Australia 2-0 Turkey: World Cup 2026 – as it happened
by Jonathan Howcroft from US news | The Guardian on (#769VQ)
The Socceroos kicked off their campaign with a win after Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe strikes sunk Turkey in Vancouver
Kenan Yildiz starts on the bench as he recovers from a slight knock. Kerem Akturkolu starts up front in the only deviation from what you might consider Turkey's best XI.
23 Cakir (gk), 20 Kadioglu, 14 Bardakci, 3 Demiral, 2 Celik; 16 Yuksek, 10 Calhanoglu (c); 21 Yilmaz, 6 Kokcu, 8 Guler; 7 Akturkoglu.
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