The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread

[swogerino]

So Italy winning and Germany is losing 

Imagine not be qualified for the World cup and be able to beat one of the team candidate for the top 4.

If Austria had beaten France, France would have relegated to the B league.  However, after France won 2-0, they continue in Group A and everything is left to the last game.  If France draws or loses in the last match, Austria will be relegated to the B league in France after England if Austria wins.  This result of England surprised us all.  Now they can easily re-elevate from league B to league A in the next tournament.

What is to surprise if England could not beat Italy,they got the most humiliating lost game of their modern history when they lost at home 0-4 to a team like Hungary.I don't want to remove nothing to Hungary but yesterday they parked the bus and it was the incompetence of the German national team that let them get away with the three points,they didn't show any good football.

Unfortunately this is the level of European teams and that is why they are not strong candidates for the World Cup starting in November,of course they have about 57 days to improve but this time I don't think is enough,problems I have seen in such bigger European teams are thorough ones and need a lot of time to be fixed.

[buwaytress]

So Italy winning and Germany is losing 

Imagine not be qualified for the World cup and be able to beat one of the team candidate for the top 4.

Heh. Yeah. Nations League. Where fantasies happen and nobody cares in a super friendly format. Probably better for England to play in B league actually and rack up the goals for confidence cause the past 5 NL games really cannot be good for the players confidence.

Afraid I should not knock them so much though, this contest has been more profitable than my entire regular league football season so far!

Man I love Szallai.

[Daniel91]

Croatia did well... I thought Denmark would win, but Croatia showed a good level, although the game stats were the same, with the same number of shots on target... Now Croatia have swapped with Denmark in the standings and are in first place... France also finally managed to win but is still deep in the relegation zone...

Croatia beat Denmark in both games in this group, and they also beat France away from home.
Regardless of all those great results in the League of Nations and second place at the last world championship, most bookmakers underestimated Croatia's chances for victory in this match.
It's really surprising to me that all the bookmakers gave much higher chances for Denmark to win, and it seems that no one believes that Croatia can make a good result again at the World Cup.
Do bookies really realistically assess the team's chances or do they simply trust the big football nations more?

[Barcode_]

It seems that the other teams competing in League C are no match for Greece at the moment, with 4 wins out of 4 matches played, I think Greece should stand a very high chance to gain another victory against Cyprus today even though Greece will have to play this match away from their home country.

[bullrun2024bro]

A pretty sad result for the German and English national teams in Group 3. No one could have expected that. England is already relegated to League B before the last matchday and Germany can no longer qualify for the next round. Wow!



Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1573412819445465092

You can say a lot about the Nations League and the importance of this tournament, but nobody would have expected such bad results from Germany and England. The last group match on Monday thus turns into a sad farewell game. Who would have expected that?

Congrats to Italy and Hungary, pretty good results so far. Lets see who wins the group! 

[hahay]

It seems that the other teams competing in League C are no match for Greece at the moment, with 4 wins out of 4 matches played, I think Greece should stand a very high chance to gain another victory against Cyprus today even though Greece will have to play this match away from their home country.

Greece haven't even conceded a goal so far, so I'm not sure Greece has high odds to bet on. Under these conditions the Greek odds are very low, but for the asian handicap and other options it is still possible to get better odds. Playing away against Cyprus which is even at the bottom of the table will still provide a definite victory for Greece, I personally will not doubt for Greece's victory. Because after all, this is a very good opportunity for Greece to win again with a good score because if I consider from previous matches it seems only when playing against Cyprus at least Greece can win by a score of more than two goals.

[izsara]

It seems that the other teams competing in League C are no match for Greece at the moment, with 4 wins out of 4 matches played, I think Greece should stand a very high chance to gain another victory against Cyprus today even though Greece will have to play this match away from their home country.

In fact, if you look at the current team, it is clear that they are very favored and Greece is so powerful in this group.
4 matches run, 4 wins they got and until now the Vlachodimos goal is still impenetrable to date.
They are quite comfortable now and with this result it is clear they are safe in terms of where they are now.

[Bobrox]

England will relegated to league B because their final position at the bottom of standings league although there is one more match against Germany but it wouldn't be effect their final position and i know Nation League is not so important because this tournament similar such as friendly games but England should be improved their performance and not ended with the current position and now with only scoring 1 goal and conceded 7 goals from 5 matches makes most people doubt with their performance for upcoming tournament such as World Cup because seems England players cannot showed their best performance while playing on their national team

Falling at the bottom of the standings with 2 points from 2 draws and 3 loss, England had to be relegated to UEFA Nation League B, Defeated 1-0 from Italy meant that England had to sink to the bottom of the UEFA Nation League Group 3 standings. Left one match against Germany can't help England out from bottom position standing because can't reach Germany have 6 points and England with 2 points.

