The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread

[onecall123]

Spain only passed and continued to pass without any finishing that could result in a goal, but it looked like Switzerland did play more aggressively in the first half and Switzerland managed to score a goal in half time. In contrast to Spain, which was difficult to score and even though in the second half Spain played more aggressively, they only managed to score one goal while Switzerland managed to score the second goal. This is a result that Spain did not expect because in the last match Spain will have to play against Portugal, where Portugal is already safely at the top of the table and they only need a draw in the last match later.

before the start of the match i had bet and was sure that spain would win. but it turns out my prediction was far wrong. Even though during the match, most of the possession of the ball was controlled by Spain, but it was useless. if it turns out they can't attack effectively. and Switzerland could even take advantage of their meager opportunities. attack effectiveness is needed. and Switzerland has it. Well, in the next match, Spain will fight Portugal. and Portugal will be more comfortable in the match. and Spain have to fight harder.

Spanish football is no longer the same as it used to be. As Switzerland wins its second consecutive Nations League match, Spain gets beaten by Switzerland.
In order for Spain to qualify for the UEFA Nations League semi-finals, they must win their match against Portugal. Spain needs to win, though, to go to the semis. But, Portugal can get there just with a draw.

[Iranus]

Spain only passed and continued to pass without any finishing that could result in a goal, but it looked like Switzerland did play more aggressively in the first half and Switzerland managed to score a goal in half time. In contrast to Spain, which was difficult to score and even though in the second half Spain played more aggressively, they only managed to score one goal while Switzerland managed to score the second goal. This is a result that Spain did not expect because in the last match Spain will have to play against Portugal, where Portugal is already safely at the top of the table and they only need a draw in the last match later.

before the start of the match i had bet and was sure that spain would win. but it turns out my prediction was far wrong. Even though during the match, most of the possession of the ball was controlled by Spain, but it was useless. if it turns out they can't attack effectively. and Switzerland could even take advantage of their meager opportunities. attack effectiveness is needed. and Switzerland has it. Well, in the next match, Spain will fight Portugal. and Portugal will be more comfortable in the match. and Spain have to fight harder.

Spanish football is no longer the same as it used to be. As Switzerland wins its second consecutive Nations League match, Spain gets beaten by Switzerland.
In order for Spain to qualify for the UEFA Nations League semi-finals, they must win their match against Portugal. Spain needs to win, though, to go to the semis. But, Portugal can get there just with a draw.

The Spain team is not as strong as it used to be. Their team now relies on young players. The Spain team has a lot of talented players. But if they want to perform well in international matches, they need experience. Most of Spain's players are inexperienced. And so they are not getting the expected performance. I think Spain will lose against Portugal as well. Portugal and Ronaldo are doing their best to qualify for the next round. And I think Ronaldo will do it anyway.

[gabbie2010]

Spain only passed and continued to pass without any finishing that could result in a goal, but it looked like Switzerland did play more aggressively in the first half and Switzerland managed to score a goal in half time. In contrast to Spain, which was difficult to score and even though in the second half Spain played more aggressively, they only managed to score one goal while Switzerland managed to score the second goal. This is a result that Spain did not expect because in the last match Spain will have to play against Portugal, where Portugal is already safely at the top of the table and they only need a draw in the last match later.

before the start of the match i had bet and was sure that spain would win. but it turns out my prediction was far wrong. Even though during the match, most of the possession of the ball was controlled by Spain, but it was useless. if it turns out they can't attack effectively. and Switzerland could even take advantage of their meager opportunities. attack effectiveness is needed. and Switzerland has it. Well, in the next match, Spain will fight Portugal. and Portugal will be more comfortable in the match. and Spain have to fight harder.

I also think Spain will win the match having remained unbeaten for four years at home and 22 matches without a loss while playing switzerland a less formidable opponent which should have been an easy win for Spain unfortunately they lost the match despite dominating the match with much possessions, Spain will try to win their match against Portugal on Tuesday so as to top their group with 11 points and progress to the next stage while Switzerland will try to win their match also against Czech Rep to close the gap with Spain provided that La Roja drew or lose against Portugal, it's going to be a tough final matches.

