The match, which will be played at BC Place Stadium, will start at 07.00 GMT. The match will be managed by Jesus Valenzuela from the Venezuelan Football Federation. Valenzuela’s assistants will be Jorge Urrego and Tulio Moreno from the same country. Kevin Ortega from the Peruvian Football Federation will be the fourth referee in the match.
In the other match of the group, the host countries USA and Paraguay will face each other. The fight will start on June 13 at 04.00 CET.
Kenan Yıldız will not be able to play
Kenan Yıldız, whose treatment is ongoing, is not expected to play in the crescent-star team.
Kenan worked with the team in the first part of the last training of the national team, and then worked individually.
At the World Cup after 24 years
Türkiye, which ended its long World Cup drought, will play a match in the organization after 24 years.
The national team will start their group match with the match against Australia.
Candidate squad
Türkiye’s 26-man candidate squad, under the management of coach Vincenzo Montella, is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Altay Bayındır (Manchester United), Mert Günok (Fenerbahçe), Uğurcan Çakır (Galatasaray)
Defender: Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı (Galatasaray), Çağlar Söyüncü, Mert Müldür (Fenerbahçe), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Brighton), Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Samet Akaydin (Çaykur Rizespor), Zeki Çelik (Roma)
Midfield: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter), İsmail Yüksek (Fenerbahçe), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Orkun Kökçü (Beşiktaş), Salih Özcan (Borussia Dortmund)
Forwards: Arda Güler (Real Madrid), Barış Alper Yılmaz, Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt), Deniz Gül (Porto), İrfan Can Kahveci (Kasımpaşa), Kenan Yıldız (Juventus), Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Oğuz Aydın (Fenerbahçe)
Other matches of the national team
Other matches that the National Football Team will play in the World Cup group stage are as follows:
Saturday, June 20:
06.00 Türkiye-Paraguay (San Francisco Bay Area Stadium-San Francisco)
Friday, June 26:
05.00 Türkiye-USA (Los Angeles Stadium-Los Angeles)