Our Kids made an unexpected start, losing 2-0 to Australia in the first match of the 2026 World Cup Group D.
After the match, team captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu made a statement after the match.
PROMOTIONAL QUESTION FROM AUSTRALIAN REPORTER
The dialogue that took place after the question asked by an Australian reporter to Hakan Çalhanoğlu attracted attention.
The Australian reporter said, “In your statements yesterday, you said that Türkiye was a more talented team and would dominate the match. What went wrong for you? Did Australia’s performance surprise you?” The dialogue between him and the national football player after his question:
Hakan Çalhanoğlu: Do you think we couldn’t dominate?
Correspondent: Yes only in position
Hakan Çalhanoğlu: Excuse me?
Correspondent: Yes in terms of position
Hakan Çalhanoğlu: I don’t agree with you because we dominated the match today in general. Australia sat back and defended themselves well. We lost two balls and conceded a goal. This is entirely our fault. If we cannot control a match for 90 minutes and score a goal, we need to be more focused every second, every minute and never give up. I think we played a good game, we just couldn’t reflect it on the score.