World Cup preview report: Calhanoglu shoots, Türkiye beats Bulgaria 2-0

6686 Sports reported on November 16 that in the 9th round of Group E of the 26th World European Qualifiers, Turkey defeated Bulgaria 2-0. In the first half of the game, Charhanoglu scored a penalty shot, and in the second half, Chernev scored an own goal to help Türkiye defeat its opponent.

Key events

4' Yildiz's sideline ball went to the three-second area, and Badak missed the goal

12’ Yildiz broke through the penalty area from the left and Aktukoglu’s low shot missed the goal

22’ Deliberate punch! Aktukoglu shot from outside the three-second area, Mitov blocked the ball from the end line

33' Guler shot from the right, Mitov quickly confiscated the ball

43' Dimitrov took the free kick and went straight to the goal, but Cakir confiscated the ball

47' Aktukoglu jumped high in the three-second zone and headed the ball towards the goal, but hit the billboard

56' Aydin passed the ball from the right to the penalty area, and Aktukoglu headed the ball over the crossbar

58' Rusev suddenly shot a cold arrow from outside the three-second area, and the ball hit the post and popped out

66’ is just a hair’s breadth! Yildiz broke through from the left and shot a low shot towards the goal, and the ball slid past

75' Cakir made a mistake and failed to touch the ball, Chernev headed the ball and hit the side net

82' Aihan was replaced as a reserve player in the second half and then kicked the wall of the playing field angrily

Technical Statistics

Player list

Turkey’s starting lineup: 23-Cakir, 14-Badak, 3-Demiral (46’15-Akadin), 20-Kadioglu (61’18-Mirdur), 2-Celik (61’22-Aihan), 10-Calhanoglu, 19-Aydin, 16 -Yuksek, 8-Güler (88'17-Sari), 11-Yildiz, 7-Aktukkoglu

Turkey reserve lineup: 1-Gunok, 12-Baindil, 22-Aihan, 4-Seyunju, 18-Mirdur, 15-Akadin, 5-Ozcan, 13-Kazer, 6-Kirkqu, 17-Sari, 9-Yilmaz, 21 - Gul

Bulgaria starting lineup: 1-Mitov, 5-Dimitrov, 3-Chernev, 2-Petrov, 20-Georgiev, 8-Krav (72’18-Rochochev), 7-Rusev (85’9-Nikolov), 10-Dimitrov (72’16-Petkov), 4-Grov, 14-Klastev, 11 -Despodov (63’17-Minchev)

Bulgaria’s reserve lineup: 21-Evtimov, 12-Bozhev, 15-Vilkov, 6-Popov, 13-Bozhinov, 18-Rochochev, 17-Minchev, 23-Shopov, 19-Yordanov, 22-Stoyanov, 9-Nikolov, 16-Petkov