{"id":16027,"date":"2025-09-08T08:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=634731"},"modified":"2025-09-08T08:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:14:33","slug":"world-cup-qualifier-mikel-merinos-hat-trick-and-pedris-brace-see-spain-hit-6-in-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/world-cup-qualifier-mikel-merinos-hat-trick-and-pedris-brace-see-spain-hit-6-in-turkiye\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Qualifier: Mikel Merino\u2019s hat-trick and Pedri\u2019s brace see Spain hit 6 in T\u00fcrkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain football team has crushed T\u00fcrkiye in the last night\u2019s World Cup qualifier fixture. The game was said to be entertaining and pretty one-sided as Spain didn\u2019t let T\u00fcrkiye have something on goal. Mikel Merino scored a hat-trick and Barcelona\u2019s midfielder Pedro scored a brace in this game. Ferran Torres was the other scorer in the game who helped Spain win 2 in 2 in this World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Spain continued their perfect start to the World Cup qualifiers with a commanding 6-0 win over T\u00fcrkiye last night. The clash, billed as a competitive fixture, turned into a one-sided affair as La Roja completely controlled proceedings and denied T\u00fcrkiye any clear chance on goal.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s midfielder Mikel Merino stole the spotlight with a sensational hat-trick, showcasing his clinical finishing and composure in front of goal. Barcelona star Pedri added a brilliant brace, underlining his growing influence in Luis de la Fuente\u2019s side. Ferran Torres also found the net to round off a flawless performance for Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks two wins in two for Spain, who look sharp and determined in their qualifying campaign. With such a dominant display, La Roja have sent a strong message to their rivals that they remain a force to be reckoned with on the international stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain football team has crushed T\u00fcrkiye in the last night\u2019s World Cup qualifier fixture.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[270,661,728,3796,709,2296,1967,3860,3709],"class_list":["post-16027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-barcelona","tag-ferran-torres","tag-football","tag-mikel-merino","tag-pedri","tag-spain-football-team","tag-turkiye","tag-world-cup-qualifier"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}