The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread

[Tony116]

It was a really bad day for Portugal indeed. Switzerland weren't a very challenging opponent for them normally but they managed to surprise Portugal a lot by this 1-0 victory. The winning goal came in the 2nd minute already and I'm still surprised how Portugal weren't able to answer in the whole game. Ronaldo's absence also affected them badly surely but they still had very good players in the team though. Spain didn't experience a similar result against Czech Republic at least and it was an easy win by 2-0.

maybe this day was a nightmare for Portugal where they had to lose to hosts Switzerland with a narrow score of 1-0 even Portugal had to concede in the first minute through Haris Seferovic's goal where the goal lasted until the end of the match which made Portugal have to go home with a head down, where in the other match Spain managed to beat the Czech republic with a score of 2-0 the result made Spain successfully climb to the top of the standings by one point ahead of Portugal in second place

Ronaldo is injured. And so I guess Portugal will draw this match. But unfortunately they have been defeated. I would say Switzerland was very lucky. Because, they managed to score a goal in the first minute of the match. Since they were leading 1-0, so for the full 90 minutes we watched the defensive gameplay of the Swiss players. The Portuguese players could not score despite many good attacks due to Switzerland's defensive play.

[mia_houston]

It was a really bad day for Portugal indeed. Switzerland weren't a very challenging opponent for them normally but they managed to surprise Portugal a lot by this 1-0 victory. The winning goal came in the 2nd minute already and I'm still surprised how Portugal weren't able to answer in the whole game. Ronaldo's absence also affected them badly surely but they still had very good players in the team though. Spain didn't experience a similar result against Czech Republic at least and it was an easy win by 2-0.

maybe this day was a nightmare for Portugal where they had to lose to hosts Switzerland with a narrow score of 1-0 even Portugal had to concede in the first minute through Haris Seferovic's goal where the goal lasted until the end of the match which made Portugal have to go home with a head down, where in the other match Spain managed to beat the Czech republic with a score of 2-0 the result made Spain successfully climb to the top of the standings by one point ahead of Portugal in second place

It was quite surprising that Portugal was able to lose quickly in that match, even though playing without Ronaldo actually Portugal was still superior in terms of squad quality, but indeed hard work and luck favored Switzerland in that match, after scoring one goal it seemed that Switzerland was more trying to defend the victory, in my opinion the defensive strategy adopted by switzerland was really quite solid and was able to dampen every attack made by portugal, this victory was quite meaningful for switzerland and opened up their chance to qualify with the condition that they had to win 2 matches remaining.

[cryptofrka]

We play France again today - and I wonder how much our strategy will change. We were really good in the last 20 minutes or so in Croatia and managed to get that equalizer even without most of our best players on the pitch.

France is one of the best teams out there and anything other than a loss will be perceived as a really good result. I just hope we play a good game though - and that we show we can fight with the best.

[fzkto]

France and Croatia meet again and Denmark with Austria. With France in last place in the standings, it's hard to predict the winners of today's matches, but I think France must win today or it will be an shame for them. As for Denmark and Austria, I think it could be a draw.

[Balmain]

Despite having the best players in the market, the French team is having difficulties in scoring points in this group. I can say that their opponents are really strong today, they have matches against Croatia. They had a draw before, today I think France will have a hard time getting three points. I guess there will be a more balanced match in Denmark - Austria, but I think Denmark can win this match.

[mitchr4]

France and Croatia meet again and Denmark with Austria. With France in last place in the standings, it's hard to predict the winners of today's matches, but I think France must win today or it will be an shame for them. As for Denmark and Austria, I think it could be a draw.

In the France group he is actually the favorite but after seeing it now It's not what we imagined. Of course, France must win this time not to lose points and not to be transferred to League B.

[S A KHAIR]

Despite having the best players in the market, the French team is having difficulties in scoring points in this group. I can say that their opponents are really strong today, they have matches against Croatia. They had a draw before, today I think France will have a hard time getting three points. I guess there will be a more balanced match in Denmark - Austria, but I think Denmark can win this match.

The French team has a lot of star players, and everyone is very talented. Yet their team performance is very poor. In the UEFA Euro Championship, we saw the weak and irregular performance of France. They played very badly. So far, the performance of the French team is weak. They have drawn two of the last three matches and lost one. France has yet to win a match in the UEFA Nations League.

[Ratash]

Despite having the best players in the market, the French team is having difficulties in scoring points in this group. I can say that their opponents are really strong today, they have matches against Croatia. They had a draw before, today I think France will have a hard time getting three points. I guess there will be a more balanced match in Denmark - Austria, but I think Denmark can win this match.

