{"id":16028,"date":"2025-09-08T08:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=634750"},"modified":"2025-09-08T08:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:19:27","slug":"world-cup-qualifiers-lewandowski-guides-his-nation-poland-to-victory-against-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/world-cup-qualifiers-lewandowski-guides-his-nation-poland-to-victory-against-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Qualifiers: Lewandowski guides his nation Poland to victory against Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poland have beaten Finland in the last night\u2019s World Cup qualifiers fixture. The game was pretty amazing with Poland showing some exceptional gameplay. Robert Lewandowski guided his nation to victory by scoring the second goal of the game just before the half-time whistle. Finland did pull one back, but it was too late after Poland\u2019s three goals cushion.<\/p>\n<p>Poland secured a vital win in last night\u2019s World Cup qualifiers, defeating Finland in an entertaining encounter. The hosts displayed exceptional gameplay from the very start, controlling possession and creating chances with ease.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Lewandowski once again proved to be the difference-maker, guiding his nation to victory with a crucial strike just before the half-time whistle. His goal doubled Poland\u2019s lead after a strong opening, giving them a comfortable cushion heading into the break.<\/p>\n<p>Poland added a third early in the second half, effectively putting the game out of Finland\u2019s reach. Although the visitors managed to pull one back late on, it was nothing more than a consolation as Poland\u2019s three-goal cushion ensured a deserved win.<\/p>\n<p>The result strengthens Poland\u2019s position in the group as they continue their push for a spot in the upcoming World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland have beaten Finland in the last night\u2019s World Cup qualifiers fixture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[661,1823,1292,3796,3919,191,2534,3709],"class_list":["post-16028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-barcelona","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-finland","tag-football","tag-la-liga","tag-poland","tag-robert-lewandowski","tag-world-cup-qualifier"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16028","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=16028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}