The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread

[Alanaz]

France are once again playing their worst football, losing 2-0 already in the first half... Denmark is certainly not the worst team, but it seems to me that for France it should have been an easy opponent... I don't know what can happen in the second half, but France will probably lose this game... Not sure what they are hoping for before the upcoming World Cup, showing such terrible football now!

For many is the Nations League still a type of friendly matches. They are not see it so serious as the upcoming World Cup. The line-up of the teams is the strongest, that's not the reason. Even Faroe Islands will win against Turkey, which normally never happens. Denmark is not a bad team, but France will not play their best, I can only explain it that way.

But on the other hand I still feel this will also be a little bad. France is one of the national teams that is considered to have a big chance in the world cup but during this Nations League, Deschamps seems to have lost momentum and is still confused about placing players. They seem to have no chemistry and big names are just names for their players because they often rely on individuals rather than teamwork.

[Harkorede]

Wait what, Denmark 2 - France 0?
What the hell is happening here?

Is France playing with good players or random players?

Not a good sign, World cup is only 2 months away.

And to think that France are playing with a squad that are all likely to make the world cup squad if fit is actually worrying, Can you see Faroe Island dismantling Turkey by 2 goals to Nil as well ? The upcoming World Cup will surely be something to watch, and betting against the favourites should be something worthy of a huge consideration, going by the numbers of upset that has happened right from the qualifying stages to recent developments.

[snipie]

Wait what, Denmark 2 - France 0?
What the hell is happening here?

Is France playing with good players or random players?

Not a good sign, World cup is only 2 months away.

People are talking about England coach that should be sacked few weeks before World Cup start.. Don't know if France coach, Deschamps, should be replaced? I am against making a change now since that should take place since the beginning while both England and France were doing horrible.
They won't finish the last at the end since Austria are failing 1-3 vs Croatia..

[MinoRaiola]

But on the other hand I still feel this will also be a little bad. France is one of the national teams that is considered to have a big chance in the world cup but during this Nations League, Deschamps seems to have lost momentum and is still confused about placing players. They seem to have no chemistry and big names are just names for their players because they often rely on individuals rather than teamwork.

In these games, they shouldn't show everything just before the World Cup. It's also about tactics and that could help the other teams. If these games lost, it is not such a big loss compared to a game in the World Cup. There, many more people watch and the interest is much higher. The winner of the tournament will be talked about many years from now. What about over the UEFA Nations League?

[Boristhecat]

Wait what, Denmark 2 - France 0?
What the hell is happening here?

Is France playing with good players or random players?

Not a good sign, World cup is only 2 months away.

It turns out that Croatia, having defeated Austria (I think by the time I finish writing the message the game is over and now Croatia is leading 3-1), saved France from relegation to League B. I don't know if you can call it a disgrace, but such terrible results with such great players are bewildering. If the players don't want to play, then why does the coach call them to this tournament? If they can't play, then I have a question for the coach - after all, they play well in their clubs. I think the fans are already furious with such results.

[BitcoinAccepted]

Turkey eventually even lost 2-1. That will be a nice newspaper article tomorrow I think. France lost without a chance. What are we supposed to think of that result? They haven't even come close to a draw. It is also remarkable how well the Netherlands is doing under Gaal's national coach. Since his arrival, not a single match has been lost and Belgium has now lost 2 times to the Netherlands. Perhaps the Netherlands is the favorite to win this tournament in the final 4 next year. A number of favorites have dropped out, due to defeats and poorly displayed play. I wonder what's going on with England and France. England can even be relegated to the B league.

[Rabi3]

Wait what, Denmark 2 - France 0?
What the hell is happening here?

Is France playing with good players or random players?

Not a good sign, World cup is only 2 months away.

most European teams aren't looking good in this tournament, France, England, Spain and Germany, I don't know of its because of how irrelevant it is, I see most good players playing those matches, so it is a bad look for them, Argentina and Brazil are doing way better than European teams, I'm pretty sure a Latin team will win it this time.

[snipie]

Turkey eventually even lost 2-1. That will be a nice newspaper article tomorrow I think. France lost without a chance. What are we supposed to think of that result? They haven't even come close to a draw. It is also remarkable how well the Netherlands is doing under Gaal's national coach. Since his arrival, not a single match has been lost and Belgium has now lost 2 times to the Netherlands. Perhaps the Netherlands is the favorite to win this tournament in the final 4 next year. A number of favorites have dropped out, due to defeats and poorly displayed play. I wonder what's going on with England and France. England can even be relegated to the B league.

