{"id":16070,"date":"2026-06-23T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=16070"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:14:36","slug":"paraguay-1-0-turkiye-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-d-matchday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/paraguay-1-0-turkiye-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-d-matchday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguay 1\u20130 T\u00fcrkiye | FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 | Group D, Matchday 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One goal. A man sent off before half-time. And 45 minutes of pure defiance from Orlando Gill.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/paraguay-1-0-turkiye-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-d-matchday-2\/#Galarzas_Precision\" title=\"Galarza\u2019s Precision\">Galarza\u2019s Precision<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/paraguay-1-0-turkiye-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-d-matchday-2\/#The_Red_Card_That_Changed_Everything\" title=\"The Red Card That Changed Everything\">The Red Card That Changed Everything<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/paraguay-1-0-turkiye-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-d-matchday-2\/#Gill_Stands_Firm\" title=\"Gill Stands Firm\">Gill Stands Firm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/paraguay-1-0-turkiye-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-d-matchday-2\/#So_Close_for_Turkiye\" title=\"So Close for T\u00fcrkiye\">So Close for T\u00fcrkiye<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/paraguay-1-0-turkiye-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-d-matchday-2\/#Group_D_After_Matchday_2\" title=\"Group D After Matchday 2\">Group D After Matchday 2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/paraguay\/paraguay-squad\">Paraguay<\/a> defeated T\u00fcrkiye 1\u20130 at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on Saturday morning, surviving an extraordinary second-half siege to send T\u00fcrkiye crashing out of FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 with back-to-back group stage defeats. It was a match of extreme tension \u2014 a 64-second opener, a historic red card at the stroke of half-time, and a second half that felt like one long, sustained act of defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Watch Paraguay\u2019s World Cup journey live in India on ZEE5. Don\u2019t miss a single match \u2014 explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/myaccount\/subscription?plan-ref=0-11-7467&amp;asset-ref=0-6-4z5914493&amp;visibility=SELECTED&amp;context=FIFA\">ZEE5 FIFA  subscription <\/a>plans and stream the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\">FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 <\/a>live.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Galarzas_Precision\"><\/span><strong>Galarza\u2019s Precision<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mat\u00edas Galarza didn\u2019t wait to be introduced to the stage. Sixty-four seconds after kick-off \u2014 before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/turkey\/turkey-squad\">T\u00fcrkiye <\/a>had even settled \u2014 the midfielder collected the ball 25 metres from goal, set himself, and unleashed a low rocket that gave the goalkeeper no chance. The net rippled. The stadium roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was, as the numbers confirmed, the fastest goal of FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 \u2014 edging out Ismael Saibari\u2019s 70-second effort for Morocco against Scotland just hours earlier on the same matchday. Two records broken in one afternoon. The tournament, it is clear, does not do ordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Red_Card_That_Changed_Everything\"><\/span><strong>The Red Card That Changed Everything<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u00fcrkiye pushed back with real purpose. In the 35th minute, Mert M\u00fcld\u00fcr met a Hakan \u00c7alhanoglu cross with a powerful header that beat the keeper \u2014 only for the ball to crash off the crossbar and then the post before somehow staying out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the third minute of first-half stoppage time, Miguel Almir\u00f3n was shown a straight red card \u2014 becoming the first player in football history to be dismissed under a new IFAB rule that prohibits players from covering their mouths during a confrontation. History, in the most unwelcome sense of the word. Paraguay would face the entire second half with 10 men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gill_Stands_Firm\"><\/span><strong>Gill Stands Firm<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What followed was a siege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u00fcrkiye flooded forward with numbers, with intent, and with mounting desperation. They finished the match with 78% possession and 33 shot attempts \u2014 numbers that belong to a team in complete control, not one that lost. But Orlando Gill was immovable. The Paraguay goalkeeper made five crucial saves, denying Arda G\u00fcler, Can Uzun, and Kenan Y\u0131ld\u0131z in succession. Every time T\u00fcrkiye threatened to break through, Gill was in the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y\u0131ld\u0131z tried an ambitious bicycle kick from distance \u2014 Gill saved it. G\u00fcler blazed over the crossbar after a rapid counter-attack. The minutes ticked by and T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s frustration deepened, while Paraguay\u2019s depleted back line held its shape with a composure that grew in confidence the longer the game went on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_Close_for_Turkiye\"><\/span><strong>So Close for T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s best chance arrived in the 88th minute. A heavy shot was parried by Gill directly into the path of Deniz G\u00fcl. An open net. Point-blank range. G\u00fcl stabbed it wide. It was the kind of miss that defines World Cup exits \u2014 the moment that will play on repeat in the Turkish camp for a very long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, four minutes into stoppage time, came one last chance. Merih Demiral found himself free inside the box from a corner and glanced his header wide. His follow-up attempt skied over the bar. He sank to the turf. That image said everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full time. Paraguay held. T\u00fcrkiye are out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/match-clips\/0-6-4z5974253\/tur-vs-par-quickfire-highlights-fifa-world-cup-2026\/0-1-6z5988232\">Paraguay vs T\u00fcrkiye Match Highlight<\/a> Free, Only On ZEE5.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Group_D_After_Matchday_2\"><\/span><strong>Group D After Matchday 2<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USA are already through with six points. Behind them, Paraguay and Australia are locked together on three points apiece \u2014 and they meet each other in Matchday 3 at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on June 26 (7:30 AM IST) in a winner-takes-all showdown. One goes through. One goes home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s tournament is over. A squad with real individual quality \u2014 G\u00fcler, Y\u0131ld\u0131z, \u00c7alhanoglu \u2014 never found a way to turn brilliance into results. Thirty-three shots in their final match and nothing to show for any of it. That will be the hardest thing to accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Paraguay, 10 men, one goal, and a place in the Matchday 3 decider. Orlando Gill takes a bow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Want to catch the Paraguay vs Australia Matchday 3 decider live? Choose the ZEE5 Quarterly Plan subscription at \u20b9799, or the ZEE5 Annual Plan subscription at \u20b91,699 to stream every FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 match live in India.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Disclaimer: Subscription pack prices are subject to change from time to time. Please visit the subscription page for the most up-to-date pricing information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One goal. A man sent off before half-time. And 45 minutes of pure defiance from Orlando Gill. Paraguay defeated T\u00fcrkiye 1\u20130 at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on Saturday morning, surviving an extraordinary second-half siege to send T\u00fcrkiye crashing out of FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 with back-to-back group stage defeats. 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