{"id":2495,"date":"2026-06-20T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:08:01","slug":"everybodys-crying-tearful-turkey-crash-out-without-a-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2495","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Everybody&#8217;s crying&#8217;: Tearful Turkey crash out without a goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, June 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Turkey arrived at their first World Cup \u200bin 24 years with great expectations and a host of rising stars but crashed out goalless and \u200cin tears after another shocking failure to convert against Paraguay.<\/div>\n<div>Despite facing 10 men for more than a half, Turkey slumped to a 1-0 defeat against the spirited South Americans after racking up 32 goal attempts to be eliminated with a match to spare.<\/div>\n<div>It came after they amassed \u200b30 fruitless attempts in a 2-0 opening defeat by Australia, a match in which they were similarly thwarted \u200bby poor finishing and a staunch opposition defence.<\/div>\n<div>The 62 shots combined were the most without \u2060a goal in any two-match span in the World Cup on record in data collected since 1966.<\/div>\n<div>That wastefulness was \u200bonly amplified by Paraguay&#8217;s incredible efficiency as Matias Galarza struck the tournament&#8217;s fastest goal with a stunning, 25-metre strike just over \u200ba minute into the match.<\/div>\n<div>Turkish fans will wonder what might have been had Mert Muldur&#8217;s 35th minute header from a free kick gone in off the crossbar rather than rebounding against the post.<\/div>\n<div>That was as close as Turkey came despite players queuing up for a ping at \u200bgoal right up to the finish, with Baris Yilmaz, Can Uzun and Merih Demiral all failing to put away \u200bgood chances.<\/div>\n<div>Arda Guler, the 21-year-old pinup boy of Turkish soccer, apologised to the nation.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We tried very hard but it didn&#8217;t work. But we \u200cshould \u2060have scored some goals,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We should have won these games &#8230; Everybody&#8217;s sad, everybody&#8217;s crying.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>It was a stunning fall for a team that made a swashbuckling run to the Euro 2024 quarter-finals. A golden generation of players anchored by the young talents of Guler and Kenan Yildiz had appeared set to make their mark on the global stage.<\/div>\n<div>Instead, Turkey&#8217;s players and \u200bstaff will face a fierce \u200breaction on the home \u2060front before their final group game against the U.S., who have already qualified for the round of 32.<\/div>\n<h2>CREDIT TO THE PLAYERS<\/h2>\n<div>For Paraguay, it was a win for the true believers \u200bfollowing their dreadful display against the United States.<\/div>\n<div>Coach Gustavo Alfaro backed his no-frills squad to \u200bturn it around \u2060but his decision to bring in Galarza, who was unused against the U.S., proved a masterstroke.<\/div>\n<div>After the midfielder&#8217;s goal it was grit, determination and a generous dollop of luck that kept their tournament alive.<\/div>\n<div>Not even a red card in first-half stoppage time \u2060could deny \u200bthe South Americans, though their task was made harder by Miguel Almiron&#8217;s \u200bdismissal for remarks made to Muldur with his hand covering his mouth.<\/div>\n<div>Alfaro said his players had shown their mettle.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing about tactics or strategy here. \u200bThis victory, this result is to the credit of the players,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2493\">Israeli fire kills five people in Gaza, including a child, medics say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2491\">US advance to World Cup round of 32 with dominant 2-0 win over Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2484\">One dead after freight trains collide in Munich<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey arrived at their first World Cup \u200bin 24 years with great expectations and a host of rising stars but crashed out goalless and \u200cin tears after another shocking failure to convert against Paraguay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[161,162,62],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-new-zealand-world-cup-soccer","tag-paraguay-world-cup-soccer","tag-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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