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The third matchday of the brought a series of historic results this weekend, with Australia as the standout performer after defeating Turkey 2-0 in Vancouver, the 1-1 draw of Brazil against Morocco, and the first point in the history of Qatar in a World Cup.
The Socceroos made a strong statement in Group D thanks to the goals from Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe at BC Place in Vancouver.
Irankunda, at just 20 years and 124 days old, became the youngest player from Australia to score in a World Cup, also setting a record for the entire Asian Football Confederation.
For Turkey, the defeat extended a negative statistic: it has lost all its World Cup debuts, against West Germany in 1954, Brazil in 2002, and now against Australia in 2026, marking the first Turkish loss to an Asian opponent in the tournament.
In Group C, Brazil was unable to debut with a victory and drew 1-1 with Morocco at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
The Africans, a revelation of the Qatar 2022 World Cup where they reached the semifinals, surprised the team led by Carlo Ancelotti with an impressive collective performance and took the lead thanks to Ismael Saibari.
The Brazilian response came through Vinícius Júnior, who scored one of the best goals of the tournament so far after a brilliant individual effort inside the box.
In stoppage time, goalkeeper Alisson Becker prevented the Canarinha's defeat with a crucial double save, in a match attended by former NFL player Tom Brady and rapper Travis Scott.
In Group B, Qatar wrote a historic page by drawing 1-1 with Switzerland at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, earning their first point in World Cup history.
Breel Embolo opened the scoring with a penalty kick, the first one in favor of Switzerland in their World Cup history, but Boualem Khoukhi scored with a header in the 90+4 minute to equalize.
The milestone takes on greater significance when recalling that in Qatar 2022, as the host nation, the Qatari team was eliminated in the group stage without earning a single point, suffering three losses and scoring only one goal.
The day also included the victory of Scotland 1-0 over Haiti with a goal from John McGinn, marking the Scots' return to the World Cup after 28 years of absence and their first victory in the tournament in 36 years.
Despite the defeat, Haiti celebrated the World Cup debut of Johny Placide, a goalkeeper aged 38 years and 135 days, who became the third oldest debutant from a CONCACAF team in the history of the World Cups.
With these results, Scotland leads Group C with three points, while Brazil and Morocco have one point each; in Group D, Australia shares the top spot with the United States, which defeated Paraguay 4-1 on the first matchday.
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