Shaka Hislop has harsh message for Turkey after World Cup loss to Paraguay

Turkey‘s World Cup is over after just two games with Paraguay stunning the Crescent-Stars 1-0 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Friday night. Paraguay midfielder Matias Galarza fired a shot in from 20 yards out just 64 seconds into the match, the fastest goal of the tournament, and Los Guaranies held on for the remainder of the game.

Paraguay didn’t make it easy on themselves, though. Winger Miguel Almiron was sent off just before halftime, leaving the rest of the group to protect their one-goal lead with just 10 men for the entire second half. But even with Paraguay undermanned, Turkey still couldn’t seize control of the matchup.

Turkey was on the attack all night, dominating possession 72% to Paraguay’s 22%, and firing 32 shots, including five on goal, all to walk away with nothing.

And on Saturday morning, ESPN’s Shaka Hislop made sure nobody could look away from how badly it ended for Turkey.

“The truth is that goals define these games, and it is ridiculous for us to be sitting here and talking about who, at one point, many thought were the group favorites, have now lost to Paraguay, who had 10 men for 45 minutes,” Hislop said. “I have to say this is about the most underwhelming performance I’ve seen from any European team in a long time.”