⚽ UEFA Nations League ⚽ - Discussion Thread

[Yabani]

If only that free-kick Arda Güler took had gone in had it resulted in a goal, the team would have played with much more drive and determination.

You're right, for me France played poorly, but they played enough to win. Winning is ultimately the goal. They have Zinedine Zidane, and that coach has led teams to victory in the best competitions, in the World Cup when he was a player, at Real Madrid, and now he might continue making history with France. I can only imagine how he must think, and it reflects the results they have now.

France wants to win this tournament, and they can do it. They have very high-quality players. As for Turkey, they can't afford to lose any more if they want to advance.

The pitch base also has an impact on France's bad football. France is a team that likes to pass a lot and they didn't have much success in this area yesterday.
If this match had been played at Beşiktaş's home ground, we would be talking about very different things today.

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Obviously the biggest one is England Vs Spain. I would not be surprised at all if England gets the win. Spain are the favourite as they recently won the World Cup, so have proven to be the strongest team in the world, but England, on a good day, can play really well.

In this match BTTS betting is much better, after seeing the last H2H 4 matches both teams score each other, then with odds @1.55 is a good opportunity to take.

The line-up of both teams for tonight's game is still uncertain as it comes from Flashscore.
England squad is much better not with a row of famous names in Spain appeal, we need to know that Spain has a strong compactness of ball possession is always held by them.

[Silikiem]

We have 10 games to be played today.
Odds (1win.com) and fixtures:

Slovenia x2.60 Vs Scotland x2.88; Draw x3.15
San Marino x33.20 Vs Finland x1.09; Draw x9.50
Iceland x1.31 Vs Estonia x10.00; Draw x5.30
Bulgaria x2.36 Vs Luxembourg x3.42; Draw x3.01
Faroe Islands x2.29 Vs Kazakhstan x3.34; Draw x3.18
England x3.52 Vs Spain x2.11; Draw x3.54
North Macedonia x9.30 Vs Switzerland x1.35; Draw x4.95
Slovakia x1.15 Vs Moldova x20.50; Draw x7.40
Czechia x3.55 Vs Croatia x2.08; Draw x3.55
Albania x1.60 Vs Belarus x6.20; Draw x3.80

Obviously the biggest one is England Vs Spain. I would not be surprised at all if England gets the win. Spain are the favourite as they recently won the World Cup, so have proven to be the strongest team in the world, but England, on a good day, can play really well.

The biggest underdog are San Marino, who are taking on Finland. As far as I know, San Marino consists mostly (or entirely?) of amateur players who have "normal" jobs. But Finland are also not titans themselves, so who knows, maybe San Marino could squeeze out a draw.

The fixture between England and Spain is an interesting one and both team is capable of beating the other. It’s going to be a very close game that if there will be a win, the goal difference won’t be that much. England should be aiming for a revenge after losing to Spain in the UEFA euro 2024 finals. Spain will be hoping to make it seven wins from their last nine matches with England  having won England six times in their last nine meetings. But England is playing at home in their Wembley stadium and will be hoping to take the advantage of the home supporters. Albeit, a both team score instead of a direct winner  won’t be bad because of the attacking prowess of both sides.

[Cossyblack]

We will be having an exciting match today, the match between England and Spain is going to be an exciting and also an interesting match to watch, Spain is currently the best team in the world now after their world cup glory, i don't believe England will be able to win them but England wouldn't want that to happen after Spain won them 2-1 in UEFA Euro 2024 final in Berlin, but this will strictly depend on how good their performance will be today although i still have more confidence on the Spanish team to win the English side in their opening match tonight.

I'm very interested in this England Vs Spain game, i believe this match will be a tough one because the two teams are one of the strongest in the world. Spain is the best and also the favourite because they won the world cup.  They are the best team currently but we still don't know what the English side might have against them in this match, that is why i said that the match would be tough. England is at home and they have the crowds to cheer them against Spain, although home advantage does not matter much in football anymore but it could still give them an edge against Spain. however let's wait and see if they are able to utilise it to defeat spain.

[karabiber]

Thomas Tuchel is working to build a new England team. The goal is a tournament winning England. But that’s not easy. We saw that at the World Cup. There are still areas and approaches that need to be addressed. Spain, which claimed victory at the last World Cup, aims to continue its dominance in soccer. Both teams possess formidable offensive firepower. Wembley adds a special atmosphere to England’s matches. While England generally tries to play with a more defensive mindset, I think Spain’s attacking style which they employ regardless of the opponent will be the deciding factor here.

[Shadiq]

I'm very interested in this England Vs Spain game, i believe this match will be a tough one because the two teams are one of the strongest in the world. Spain is the best and also the favourite because they won the world cup.  They are the best team currently but we still don't know what the English side might have against them in this match, that is why i said that the match would be tough. England is at home and they have the crowds to cheer them against Spain, although home advantage does not matter much in football anymore but it could still give them an edge against Spain. however let's wait and see if they are able to utilise it to defeat spain.