[D-law]

Spain only passed and continued to pass without any finishing that could result in a goal, but it looked like Switzerland did play more aggressively in the first half and Switzerland managed to score a goal in half time. In contrast to Spain, which was difficult to score and even though in the second half Spain played more aggressively, they only managed to score one goal while Switzerland managed to score the second goal. This is a result that Spain did not expect because in the last match Spain will have to play against Portugal, where Portugal is already safely at the top of the table and they only need a draw in the last match later.

before the start of the match i had bet and was sure that spain would win. but it turns out my prediction was far wrong. Even though during the match, most of the possession of the ball was controlled by Spain, but it was useless. if it turns out they can't attack effectively. and Switzerland could even take advantage of their meager opportunities. attack effectiveness is needed. and Switzerland has it. Well, in the next match, Spain will fight Portugal. and Portugal will be more comfortable in the match. and Spain have to fight harder.

I also think Spain will win the match having remained unbeaten for four years at home and 22 matches without a loss while playing switzerland a less formidable opponent which should have been an easy win for Spain unfortunately they lost the match despite dominating the match with much possessions, Spain will try to win their match against Portugal on Tuesday so as to top their group with 11 points and progress to the next stage while Switzerland will try to win their match also against Czech Rep to close the gap with Spain provided that La Roja drew or lose against Portugal, it's going to be a tough final matches.

That's why you have to think out of the box during gambling and betting
The bookmarkers won't tell you that though
Most times the recent performance of those player's at club level also should be checked. Haaland was also involved in the single goal for Norway yesterday and they lost still in thr process.

[joker_josue]

before the start of the match i had bet and was sure that spain would win. but it turns out my prediction was far wrong. Even though during the match, most of the possession of the ball was controlled by Spain, but it was useless. if it turns out they can't attack effectively. and Switzerland could even take advantage of their meager opportunities. attack effectiveness is needed. and Switzerland has it. Well, in the next match, Spain will fight Portugal. and Portugal will be more comfortable in the match. and Spain have to fight harder.

I also think Spain will win the match having remained unbeaten for four years at home and 22 matches without a loss while playing switzerland a less formidable opponent which should have been an easy win for Spain unfortunately they lost the match despite dominating the match with much possessions, Spain will try to win their match against Portugal on Tuesday so as to top their group with 11 points and progress to the next stage while Switzerland will try to win their match also against Czech Rep to close the gap with Spain provided that La Roja drew or lose against Portugal, it's going to be a tough final matches.

Theoretically, Spain has a stronger team than Portugal. But also theoretically Portugal is playing better.
So making a guess who will win is a little difficult. I think both teams are very balanced, and the result can be for either side quite naturally. So my guess is that the final result will be a draw, maybe with goals.

[keyscore44]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised for seeing a surprising result last night also. Spain's losing home by 1-2 was very unexpected for me considering that my prediction was a 2-0 win for Spain.    Switzerland benefited from their struggles in the first half and got ahead already. Spain started to pull themselves together in the other half and found the equalizer. But Switzerland were able to answer in only 3 minutes. It was like Switzerland were the favourite and Spain were the underdog. 

Portugal at least didn't surprise anyone by winning. The only surprise might be their getting a too comfortable win by 4-0. Because the previous h2h finished by a 2-0 win for them in a home match. I waited for some resistance from Czech Republic but they were really terrible at making use of the goal chances they found. Their shots on goal rate was like only 20%.

After Seeing spain line up i was not surprised by the result, it seems that only embers remain from spain 2010 team that was feared by all, both their defense and attack are weak playing with three forwards that didn't play more than half a game with their respective teams shows that enrique is out of options and does not trust the squad he has, now with all these young players spaun team need time so they can build a good team again.