I know that france has been struggling recently in this group they lost against denmark at home and they draw both their last away games but i think today will be different france is a big team full of superstars and they will be playing home against croatia who are not on a good shape i think france will win today game.

[KTChampions]

Sure. I'm glad that I don't watch games - at most I read text broadcasts or then watch highlights. If I watched the games I would get a double disappointment, for example I bet on the victory of England against Italy and England cannot beat the second team of Italy (or the third lol). The game ends 0-0, if in addition to the lost bet I lost another 1.5 hours of time to see 0-0 I would be very angry.

The performance of each team in the Nations League is very disappointing. And in most matches the second-tier players of the teams perform. As a result, the performance of the teams is worse. And it is very difficult to predict the outcome of the match between these teams. Strong teams are also losing badly against relatively weak teams.

Many players have complained that UEFA, without thinking about them, makes them play the hardest games after the end of the season in the heat that has already begun. It is clear that the attitude to games is not as responsible as it could be, and by the way, the status of the tournament also contributes to this. This is sad from the point of view of the fans, but from the point of view of betters, it has both pluses and minuses.

[Sebas.tian]

France and Croatia meet again and Denmark with Austria. With France in last place in the standings, it's hard to predict the winners of today's matches, but I think France must win today or it will be an shame for them. As for Denmark and Austria, I think it could be a draw.

France will not allow what happened in their past match to happen today than to make use of their new strategies to defeat Croatia 2-0 for the favour of France. I think, it will be difficult for Croatia to defeat France, because France has a talented strikers that know how to achieve goals in any match to defeat any team in this tournament. Denmark are fully prepared to win Austria because they have a good defenders and midfielders which will be very difficult for Austria strikers to achieve a goal from this match. Denmark will defeat Austria 1-0 because Denmark midfielders will not lack in this match in supply to their strikers to achieve goals that will bring victory at the end of the match.

[snipie]

Switzerland won vs Portugal after 3 defeats and that was the first defeat for Portugal! Quite weird.
For today's games, Kazakhstan is leading 2-1 Slovakia with 25 minutes remaining in the game.
France - Croatia is interesting although odds seem weird 1.48 for France vs 7 for Croatia. I mean France wasn't good in this tournament nor convincing!

[Slow death]

Despite having the best players in the market, the French team is having difficulties in scoring points in this group. I can say that their opponents are really strong today, they have matches against Croatia. They had a draw before, today I think France will have a hard time getting three points. I guess there will be a more balanced match in Denmark - Austria, but I think Denmark can win this match.

franca is very disappointing, looking at this:



franca has:

1 - The highest paid player in the world, Mbappe

2 - They have Karin benzema, one of the guys who scores a lot of goals, a true deadly striker

So what is missing for franca to win the games? they are in a group of weak teams, but unbelievable that they are in last place with only 2 points. this is regrettable and shameful, that way they can have the same low performance in the world cup and they won't get far

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Despite having the best players in the market, the French team is having difficulties in scoring points in this group. I can say that their opponents are really strong today, they have matches against Croatia. They had a draw before, today I think France will have a hard time getting three points. I guess there will be a more balanced match in Denmark - Austria, but I think Denmark can win this match.

franca is very disappointing, looking at this:

franca has:

1 - The highest paid player in the world, Mbappe

2 - They have Karin benzema, one of the guys who scores a lot of goals, a true deadly striker

So what is missing for franca to win the games? they are in a group of weak teams, but unbelievable that they are in last place with only 2 points. this is regrettable and shameful, that way they can have the same low performance in the world cup and they won't get far

Not many suitable reasons for France but what makes the most sense is that they aren't that serious in this tournament or we can call it just a formality just my opinion
In every tournament France is one of the candidates for the champions, but what happened in this tournament? they play below their ability that doesn't make sense
I will still ignore the match here I mean to bet because the result is unexpected.

[fzkto]

France and Croatia meet again and Denmark with Austria. With France in last place in the standings, it's hard to predict the winners of today's matches, but I think France must win today or it will be an shame for them. As for Denmark and Austria, I think it could be a draw.

In the France group he is actually the favorite but after seeing it now It's not what we imagined. Of course, France must win this time not to lose points and not to be transferred to League B.