Turkey will end first in its group regardless of the result of this game so we can just understand their defeat against Faroe Islands...
For France, many questions and red flags are popping.. Same thing for England.
There isn't anything to think about regarding the result except how they could improve in World Cup. Nations League isn't as important as the other competition. It is a friendly tournament to collect more money for UEFA. Yrt it is shamefull to see such poor results for top national teams on it

[emrecemsan]

When it comes to today's matches, the most attracting one to me is Netherlands - Belgium. There is nothing ended for any team also which can make this match more attracting to watch. But Netherlands are in a pretty advantageous condition because they aren't losing their lead unless they lose to Belgium by at least three goals. However I don't think that Netherlands will even lose easily. While they are in a strong shape it is difficult for Belgium to weaken them very much mentally. It isn't easy to pick a result for this match when it comes to betting.

I guess I will choose both teams to score @1.55 for this one. Maybe it is a very easy preference for most people but it might win easily even until the end of the first half.

Yes Netherlands has a good record of Belgium because in the last match Netherlands can beat Belgium with a score of 4-1 even though Netherlands played away
I agree with you that both teams to score are the best options for betting, because Belgium certainly doesn't want to be embarrassed to be defeated for the second time.

I'm really shocked now. I was really frustrated with Belgium's performance today. When they had a chance for the lead they should have tried harder to benefit from it. Of course it wasn't going to be easy but at least they would have got a win here. Instead Netherlands won by 1-0 and my bet lost as a result.

Belgium were quite effective in the second half actually. They found many critical chances but wasted them generously. The bicycle kick moment was really great but it also didn't end up with a goal unfortunately. I assume that many people believed in Belgium tonight and lost as a result.

[Slow death]

Denmark 2 - 0 France



france was playing with Mbappe, Giround, Griezman. But the coach of france started to replace these players and more other players, in a clear message: "I don't care about this league" this is my perception, france has zero interest in this competition, they can't even fake it or disguise it . I put my money knowing that, but I hoped that they would at least try a little and win the game, but I was wrong in that part and lost a bet, I'm glad I didn't put the same amount I always bet, for this game I put a value very low

[fullhdpixel]

Snip

Belgium pushing more hard to win, Netherlands plays with ease so the pressure seems to be much on Belgium but believe me I m forecasting winning for against Netherlands.
Wales 0 vs 1 Poland, from my previous reply I made prediction over wales. Do we expect more goal?

Netherlands is the only team in this League A which is undefeated with five wins and one draw which is good and showing their commitment about this UEFA Nations Cup and their preparation which are helping them in World Cup in today match they have done good job even Belgium done good pressure but still they fail to have any goal in this match. Wales lost again at home and have no win in this group which is surely the worst result from them in this League A.

In few other matches Denmark beat France and Croatia beat Austria in away match there is no doubt Turkey lost to Faroe Islands could be the biggest news in tomorrow's newspapers as this is Turkeys first defeat in this group and Faroe Islands first win against top team.

[Docnaster]

Denmark 2 - 0 France



france was playing with Mbappe, Giround, Griezman. But the coach of france started to replace these players and more other players, in a clear message: "I don't care about this league" this is my perception, france has zero interest in this competition, they can't even fake it or disguise it . I put my money knowing that, but I hoped that they would at least try a little and win the game, but I was wrong in that part and lost a bet, I'm glad I didn't put the same amount I always bet, for this game I put a value very low

I dare not put my bet for France, right from the first phase of this league, I discovered that France are not interested in the league and they cannot hide it. It is purely written over their body. But I am thinking that France is making a big mistake. This poor performance they are recording now will surely affect them during the world cup. This is the only competition of the team before the world cup.

[MK-74]

Turkey eventually even lost 2-1.

It's a complete disgrace, there's no explanation for it.
You can't lose to the Faroe Islands. When the game was over, they rejoiced as if they had become champions. It is a very sad situation for Turkey.

[Pulsar77]

Betting on the Faroe Islands - Turkey match was very risky I think. Because Turkey already guaranteed the lead before the final matches and Faroe Islands had no danger of relegating from the group also. Of course there was a big power gap between these teams when we compare their squads. But I still didn't want to take a risk by betting on an unimportant match. Now I see that I've done the right thing because Turkey got a really unexpected loss by 2-1. I'm pretty sure that they didn't give their 100% otherwise the result would be the other way around at worst.

It was lovely to follow the final matches in League A. There was a nice rivalry between Denmark and Croatia for the lead. Denmark did a great job by defeating France even though France started the match with their important players. But a win was enough for Croatia anyway for finishing as leader and they did it by 3-1. Austria resisted them quite well until a point in fact but they couldn't do anything against the last two goals which came by only a three-minute gap.

[izsara]

I dare not put my bet for France, right from the first phase of this league, I discovered that France are not interested in the league and they cannot hide it. It is purely written over their body. But I am thinking that France is making a big mistake. This poor performance they are recording now will surely affect them during the world cup. This is the only competition of the team before the world cup.

