Turkiye have been knocked out of the World Cup after losing 1-0 to 10-man Paraguay.

Vincenzo Montella's side could not find a way to recover from Matias Galarza's early strike, despite playing the second half with an extra player after Miguel Almiron was shown a straight red card before the interval.

Paraguay went ahead after just 65 seconds at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium after Galarza found the bottom-right corner from distance, following a clever flick from Julio Enciso.

Mert Muldur almost levelled for Turkiye in the 35th minute, but saw his header from Hakan Calhanoglu's cross first hit the crossbar and then the post, though they received a boost before the break.

Almiron was shown a straight red card in stoppage time following a VAR review after covering his mouth while speaking to Muldur.

Turkiye dominated possession in the second half with their numerical advantage, yet they could not find their way past Orlando Gill, who kept out two long-range attempts from Merih Demiral and a weak header from Deniz Gul.

Muldur then failed to test the Paraguay goalkeeper with his header from Abdulkerim Bardakci's centre, before Demiral skied an attempt from close range as Turkiye grew more and more frustrated, with the clock ticking down.

Their best chances were still to come, as Can Uzun saw his first-time effort parried away by Gill before the rebound was fired wide by Gul, while Demiral saw one last header fly narrowly wide in stoppage time.

Turkiye, fancied by some as dark horses to go on a deep run, have joined Haiti in suffering an early exit. Paraguay, meanwhile, know second place in Group D is up for grabs when they face Australia next.

Enciso leads the way

Enciso was an injury concern ahead of the tournament after picking up an injury during Paraguay's warm-up against Nicaragua, but the Strasbourg midfielder recovered in time to feature and made a huge impact in this win.

Along with his assist, Enciso created the joint-most chances (four), completed the most dribbles (6/8) and won nine of his 12 duels to help his side hold onto their slender lead.

At 22 years and 148 days, Enciso is the youngest Paraguay player to provide two assists in a single World Cup tournament since 1966; he is also only the third player from his nation to register an assist in multiple games at the tournament, following Francisco Arce (three) and Roque Santa Cruz (two).

Enciso has also completed the most dribbles by a Paraguay player in a World Cup match since Miguel Angel Benítez against France in 1998.

For Turkiye, meanwhile, it was a similar story to their defeat against Australia as their inability to finish their chances proved all too costly; they failed to score with any of their 32 shots against Paraguay, which was worth 2.1 expected goals (xG).

Star players Kenan Yildiz and Calhanoglu had six shots each, but only got one on target between them.

Yildiz created a joint-team-high four chances, too, while Real Madrid's Arda Guler crafted three opportunities, but Paraguay, whose goalscorer Galarza was taken off on a stretcher in second-half stoppage time, held firm against the odds.