France were favourites before the start of the Nations League, but now they are outsiders. I don't understand why the losing teams get relegated? What is League B? But I haven't found any information about the playoffs yet. What's the point of all the groups if there is no final winner? Very strange competitions.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Cristiano Ronaldo was not in the team, and Portugal lost. I am not saying that Portugal played badly. They played very well and attacked a lot. But still they could not able to score. Players are more confident when Ronaldo is in the team, which makes their overall gameplay more beautiful. Although Ronaldo's performance has been poor, Ronaldo's presence in the squad has had a profound effect on Portugal's team performance.
They won the first match against Switzerland 4-0. The Czech Republic won 2-0. And Ronaldo was absent from two matches, and Portugal failed to win both.

Ronaldo is paramount to the party, so no Ronaldo, no party! A few days ago, Portugal beat the same Switzerland by 4-0 scoreline, but now Portugal cannot beat the same Switzerland team. Switzerland is nothing to be underestimated, and they seized the opportunity when Ronaldo was absent. It is the result that counts, not how you play the game. I am sorry for Portugal.

The Portuguese team has become heavily dependent on Ronaldo. Apart from Ronaldo, there are many other talented players in the Portugal team. They should be more confident. Reducing dependence on Ronaldo. It is not possible to get good performance from the team in the long run if you depend on a particular player. So the Portuguese players must reduce their dependence on Ronaldo, at the same time be more confident. Otherwise they will not be able to perform well in the World Cup.

[Igebotz]

Portugal is the only serious team in the competition, playing as if they want to win every game. Switzerland is a good team, but I doubt they will be able to get past Portugal.
Portugal to score first @ 1.73

LOL... My method of picking a winner worked perfectly... Which is surprising exactly in the match between Switzerland and Portugal... But no kidding, I found such a high odds on a Portugal win suspicious, I'm sure a lot of people fell for this bookmakers trick and lost money...

Portugal easily won the first leg 4:0, so I doubt most people, including myself, saw that coming; the odds were too high for a team that trashed them in the first leg, so I fell for it. Congratulations on your won bet.
What's your take on France - Croatia and Denmark - Austria? I fancy Croatia over 0.5 goals @1.81 odds and Denmark - Austria) Under 2.5 goals FT. @1.89

[LGD2Business]

It should be an embarrassment for France to be last in a not-so-difficult group. It can be accepted if their opponents are at the same level as them, but there is a serious classification difference between them. Who knows what they would have done if they were in Group 2.
Today, they have a chance to win against Croatia and make the audience forgive themselves at home. But I don't think they have a chance to be the leader in this group. Denmark is currently the team that looks the most advantageous.

[arimamib]

It should be an embarrassment for France to be last in a not-so-difficult group. It can be accepted if their opponents are at the same level as them, but there is a serious classification difference between them. Who knows what they would have done if they were in Group 2.
Today, they have a chance to win against Croatia and make the audience forgive themselves at home. But I don't think they have a chance to be the leader in this group. Denmark is currently the team that looks the most advantageous.

France is one of the concerns at the moment for this poor result is it just bad luck or they just don't care even though this competition has an impact on their ranking in FIFA
There is no other choice France must win today to chase points from 3 matches only collect 2 points really unthinkable performance as the 3rd ranked  in FIFA
Should have played in front of their fans then there is no reason for France to lost any more points.

[Tumanggor]

The line-up is out and I'm sure the duo of Benzema and Mbappe will overwhelm the Croatian defense. other than that in this match francis is the host. my prediction final score is 3-0 for francis win

[Prosperiousproduct]

It should be an embarrassment for France to be last in a not-so-difficult group. It can be accepted if their opponents are at the same level as them, but there is a serious classification difference between them. Who knows what they would have done if they were in Group 2.
Today, they have a chance to win against Croatia and make the audience forgive themselves at home. But I don't think they have a chance to be the leader in this group. Denmark is currently the team that looks the most advantageous.

France is one of the concerns at the moment for this poor result is it just bad luck or they just don't care even though this competition has an impact on their ranking in FIFA
There is no other choice France must win today to chase points from 3 matches only collect 2 points really unthinkable performance as the 3rd ranked  in FIFA
Should have played in front of their fans then there is no reason for France to lost any more points.

Actually we are all expecting France to win the match they have against croatia. From my observations and suggestions, France has more players and backups and I'm expecting France to win with about 2 to 3 goals, they really need to fasten their sit belt so they won't get defeated. I'm not trying to say the team they are playing against is a weak team, Croatia is really a team I know can not defeat France. France will certainly win today's match. They will not have a bad result from the match they have to play today.