Socceroos vs Turkey 2026 World Cup match thread 🇦🇺🇹🇷

[verrelli]

Okon starting!

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Okon starting!

Patrick Beach starts between the sticks for the Socceroos and Harry Souttar assumes the captaincy so surely we're cooked heading into opening day of our World Cup campaign.

 

[Bbouy]

Morning lads from england,

not gonna lie, kind of terrified, our gallipoli 2.0 haha

24 minutes still starting xi

Bit of hopium: scotlands struggles v haiti seems to show what a lack of world cup experience can do to a country.

I think nearly every game has shown that the weaker team can draw/win. Every world cup the football hierarchy lessens and lessens.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Turkey have named their starting XI for their World Cup group D opener against the Socceroos. Hakan Calhanoglu leads the line for them as captain, with Arda Guler starting in midfield and Ugurcan Cakir starting between the sticks.

 

[TJMitchell]

here come the nerves

 

[grazorblade]

Irvine and ryan benched! Crazy!

 

[Bbouy]

No Irvine and no Ryan?

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

here come the nerves

Welcome to the forum!

 

[DandyCasey]

Not Ryan? Wow

 

[melbcityguy]

Obviously I'm a mc fan but I dunno if Beach should be in the squad let along starting over izzo

 

[Bbouy]

Irvine and ryan benched! Crazy!

So random... wtf? Popa's rhetoric for the past 2 months has been about the importance of our experienced heads and he drops Irvine and Ryan? Must be somewhat injured or unwell.

 

[Dan_The_Red]

Beach starting??!! WTF

 

[grazorblade]

So random... wtf? Popa's rhetoric for the past 2 months has been about the importance of our experienced heads and he drops Irvine and Ryan? Must be somewhat injured or unwell.

Also the positionong in defense from that midfield pair was woeful v switzerland

I am asking for a normal starting xi just once under poppa haha

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

So random... wtf? Popa's rhetoric for the past 2 months has been about the importance of our experienced heads and he drops Irvine and Ryan? Must be somewhat injured or unwell.

If Tony Popovic is basing his decision to start Patrick Beach between the sticks from the Switzerland friendly then he needs to reconsider the playing list.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Also the positionong in defense from that midfield pair was woeful v switzerland

I am asking for a normal starting xi just once under poppa haha

Turkey's midfield are going to be running riot round the Socceroos especially with Arda Guler starting.

 

[Dan_The_Red]

Well...i was feeling good this morning about this game, until no Ryan or Irvine. What is happening here, Beach and Okon have nowhere near enough experience for this.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Tony Popovic has named the Socceroos starting XI for opening day of our World Cup campaign. Harry Souttar leads the line as captain, with Patrick Beach confirmed to be starting between the sticks as ten Socceroos players make their tournament debuts.

 

[Bbouy]

I was kind of backing Irvine to be super aggressive against the Turkish midfield but this throws a spanner in that plan, it's definitely a more attacking lineup.

Volpato substitution at 65 minutes.

 

[JS96]

 

[Quicky]

WTF. No Ryan. No Irvine.