England maybe bot really serious with UEFA Nation League until have relegated to League B for next season coming, actually bad achievement from 5 games without get one winning although England have full player composition. But still not any impact for England manager with bad achievement on UEFA Nation League because Gareth Southgate keep believing for England manager on FIFA World Cup held two months later at Qatar.

[hashrateproducts]

A pretty sad result for the German and English national teams in Group 3. No one could have expected that. England is already relegated to League B before the last matchday and Germany can no longer qualify for the next round. Wow!



Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1573412819445465092

You can say a lot about the Nations League and the importance of this tournament, but nobody would have expected such bad results from Germany and England. The last group match on Monday thus turns into a sad farewell game. Who would have expected that?

Congrats to Italy and Hungary, pretty good results so far. Lets see who wins the group! 

England defeats was not what I expected from them. Gareth Southgate needs to be relieved of his duty because he's taking England nowhere in the nations league. It's got better chances to win game, the same opportunity was also offer to England but they failed to levelled the game. Italy defend was too difficult for the Englishmen to invade and they couldn't net a single goal against winners of the euro winner. On the other hand, Hungary won their game against Germany. The game was a tough one but Hungary did a narrow escape with a strategize formation.

[onecall123]

A pretty sad result for the German and English national teams in Group 3. No one could have expected that. England is already relegated to League B before the last matchday and Germany can no longer qualify for the next round. Wow!



Source: https://twitter.com/iMiaSanMia/status/1573412819445465092

You can say a lot about the Nations League and the importance of this tournament, but nobody would have expected such bad results from Germany and England. The last group match on Monday thus turns into a sad farewell game. Who would have expected that?

Congrats to Italy and Hungary, pretty good results so far. Lets see who wins the group! 

Fans of football were shocked yesterday. Who would have thought Hungary would win a group that included England, Germany, and Italy?
A major disappointment is England's relegation from the Nations League group. It's hard to believe that the same players reached the big championship final a year ago. A failure to beat one of the weakest Italian teams ever. This is a total embarrassment!

[3meek]

I think it will be a very interesting game between Spain and Switzerland... On the one hand Spain are favourites for this game, but on the other hand Switzerland, if they win, have a chance to climb out of the relegation zone under certain conditions... I think Switzerland is a strong team and no worse than the rest of the group... I also wonder how the Czechs will play Portugal... I think it will be an unpredictable match...

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Ukraine won an easy victory over weak rival Armenia. This win gave them the group lead temporarily. If Ireland gets a surprise win against Scotland today, Ukraine can finish their group stage as the leader. They fight honorably when their country is at war. National team players do not have match tempos. Maybe even their training tempo is not good enough. Their hearts are beating for their country, their minds are beating for the football match. But they are playing great matches. I congratulate them.

Slovenia - Norway match continues 0-0. Norway's offensive line Haaland, Sörloth, El Younoussi. They have a dazzling offensive line. The Norwegian national team will score as soon as they pass the solid Slovenian defense. I trust this offensive line.

[Rruchi man]

Southgate needed to make some changes to the team else they will also flop in the competition.

Southgate needs to go down to the drawing board and devise a way to use all these very good players that are in the English team. He looked a bit confused about the player to start and the best position to play them, you can't be second guessing at this stage when the world cup is just by the corner, that has to change. The female English team are at a better standing than the males currently and they have to do something about it.

[emrecemsan]

My picks for today are:

Czech Republic - Portugal: Portugal win @1.67
Spain - Switzerland: Spain win @1.46

These are obvious choices of course. I know that these are risky at the same time because we see many surprising results in this tournament. Yesterday was a really good example for that as England and Germany both lost. However I still want to continue with this kind of choices one last time considering their conditions in their groups. Portugal need to win to maintain their chance for playoffs. Spain are also in the same condition. They are the leader but there is only one point between them and Portugal now. I expect both of them to win and carry this excitement to the last matches. In addition, I think both teams to score @1.89 might be a nice choice for the Portugal match. Czech Republic scored two goals against Spain home. They can score one goal at least here too.