Spain's loss to Switzerland surprised me ! With the Qatar World Cup ahead, these matches are meant to be a warm-up. But if the expected teams do poorly, then what will be their role in the World Cup is a matter of thinking. Hope they will make their team stronger from this preparation game.

[bering]

The match between Denmark and France will be determined Denmark position on group standings but for France it won't be change everything whether they lose or win because it's almost certain they will be relegated but i assume France don't want to be humiliated in the last match so they will attempts to win and for away matches France actually had good records so they might be can able to win the match but Nation League is full of surprise because a lot of big teams have lost in this competition so they might be will slipped

[Davidvictorson]

With the win from Portugal and Loss of Spain they will have to face tmthier selves of Tuesday
Portugal will still want to impress the game. They scored four again Czech republic with Patrick Schick missing to score from penalty spot. Diego Dalot was seen scoring his first Portugal goal by getting a br are last night

You know now, we can heave a sigh of relieve because the Portuguese squad is showing some deviation from the heavy reliance on a single play to do the magic to actually playing good football. Like I mentioned in another thread, these young and hungry players - José Diogo Dalot, Rafael Leão, Bruno Fernandes, Nuno Mendes, Bernardo Silva, Rúben Neves, Matheus Nunes has given the team more options in terms of attacking and defensive play. Yes Ronaldo is still a big influence on the team but he is not the only one who the ball must get to.

[Masplanc]

The Spain team is not as strong as it used to be. Their team now relies on young players. The Spain team has a lot of talented players. But if they want to perform well in international matches, they need experience. Most of Spain's players are inexperienced. And so they are not getting the expected performance. I think Spain will lose against Portugal as well. Portugal and Ronaldo are doing their best to qualify for the next round. And I think Ronaldo will do it anyway.

Portugal will win Spain in the match  Portugal have well experience players than spain. Spanish team was a tough team before now, players they have right now are not strong enough to withstand Portugal.

[D-law]

With the win from Portugal and Loss of Spain they will have to face tmthier selves of Tuesday
Portugal will still want to impress the game. They scored four again Czech republic with Patrick Schick missing to score from penalty spot. Diego Dalot was seen scoring his first Portugal goal by getting a br are last night

You know now, we can heave a sigh of relieve because the Portuguese squad is showing some deviation from the heavy reliance on a single play to do the magic to actually playing good football. Like I mentioned in another thread, these young and hungry players - José Diogo Dalot, Rafael Leão, Bruno Fernandes, Nuno Mendes, Bernardo Silva, Rúben Neves, Matheus Nunes has given the team more options in terms of attacking and defensive play. Yes Ronaldo is still a big influence on the team but he is not the only one who the ball must get to.

Yeah that's how it should be, Ronaldo has been doing majority of the goal scoring but nothing feels better when the load is carried by too many shoulders. They Portugal can win the World Cup if they continue in this form and coordination.
Looking at them from the club level's they all are doing superbly excellent in exception for Ronaldo who hasn't had a fine form since the  start of the season.

[xzone]

France is not performing well in the Nations League and their lack of concentration is very obvious in my opinion. Apart from the lack of concentration the formlessness of star football players also affects them. Maybe the players don't care about the Nations League. Denmark doesn't have much trouble scoring goals but they are losing points with mistakes in defense. I expect the pace of the match to increase from time to time. It could be a scoring game. It will be a match where we will see goals against each other.

Probably because the players don't care about this tournament, they show such a performance. In fact, many star football players are tired of these international matches and I don't think they focus too much on these matches. France are normally a team that should score a lot better, but they've only gotten 5 points so far.
In fact, we can say that this is not very normal

[davis196]

Great goal for Hungary against Germany a few days ago. I didn't expect Hungary to beat the German team in Germany.
Switzerland won against Spain with two goals scored out of corners. This is the way to win against the Spanish team.
My prediction about the UEFA Nations league being the place where the small teams have a change to beat big teams like Germany, England, Italy, France and Spain was true. The big teams simply don't care that much about this tournament. They can go away with a loss here and there and this won't damage their chances of participating in the European cup. It's hilarious to see some "football experts" saying that Germany, England and France are in a crisis only because their results in the Nations League aren't good.

