution: Deniz Gül ↔ Yunus Akgün
67'Substitution: Gustavo Velázquez ↔ Diego Gómez
70'Substitution: Eren Elmali ↔ Ferdi Kadioglu
71'Yellow card: Eren Elmali
81'Substitution: Alexandro Maidana ↔ Juan Jose Cáceres
86'Substitution: Orkun Kökçü ↔ Abdülkerim Bardakçi
90'+2'Substitution: Gabriel Ávalos ↔ Julio Enciso
90'+2'Substitution: José Canale ↔ Matías Galarza
Statistics
Turquia
Paraguai
78.5%Possession21.5%
32Shots7
5Shots on target2
12Corners0
2Offsides3
14Fouls15
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards1
1Saves5
559Accurate passes96
629Total passes178
Lineups
Türkiye
(4-2-3-1)Starters
Substitutes
Paraguay
(4-4-2)Starters
Substitutes
Referees
Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros