The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread

[3meek]

It was obvious to me that Italy would beat Belgium today... In fact, if it wasn't for that red card, Italy would have definitely won the tournament!
As for the final match, I think France will win today... Although the statistics of games between Spain and France are on Spain's side, the French look stronger... But it could come down to a penalty shootout as there usually aren't many goals in the final matches!

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[Harkorede]

The third place match between Belgium and Italy was also a very lively game, and I'd wish the final later tonight could provide such an entertainment, or even more.

So we all thought it was going to be a yawn fest in the semis, but they sure showed us different, didn't they

Can't remember who said Spain was great odds at 4/1 and today they're 3/1 but I think I want to squeeze out some value from corners, so Spain for the win and both teams to get 3+ corners each, looks like a good one no?

That's really a type of bet I could take, It's a valuable one and Spain could literally go all the way.

I'll wait for the lineup before making my bet.

[Roidz]

It was obvious to me that Italy would beat Belgium today... In fact, if it wasn't for that red card, Italy would have definitely won the tournament!
As for the final match, I think France will win today... Although the statistics of games between Spain and France are on Spain's side, the French look stronger... But it could come down to a penalty shootout as there usually aren't many goals in the final matches!

Even though they only fought for the third place, but italy really played quite impressively, besides having a solid defense, italy now has speed on the counter-attack and is clearly very different from italy a few years ago, actually belgium has a chance to make the score draw but unfortunately Belgian forward players waste a lot of opportunities in second half, if you look at the current condition of Belgium, maybe their position as the best football country in FIFA will be replaced by another country next year.

[W Jr.]

After Italy took a 2-0 lead with Barella and Berardi, Belgium got hopeful with De Ketelaere in the 86th minute, but the match ended with Italy's victory 2-1. Italy finished third in the Nations League. Congratulations Italy! If they had not lost to Spain, they had a chance to win the championship. I'm looking forward to the France v Spain match tonight.

[Trofo]

It was obvious to me that Italy would beat Belgium today... In fact, if it wasn't for that red card, Italy would have definitely won the tournament!
As for the final match, I think France will win today... Although the statistics of games between Spain and France are on Spain's side, the French look stronger... But it could come down to a penalty shootout as there usually aren't many goals in the final matches!

It was obvious yes but even more due to Belgium take on the game. They sent home Lukaku and Hazard and gave several statements saying that this match is not important and that they will consider it as friendly. Odds have been dropping steadily in the last 36 hours, Unfortunately I caught it quite late when they were @2.1 and then thy further dropped all the way to 1.9 before the match.

I am on both to score in the final match, all matches delivered on goals so far and I am hoping for streak to continue. Could not choose a clear winner in this one.

[KTChampions]

Congratulations to Italy on the bronze, although I thought that Belgium is a team no less strong, they won quite confidently.
The final is ahead and the odds at the moment are as follows:
2,85 - 3,00 - 2,65
It seems to me that the 2.65 odds on the French victory are very attractive given that France is the clear favorite.

[buwaytress]

The third place match between Belgium and Italy was also a very lively game, and I'd wish the final later tonight could provide such an entertainment, or even more.

Yeah, I needed Italy to win, though I daresay if Lukaku played, he'd have given them a nightmare Batshuayi couldn't really -- almost made it on a big acca but Benin let me down in a loss (I know, my fault, CAF qualifiers have been filled with draws!). I'm with Trofo on tonight's game. Lots of goals, healthy corners on both sides, and why not some cards thrown in to spice up the game right? As long as we're all entertained, Sunday will end well for us -- I honestly sometimes feel quite happy losing bets when the play on the screen is enjoyable.

(Can't believe I said that heh).

[Furious 7]

It was obvious to me that Italy would beat Belgium today... In fact, if it wasn't for that red card, Italy would have definitely won the tournament!
As for the final match, I think France will win today... Although the statistics of games between Spain and France are on Spain's side, the French look stronger... But it could come down to a penalty shootout as there usually aren't many goals in the final matches!

I agree that I always imagined how at that time in Italy there was no red card maybe this would be the Italy vs France final, but all of that was unexpected and Spain was great at taking chances in a time of vacancy.

France fielded all its core players because the line-up was out, and it was only a matter of minutes before it started.
Remember France must not be careless because Spain always play accurate passing tactics which are difficult to let go so caution must be increased and France's finishing I have no doubts about it.
Mbappe and Benzema will be the executor.

[babygun]

Italy 2-1 Belgium
In the second half, both teams compete, but it is Italy that prevails and they take third place. The trouble with Belgium is not the lack of high-quality players, but the absence of a winning mentality. It may differ, but there is no winning mentality in the Belgian team. Congratulations to Jorgi and his teammates. Poor Belgium. The world number one should drop. Belgium may now step down and hand over the top position to Italy.

I don't fully agree, Belgium has some world class players (Lukaku, De Bruyne, Hazard) and I do think they have a winning mentaly, but the biggest problem they have is the defense. Ever since Kompany has left the team, their defense is by far their weakest point.
It might be time to change from coach, Martinez has done a great job but have not been able to bring back one important trophee...

[Harkorede]

The third place match between Belgium and Italy was also a very lively game, and I'd wish the final later tonight could provide such an entertainment, or even more.

Yeah, I needed Italy to win, though I daresay if Lukaku played, he'd have given them a nightmare Batshuayi couldn't really -- almost made it on a big acca but Benin let me down in a loss (I know, my fault, CAF qualifiers have been filled with draws!). I'm with Trofo on tonight's game. Lots of goals, healthy corners on both sides, and why not some cards thrown in to spice up the game right? As long as we're all entertained, Sunday will end well for us -- I honestly sometimes feel quite happy losing bets when the play on the screen is enjoyable.

(Can't believe I said that heh).

Despite being from Africa, I don't even bet on the CAF matches, even during the Nations Cup, I barely do. I'm only so familiar with the teams by names and my bias was always getting the better of me.

The Nations League Final Lineup is up already, France looks really better on paper, bar their recent performance, Spain looks like a new generation (experimental squad), while the bookies think it's somewhat even... I'd go with the bookies, It's BTTS I'm going with, and that's @ 1.98 rn

[Oshosondy]

The Nations League Final Lineup is up already, France looks really better on paper, bar their recent performance, Spain looks like a new generation (experimental squad), while the bookies think it's somewhat even... I'd go with the bookies, It's BTTS I'm going with, and that's @ 1.98 rn

What do you mean by @ 1.98 rn? Is it the odd for France?

I just checked the H2H for France and Spain. The odd for France is low while Spain is high, but this match can be shocking because Spain always play good against France. I am not exactly in support of any country as I am not even from Europe, but the winner can not yet be predicted accurately for now, but with the H2H I checked and with the new Spain good-perfoming squad, the chance that France will win is not that high.

[skarais]

The first 30 minute of the first half were fierce for both countries and I saw Spain and France having several goal chances but none of them worked. The young Spanish players looked so eager to trouble the French defense and create some chance. This is the reason why I supported Spain to win the title today. Ferran Torres looks set to score today.

[ingiltere]

The Nations League Final Lineup is up already, France looks really better on paper, bar their recent performance, Spain looks like a new generation (experimental squad), while the bookies think it's somewhat even... I'd go with the bookies, It's BTTS I'm going with, and that's @ 1.98 rn

What do you mean by @ 1.98 rn? Is it the odd for France?

I just checked the H2H for France and Spain. The odd for France is low while Spain is high, but this match can be shocking because Spain always play good against France. I am not exactly in support of any country as I am not even from Europe, but the winner can not yet be predicted accurately for now, but with the H2H I checked and with the new Spain good-perfoming squad, the chance that France will win is not that high.

He said he would play BTTS (both teams to score) @ 1.98 odds rn (right now) just before the start of the game. He wasn't talking about France odds. I think that's very nice odds and worth to take the risk.
So far both teams try some attacking but we haven't seen a goal yet. It definitely wouldn't finish 0-0 though. I expect at least one goal from the game. Whoever scores first gets big advantage, both teams are playing cautious in first half.

[Oshosondy]

He said he would play BTTS (both teams to score) @ 1.98 odds rn (right now) just before the start of the game. He wasn't talking about France odds. I think that's very nice odds and worth to take the risk.

Thanks for that, I actually prefer to go for over or under 1.5 or 2.5 than both team to score, but it is also a good prediction type in some matches, this kind of game is very unpredictable, the first half is almost gone with no team scored, but let us be hopeful the second half will be different, but Spain has the ball possession, no shot on target yet from France but Spain has one already, but the second half can be different. But if the match continues like this, there is much pressure from Spanish team.

[Furious 7]

The first 30 minute of the first half were fierce for both countries and I saw Spain and France having several goal chances but none of them worked. The young Spanish players looked so eager to trouble the French defense and create some chance. This is the reason why I supported Spain to win the title today. Ferran Torres looks set to score today.

The first half was over, I saw that the French game was not moved by Spain and the ball continued to be controlled by the Spanish players because they were very bad at processing the ball and only one went to Lloris' goal.
But France was not given this space and even I saw that Spain tended to be pressured in the first half by Spain, in terms of the game Spain could dominate to win, but I want to see France rise in the second half as worthy as the match with Belgium.

[Slow death]

france 0 - 0 spain



Franca has great players, but they always seem to need a shock to start taking the game seriously, in today's game against Spain they don't have greater possession of the ball, something to some extent understandable because Spain likes it a lot of having greater possession of the ball, but also the france is not winning and that is not good, because spain scores only 1 goal in the last minutes will be the end for france because spain will continue with its style of play of keeping possession of the ball until the end of the game

[KTChampions]

Quite a dull game. One gets the impression that this is not a final but a friendly match and the players are already thinking about the next round in the national championships. And the odds that the bookmakers are now showing live reflect this:
3,45 - 1,90 - 4,2
It would be a shame to see a zero draw and a penalty shootout lottery.

[Rabi3]

france 0 - 0 spain



Franca has great players, but they always seem to need a shock to start taking the game seriously, in today's game against Spain they don't have greater possession of the ball, something to some extent understandable because Spain likes it a lot of having greater possession of the ball, but also the france is not winning and that is not good, because spain scores only 1 goal in the last minutes will be the end for france because spain will continue with its style of play of keeping possession of the ball until the end of the game

from what I am watching right now, it seems that the whole match is go g to end 0-0, there are not a lot of chances from both sides, this matchbis so tight and both teams are afraid to go full on attack, the match to end 0-0 is @2.14 right now, not really that bad.

Edit: never mind Spain they just scored, luckily I wasn't fast enough to place the bet, but a draw is still possible.

[Oshosondy]

from what I am watching right now, it seems that the whole match is go g to end 0-0, there are not a lot of chances from both sides, this matchbis so tight and both teams are afraid to go full on attack, the match to end 0-0 is @2.14 right now, not really that bad.

Edit: never mind Spain they just scored, luckily I wasn't fast enough to place the bet, but a draw is still possible.

Karim Benzema scored for France just two minutes after Mikel Oyarzabal scored for Spain. It is now Spain 1 : 1 France. Only 11 minutes to the end of the match, maybe this will end in penalty shoot out.

Edit:
Kylian Mbappe just scored

Spain 1 : 2 France

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Final score is Spain 1 : 2 France

[LTU_btc]

Mbappe goal - how it's not offside? Ok, there is VAR, but nn replay it looked more than ovbious. It would be interesting to see replay with lines drawn.
After all, it was good final. First half was a bit boring, but second was really entertaining. Spain had more than enough moments to score and send game to extra time. But still, that Mbappe goal looks questionable.