[Inwestour]

Great goal for Hungary against Germany a few days ago. I didn't expect Hungary to beat the German team in Germany.
Switzerland won against Spain with two goals scored out of corners. This is the way to win against the Spanish team.
My prediction about the UEFA Nations league being the place where the small teams have a change to beat big teams like Germany, England, Italy, France and Spain was true. The big teams simply don't care that much about this tournament. They can go away with a loss here and there and this won't damage their chances of participating in the European cup. It's hilarious to see some "football experts" saying that Germany, England and France are in a crisis only because their results in the Nations League aren't good.

Are you sure about that, do you really think that they are losing just because they are not interested in this tournament? Perhaps the reason is really in the crisis, but it is suspicious that so many teams play very badly at once, it really looks like some kind of boycott by some teams. Soon we will know the truth, when the World Cup starts, if the game of France, Germany and England is as bad, then everything will be clear.

[boltz]

Hungary is doing great! They have the best generation since Puskas and we can see this in the last 2 years of this squad.

Also , a few statistics against England , Germany and Italy and how groups have been for them so far :

- They've won against England twice.
- They've drawn and won against Germany.
- They're first in a group with Germany, Italy and England.

[KTChampions]

You talk about Italy as if the fact that they don't participate in the World Cup finals makes them a weak team. After all, it is the reigning champion of Europe - the strongest football zone in the world. Well, do not forget about the status of the League of Nations where any result is normal 
By the way, from the last games, I was most surprised by how Portugal destroyed the Czech Republic, I'm glad for those who bet on Portugal - the odds were very good - 1.67.

I am aware of the fact that Italy shouldn't be underestimated, but it still is a poor performance by the English team. Putting this game into the whole context of the Nations League and how it is kind of the preparation for the World Cup, England's results were as bad as it could get. You also send the wrong signal to other teams in terms of weaknesses and vulnerability. Some of the underdogs might have some extra motivation when they know that the big nations can obviously be beaten.

I know that pretty much starts from zero at the actual tournament, but you are also creating a certain atmosphere and mood among the fans. If England gives away the first game at the WC, shit will be hitting the fan and the team will notice. That's why I think that England's performance was not only devastating for the Nations League itself, but also for what it is to come towards the end of this year.

That similarly applies to Germany. I don't see them being spectacularly strong. It seems as if they have the same problem as Bayern Munich against strong defensive teams. Werner was said to be the main striker, but he just doesn't score and especially not against strong opponents.

In fact, I don’t see anything wrong with this - when an underdog plays with additional motivation (and does not “lose before the game”), it is interesting for everyone - both teams and spectators (the best example is the Premier League). Another thing is that unexpected results in the League of Nations are a consequence of the fact that the favorites do not take this tournament seriously.
By the way, if France loses points again today, then it has a chance to take the last place in the group and go down in the league B. But France is one of the main favorites of the upcoming World Cup along with England.

[Daniel91]

You talk about Italy as if the fact that they don't participate in the World Cup finals makes them a weak team. After all, it is the reigning champion of Europe - the strongest football zone in the world. Well, do not forget about the status of the League of Nations where any result is normal 
By the way, from the last games, I was most surprised by how Portugal destroyed the Czech Republic, I'm glad for those who bet on Portugal - the odds were very good - 1.67.

I am aware of the fact that Italy shouldn't be underestimated, but it still is a poor performance by the English team. Putting this game into the whole context of the Nations League and how it is kind of the preparation for the World Cup, England's results were as bad as it could get. You also send the wrong signal to other teams in terms of weaknesses and vulnerability. Some of the underdogs might have some extra motivation when they know that the big nations can obviously be beaten.