[hahay]

My picks for today are:

Czech Republic - Portugal: Portugal win @1.67
Spain - Switzerland: Spain win @1.46

These are obvious choices of course. I know that these are risky at the same time because we see many surprising results in this tournament. Yesterday was a really good example for that as England and Germany both lost. However I still want to continue with this kind of choices one last time considering their conditions in their groups. Portugal need to win to maintain their chance for playoffs. Spain are also in the same condition. They are the leader but there is only one point between them and Portugal now. I expect both of them to win and carry this excitement to the last matches. In addition, I think both teams to score @1.89 might be a nice choice for the Portugal match. Czech Republic scored two goals against Spain home. They can score one goal at least here too.

Well, I personally have missed several matches in this tournament because previously I lost which always bet on the winning team on paper. But indeed, in this period it seems that the top teams are getting the expected results, but seeing as you still have high confidence to continue such a trend, it doesn't hurt to keep trying. But regardless of who wins, it looks like the match will continue to run tough to make it minimal goals. Therefore I'm personally not sure about both teams to score, as both teams are quite good at defending at least that's evident from the low number of goals conceded.

[MAAManda]

I think it will be a very interesting game between Spain and Switzerland... On the one hand Spain are favourites for this game, but on the other hand Switzerland, if they win, have a chance to climb out of the relegation zone under certain conditions... I think Switzerland is a strong team and no worse than the rest of the group... I also wonder how the Czechs will play Portugal... I think it will be an unpredictable match...

Switzerland beat Spain? it might happen. In their last meeting, Spain could only win with a score of 0 - 1 which was scored by Pablo Sarabia in the 13th minute. Because of the victory with Spain's small score, it is not impossible for Switzerland to win this time. Maybe the final score in this match will be 0 - 1, or maybe it will end in a draw. As for Portugal, it seems we already know how it will turn out .

[irsykes]

I think it will be a very interesting game between Spain and Switzerland... On the one hand Spain are favourites for this game, but on the other hand Switzerland, if they win, have a chance to climb out of the relegation zone under certain conditions... I think Switzerland is a strong team and no worse than the rest of the group... I also wonder how the Czechs will play Portugal... I think it will be an unpredictable match...

Switzerland beat Spain? it might happen. In their last meeting, Spain could only win with a score of 0 - 1 which was scored by Pablo Sarabia in the 13th minute. Because of the victory with Spain's small score, it is not impossible for Switzerland to win this time. Maybe the final score in this match will be 0 - 1, or maybe it will end in a draw. As for Portugal, it seems we already know how it will turn out .

This tournament is not one of the favorite competitions as we know this tournament was initiated to replace a friendly match
So I won't be surprised if the final result is unexpected like Switzerland beat Portugal in their last match, some countries play this match to test strategies in the upcoming World Cup.

[CLS63]

I feel confident about Spain and Portugal both to win. I even expect comfortable wins for them. I know that the results of yesterday's matches were quite unexpected for nearly all of us. But I assume that this wouldn't go on today also.

In the worst case, maybe one of these matches would end up with a draw by goals from both sides. And that match would be Czech Republic - Portugal. Because Czech Republic are an a little unpredictable team. I also watched their Spain match a little. They didn't have so many goal opportunities maybe but they took advantage of the chances they found incredibly well. They were even defeating Spain if it weren't for the goal came in the 90th minute.

[smartaction]

I think it will be a very interesting game between Spain and Switzerland... On the one hand Spain are favourites for this game, but on the other hand Switzerland, if they win, have a chance to climb out of the relegation zone under certain conditions... I think Switzerland is a strong team and no worse than the rest of the group... I also wonder how the Czechs will play Portugal... I think it will be an unpredictable match...

Switzerland beat Spain? it might happen. In their last meeting, Spain could only win with a score of 0 - 1 which was scored by Pablo Sarabia in the 13th minute. Because of the victory with Spain's small score, it is not impossible for Switzerland to win this time. Maybe the final score in this match will be 0 - 1, or maybe it will end in a draw. As for Portugal, it seems we already know how it will turn out .

Something can happen like this. spain can win 0-1 with Switzerland but i am still confused coz Switzerland is also good team and there performance is still same like spain. so sometime i think this match can be Drow on 0-0 or 1-1 . But if any team wins then there will be more chances of Spain

[Franctoshi]

so sometime i think this match can be Drow on 0-0 or 1-1 . But if any team wins then there will be more chances of Spain

The match is not gonna be a draw game from my point of view , one team is definitely going to win, but the question here should be whIch of them will win the match?, because both teams are very strong to win. Therefore, everything will ball down to being that the more tactical team is going to scale through and which I do hope that Spain wins in that game because of their tactics and their experiences when it comes to playing in such competition.