{"id":497556,"date":"2026-03-31T21:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=497556"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:22:07","slug":"socceroos-learn-first-world-cup-opponent-as-italy-sweat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=497556","title":{"rendered":"Socceroos learn first World Cup opponent as Italy sweat"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhe Socceroos<\/a> will play Turkiye in their opening World Cup<\/a> game on June 14 (AEST) in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Turkiye beat Kosovo 1-0 in Pristina on Wednesday (AEDT) to seal the final Group D berth along with Australia, the United States and Paraguay.<\/p>\n

Kerem Akturkoglu scored the winning goal in the 53rd minute to spark wild celebrations.<\/p>\n

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Turkiye are ranked 22nd in the world and boast genuine star power in Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) and Arda Guler (Real Madrid)<\/p>\n

The Socceroos – who thumped Curacao 5-1 in Melbourne on Tuesday – are 27th. Turkiye's best World Cup finish was third in 2002.<\/p>\n

Sweden also secured a World Cup spot \ufeffby beating Poland in a 3-2 thriller.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/x.com\/StanSportFC\/status\/2039066196486811860?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

In other European qualifiers<\/a>, Bosnia and Herzegovina were hosting Italy and the Czech Republic were hosting Denmark.<\/p>\n

Bosnia and Italy were playing extra time after being locked 1-1 in regulation.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Italy's Alessandro Bastoni was sent off for a last-man challenge in the first half.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/StanSportFC\/status\/2039080216333812010?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

It had all started so well for \ufeffItaly when Moise Kean continued his prolific form with a 15th minute goal.<\/p>\n

But, playing against 10 men, Bosnia started to apply pressure in the second half and Haris Tabakovic equalised in the 79th minute.<\/p>\n

\ufeffItaly have won four World Cup titles but famously failed to qualify for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/added-time\/the-king-the-crisis\/embed?style=Cover&media=Audio&size=Wide<\/a><\/p>\n

In an international friendly, Japan beat England 1-0 \ufeffthanks to Kaoru Mitoma's 23rd minute goal.<\/p>\n

Both countries had already qualified for the World Cup and England were missing many of their top players.\ufeff<\/p>\n

MORE TO COME…\ufeff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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