I know that pretty much starts from zero at the actual tournament, but you are also creating a certain atmosphere and mood among the fans. If England gives away the first game at the WC, shit will be hitting the fan and the team will notice. That's why I think that England's performance was not only devastating for the Nations League itself, but also for what it is to come towards the end of this year.

That similarly applies to Germany. I don't see them being spectacularly strong. It seems as if they have the same problem as Bayern Munich against strong defensive teams. Werner was said to be the main striker, but he just doesn't score and especially not against strong opponents.

In fact, I don’t see anything wrong with this - when an underdog plays with additional motivation (and does not “lose before the game”), it is interesting for everyone - both teams and spectators (the best example is the Premier League). Another thing is that unexpected results in the League of Nations are a consequence of the fact that the favorites do not take this tournament seriously.
By the way, if France loses points again today, then it has a chance to take the last place in the group and go down in the league B. But France is one of the main favorites of the upcoming World Cup along with England.

This competition needs to be put into perspective. As many as 4 rounds of this competition were played in June, after the end of the league season, and many players came tired from a hard season and unmotivated.
The poor results of some favourites, such as England and France, in this competition do not really mean much because they do not show the real strength of these teams.
The World Cup will be a completely different story and all national teams will come fully prepared, although a big handicap for many teams will be the fact that there will be no time for preparatory matches.
That is why these two rounds are actually the last preparations of all European teams for the World Cup and this is currently the main focus of all national teams participating in the World Cup.
Of course, nobody wants to be the last in the group and fall into the lower class of the competition, so I believe that France will play a maximum serious game against Denmark today.

[3meek]

I think the most interesting match tonight will be the derby between the Netherlands and Belgium... There is no fundamental difference in the winner, because both teams are at the top of the group with a difference of three points... But I would like Belgium to win... I like the way they play unlike the young Netherlands... Especially Belgium has a chance to get to the top of the group, even if it's minimal...

[bering]

I think the most interesting match tonight will be the derby between the Netherlands and Belgium... There is no fundamental difference in the winner, because both teams are at the top of the group with a difference of three points... But I would like Belgium to win... I like the way they play unlike the young Netherlands... Especially Belgium has a chance to get to the top of the group, even if it's minimal...

Netherlands has crushed Belgium on their last meetings with score 4-1 and in this match too Netherlands is the favourite to win the match and talking about their recent performance apparently Netherlands very serious for this competition because they can wins 4 times and still unbeatable and their target is more easy compared to Belgium because Netherlands only needed draw result to became an group champion

[Slow death]

Andorra 1 - 1 Latvia



Is really frustrating this result for me. Latvia was winning until the 87th minute, everything was heading towards a victory and I would only have the next game to be able to have an excellent profit, but at the 88th minute the opponent scored a goal and the game tied, honestly I was like: " what the fuck just happened? " I hate it when a team I bet on is winning and just when the game is about to end, draw or defeat, I feel irritated with this type of situation

these are the next games I bet on them:

Austria - Croatia

I believe Croatia can win this game

Denmark - France

 

I decided to try my luck betting on France



well, now I just have to sit down, and when it's time for the game to have a cup of tea and watch the game, I'm looking at these games like a lottery ticket where a person buys and sits and hopes to count on luck, that's why I didn't put the amount of money that I always put in my bets, I put a very low value, that way even if I lose it won't harm me

[hashrateproducts]

I think the most interesting match tonight will be the derby between the Netherlands and Belgium... There is no fundamental difference in the winner, because both teams are at the top of the group with a difference of three points... But I would like Belgium to win... I like the way they play unlike the young Netherlands... Especially Belgium has a chance to get to the top of the group, even if it's minimal...

Belgium have a good chance to win the game against Netherlands. The both country have the quality players they wants and also Belgium priority is top their group table. Netherlands might still shared points with belgium of they take the game serious and place it on a different level of style. One thing I know for sure, is that belgium will dominate the game but Netherlands can still do their counter attacks which might lead to scoring. I will really enjoy tonight game and I'm fully in support with belgium.