Agree with what you did because judging from the previous few matches actually betting on France is one of the most risky things.
They can't play well in the Nations League and the reason is still the same as before because they consider this just as training and looking for the right scheme, but on the other hand this does not eliminate the fact that Didier Deschamps is still confused with the squad they have.

[Oluwa-btc]

Wait what, Denmark 2 - France 0?
What the hell is happening here?

Is France playing with good players or random players?

Not a good sign, World cup is only 2 months away.

France had better first half if I should say but the Dane's defending and power of the shot stopper helped them. Two goals in the first half and that sealed the game.
France came back during the second half better and caused harm and havock to Denmark but they had a good goal keeper to keep them safe. ( The former Leicester City goal keeper )

Louis Van Gaal and his side won again with the win now they are 15 game's unbeaten without a single loss. Virgil van Dijk scored from the corner kick to put dutch national team ahead.

[boltz]

But on the other hand I still feel this will also be a little bad. France is one of the national teams that is considered to have a big chance in the world cup but during this Nations League, Deschamps seems to have lost momentum and is still confused about placing players. They seem to have no chemistry and big names are just names for their players because they often rely on individuals rather than teamwork.

In these games, they shouldn't show everything just before the World Cup. It's also about tactics and that could help the other teams. If these games lost, it is not such a big loss compared to a game in the World Cup. There, many more people watch and the interest is much higher. The winner of the tournament will be talked about many years from now. What about over the UEFA Nations League?

No big team really played on top level on Nation League this year just because of World Cup and in order to prevent important players from getting injured they chose to manage some players or play them a fewer minutes than usual. Nationes League is not so attractive and it's understandable but for some low classified teams , this is a chance to catch last spots for Euro so yea...another factor of why we see surprises in results.

[terrorJR]

Wait what, Denmark 2 - France 0?
What the hell is happening here?

Is France playing with good players or random players?

Not a good sign, World cup is only 2 months away.

France had better first half if I should say but the Dane's defending and power of the shot stopper helped them. Two goals in the first half and that sealed the game.
France came back during the second half better and caused harm and havock to Denmark but they had a good goal keeper to keep them safe. ( The former Leicester City goal keeper )

Louis Van Gaal and his side won again with the win now they are 15 game's unbeaten without a single loss. Virgil van Dijk scored from the corner kick to put dutch national team ahead.

2 goals in 6 minutes is definitely not something that can be considered mediocre for the current French defense. although they do have the ball more but in terms of chances they are balanced in my opinion and their problem still looks much bigger than Denmark. Because in addition to having difficulty scoring goals, they also still cannot be consistent in the defense line, so there are a lot of miss communication between players.
In the end bad results befall them again.

[EdenHazard]

But on the other hand I still feel this will also be a little bad. France is one of the national teams that is considered to have a big chance in the world cup but during this Nations League, Deschamps seems to have lost momentum and is still confused about placing players. They seem to have no chemistry and big names are just names for their players because they often rely on individuals rather than teamwork.

In these games, they shouldn't show everything just before the World Cup. It's also about tactics and that could help the other teams. If these games lost, it is not such a big loss compared to a game in the World Cup. There, many more people watch and the interest is much higher. The winner of the tournament will be talked about many years from now. What about over the UEFA Nations League?

No big team really played on top level on Nation League this year just because of World Cup and in order to prevent important players from getting injured they chose to manage some players or play them a fewer minutes than usual. Nationes League is not so attractive and it's understandable but for some low classified teams , this is a chance to catch last spots for Euro so yea...another factor of why we see surprises in results.

+1

That's why you might get a great odds betting against big teams as things might be complicated as well as the  loss of france to denmark earlier today , despite france play with the full power ... full squad , they are taking the match no too seriously but a warming up.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Wait what, Denmark 2 - France 0?
What the hell is happening here?

Is France playing with good players or random players?

Not a good sign, World cup is only 2 months away.

France had better first half if I should say but the Dane's defending and power of the shot stopper helped them. Two goals in the first half and that sealed the game.
France came back during the second half better and caused harm and havock to Denmark but they had a good goal keeper to keep them safe. ( The former Leicester City goal keeper )

Louis Van Gaal and his side won again with the win now they are 15 game's unbeaten without a single loss. Virgil van Dijk scored from the corner kick to put dutch national team ahead.

Overall this match is balanced Denmark and France both had 16/17 shots 7 on target France only has 53% ball possession unfortunately can't score
But yeah this tournament isn't that important to them, even if not qualifying isn't something that hurts because the real tournament is next November
This is an opportunity for France and Belgium to evaluate weaknesses and find the solution of course.