Irankunda makes history as impressive Australia beat Turkey

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>Australia 2 - 0 Turkey FT

>Nestory Irankunda became Australia's youngest World Cup goalscorer as a youthful Socceroos upset Turkey.

>The Watford forward scored a fine first-half goal before Connor Metcalfe got the second to give Tony Popovic's side the perfect start to their Group D campaign in Vancouver.

>Irankunda, at 20 years and 125 days, beat the record of Brett Holman, who scored against Ghana in 2010 when he was aged 26 and 84 days.

>Former Bayern Munich player Irankunda was one of 10 World Cup debutants for Popovic's team in the youngest side in the tournament since France against Australia in 2018.

>Irankunda's finish was superb, a brilliant touch inside after collecting a pass from Paul Okon-Engstler giving him space to find the low strike.

>Turkey, appearing in the World Cup for the first time since 2002, were dominant for large parts but could not find an equaliser at BC Place.

>Defender Abdulkerim Bardakci tried a speculative effort from distance and it took a fine save from Australia goalkeeper Patrick Beach to tip it on to a post.

>Beach, a surprise starter ahead of Mat Ryan as he made his first competitive international, also denied Arda Guler from a free-kick and a close-range effort from Zeki Celik in the second half.

>Midfielder Metcalfe pounced on some sloppy play from Turkey before firing a low strike into the bottom corner.

What's next for these teams? Australia will play hosts USA in Seattle on Friday at 20:00 BST, while Turkey take on Paraguay in San Francisco on Saturday at 04:00 BST.

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