Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group E - Turkey v Spain - Konya Buyuksehir Arena, Konya, Turkey - September 7, 2025 Spain's Lamine Yamal in action with Turkey's Abdulkerim Bardakci REUTERS/Murad Sezer
KONYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Mikel Merino’s hat-trick helped Spain to thrash hosts Turkey 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday as the European champions remained firmly in control of Group E.
The hosts had no answer to Spain’s dominance, undone time and again by the visitors’ speed and finesse, with a helpless Turkish defence torn apart on every counter-attack.
