World Cup highlights: Turkey end USA streak as Netherlands top Group F

[p]Flashscore brings you the best of the tournament in our daily World Cup highlights. Here's what happened on day 15.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-world-championship-world-cup-highlights-brazil-impress-as-south-africa-secure-historic-qualification/l0adwchJ/"]Catch up with day 14 here.[/a][/p][h2]The headlines[/h2][p]Despite being eliminated from the tournament, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/turkey/QeijuHo5/"]Turkey[/a] rallied for their final game of the World Cup, beating co-hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/fuitL4CF/"]USA[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/turkey-7s-QeijuHo5/usa-fuitL4CF/?mid=SCvmMa2U"]3-2[/a], thanks to a 98th-minute winner from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ayhan-kaan/2LrADTME/"]Kaan Ayhan[/a]. [/p][p]Momentum has been lost for the Americans, who were looking to win three straight at a World Cup for the first time ever, but they still topped Group D with six points. It should be said that the USA made nine changes to their starting lineup as they look ahead to a round-of-32 tie with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bosnia-herzegovina/fqe7WYTr/"]Bosnia & Herzegovina[/a] on Wednesday.[/p][p]In the other game of that group, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/xSrf6qMM/"]Australia[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a] played out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/australia-xSrf6qMM/paraguay-YaNlqp6j/?mid=lGmJTJSg"]a goalless draw[/a] in Santa Clara. This meant that both sides progressed into the knockout rounds.[/p][embed guid="c6f65e24-3ce9-4e3a-ada2-27c575ae14be" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2070325560467742750" social-type="twitter" /][p]Elsewhere, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/WYintcWb/"]Netherlands[/a] saw off a poor [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tunisia/QqZVYk95/"]Tunisia[/a] side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/netherlands-WYintcWb/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=0lERfdRh"]3-1[/a] to top Group F. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a] and Sweden [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/japan-ULXPdOUj/sweden-OQyqbHWB/?mid=Sl2xgtXi"]finished 1-1[/a], meaning both sides qualified for the round of 32.[/p][p]In the early games, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ecuador/8tbm8Tri/"]Ecuador[/a] saved themselves from early elimination thanks to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ecuador-8tbm8Tri/germany-ptQide1O/?mid=zmvgtcCa"]a comeback 2-1 win[/a] over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/plata-gonzalo/hUCYdK7J/"]Gonzalo Plata[/a] stabbed home from a corner in the 77th minute to see the South Americans through with four points from their three games.[/p][p]In the other game in Group E, Curacao - the World Cup's smallest nation - bowed out of the competition after losing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/curacao-bLLGpOkQ/ivory-coast-G2FRjBgn/?mid=d2S1vysC"]2-0[/a] to the Ivory Coast, who also qualified for the knockouts.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /][h2]Goal of the day[/h2][p]Heading back to the Ecuador game for Thursday's goal of the day and a peach from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/angulo-nilson/GtWYwr5H/"]Nilson Angulo[/a].[/p][p]Despite being a goal behind and their World Cup hanging by a thread, the Sunderland forward picked the ball up just outside the area to fire in from distance.[/p][embed guid="26a02486-7218-4732-bc04-8a0325ea6439" url="https://x.com/FIFAWorldCup/status/2070276425173610774" social-type="twitter" /][p]It helped his team back into the game before Plata's winner, which saw his coach, Sebastian Beccacece, leap into the stands to celebrate with his loved ones.[/p][h2]Player of the day[/h2][p]The Dutch side headed into their match with Tunisia knowing a win would see them top their group, which normally requires your leaders to step up and be counted for.[/p][p]In the 3-1 win, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-dijk-virgil/U59RNqOr/"]Virgil van Dijk[/a] did just that.[/p][p]He recorded a 9.0 with Flashscore's new-and-improved player ratings system, and the assist for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brobbey-brian/pfAvgQUT/"]Brian Brobbey[/a]'s second goal was a big part of that. Granted, it seemed like a lucky diversion as Van Dijk headed back across goal, but he put it in the right area for Brobbey to apply the finish.[/p][image alt="Virgil van Dijk's stats against Tunisia" id="19b61364-a852-44b2-b0dd-df1b19a30d84" credit-line="Claudia Greco / Reuters / Opta by StatsPerform" guid="b171504b-e061-4732-8cf5-5e6b4ea7521b" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]At 34, the Liverpool defender could be heading towards the twilight of his career; however, today's performance showed just how important he is to his national team. [/p][p]He won 90% of his duels against Tunisia, whilst gaining a game-high eight clearances. His pass completion rate was 95%, showing across all parameters of the game, he was on song in the Netherlands' final group game.[/p][h2]Best from social media[/h2][p]Football fans showing up across other sports is nothing new at this World Cup, but the golf was not something we expected across June and July.[/p][p]Norwegian fans showed up at the Travellers Championship near Boston to support their compatriots, Viktor Hovland and Kristoffer Reitan, even performing the now infamous 'Viking row' in the process.[/p][embed guid="067f096c-49a6-4ddb-a337-e4a43f3c7f46" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2070302767416033677" social-type="twitter" /][infobox id="79bb87c6-d26e-46c2-b1ec-7eec56479c0a" /]