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#2 Turkey (2002)
Turkey was drawn to a group consisting of Costa Rica, China and the eventual winners Brazil. In their first match, Turkey was narrowly defeated by Brazil with a score of 2-1 in which Alpay Özalan was red carded. After that the Turkish side drew their game with Costa Rica and in their last group game, they sealed their place in the Round of 16 beating China 3-0.
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Japan, the home team was defeated by them in the round of 16. They then went on to beat Senegal by virtue of a golden goal scored by İlhan Mansız to set up a match with the eventual winners Brazil in the semi-finals.
Though they lost the semi-final against Brazil with a solitary goal from Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, commonly known as Ronaldo, they defeated South Korea with a score of 3-2. Hakan Şükür created history by scoring a goal within 10.8 seconds. The Turkish side was welcomed warmly in their country even though they were not the winners.