I don't see this match as England vs Spain, but rather as Premier League vs La Liga. This is going to be the most interesting match of the week in the UEFA Nations League. Even though the match is at England's home ground, I think Spain will win the match by dominating. The reason for this is Spain's strategy, the type of football that Spain plays, England can be easily defeated.

The result of today's match will depend on Thomas Tuchel's strategy. They must come up with a different strategy to play against Spain, the type of football that they play is difficult to beat the current Spain. However, one of Spain's weaknesses is their strikers, Spain has not yet found a good striker. That is why they will be behind in terms of goals even if they dominate the match. If England can utilize their opportunities properly, then they can win the match even with a low ball possession rate.

[AmaGold70]

So far, the UEFA nation's league has just began, and is going to be a very competitive tournament, and may not go as some of us gamblers are thinking as at the first day of this tournament, I placed some bets, but my options were really against me, in the group A I saw something very surprising as Belgium was able to defeat Italy 0-2 , and and Australia played 1-1 against Brazil, and I so much trusted Italy, and Brazil to secure their winning points in their first game. In their previous matches they actually performed very well against their opponents, but this time, the reverse is the case. From the various groups of this UEFA nation's league, their are teams that some of us believed they will perform very well, and are placing bet on them, but from my experience so far, gamblers should be cautious on how they make their predictions because some of the big names here seems not to be performing up to expectation.

[Abbatty]

So far, the UEFA nation's league has just began, and is going to be a very competitive tournament, and may not go as some of us gamblers are thinking as at the first day of this tournament, I placed some bets, but my options were really against me, in the group A I saw something very surprising as Belgium was able to defeat Italy 0-2 , and and Australia played 1-1 against Brazil, and I so much trusted Italy, and Brazil to secure their winning points in their first game. In their previous matches they actually performed very well against their opponents, but this time, the reverse is the case. From the various groups of this UEFA nation's league, their are teams that some of us believed they will perform very well, and are placing bet on them, but from my experience so far, gamblers should be cautious on how they make their predictions because some of the big names here seems not to be performing up to expectation.

Brazil didn’t win yesterday, they were held to a draw by Australia, since Ancelotti took over, no one really expected Australia to held Brazil to a draw. Brazil need to start pulling out good performance, especially after that poor World Cup run.

Well you are right about saying the nations league is not going as the gamblers want, I’m still yet to win a ticket since the nations league begin. We were expecting to see a more convincing performance from Italy but instead they were beaten by Belgium.

Portugal also got a win, but we were expecting more goals in that game, instead they scored just one goal. Well let  hope we will see goals in today games.

[KTChampions]

Nevertheless, bookmakers view Italy as the favorite:

2.18 - 3.55 - 3.15

Perhaps they are factoring in the home-field advantage, but the imbalance is too pronounced in my view, so far, Italy has done nothing to back up its ambitions. The Both Teams to Score bet looks so obvious that even odds of 1.54 seem attractive, however, if I were putting money on this game, I’d take a risk and bet on Belgium or on Belgium (Double Chance). 1.67 looks solid. I wonder if Türkiye will be able to take points from France in the parallel game.

It was just sad to watch Italy, after 1st half they got booed by their own fans. It wasn't even about the score. They let Belgium to dominate completely. They entered into 2nd half much better, but 2nd goal of Belgium killed them completely.

Oh well, it turns out there was an easy 215% profit (or an even easier and safer 67%) to be made, but I decided to sit out the bet during the murky group stage. I followed the text commentary, and it seemed to me that Italy was very lucky the score was 0 - 1 rather than 0 - 3 after the first half. The fact that they managed to steady their game somewhat later on was likely less to their own credit than down to the Belgians, who realized they had already secured the result and were generally in control of the match. All in all, the bookmakers' optimism regarding Italy's chances in this game remains puzzling.

[Xyloo]

Thomas Tuchel is working to build a new England team. The goal is a tournament winning England. But that’s not easy. We saw that at the World Cup. There are still areas and approaches that need to be addressed. Spain, which claimed victory at the last World Cup, aims to continue its dominance in soccer. Both teams possess formidable offensive firepower. Wembley adds a special atmosphere to England’s matches. While England generally tries to play with a more defensive mindset, I think Spain’s attacking style which they employ regardless of the opponent will be the deciding factor here.

The match between Spain and England will be the highlight of the evening. Spain is currently in its prime, and beating them is nearly impossible. England has a strong squad, and they will be looking to pull off a win at Wembley. As you know, the two most notable teams in the group are facing each other; it promises to be a match with the feel of a World Cup final. I think Spain will win.

[Lucius]

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Another game I will be paying close attention to is the Czech Republic game vs Croatia. In their last five games between them, they have drew three time and Croatia has won two times, so that makes the Croatia team the favourite, but this is football, so anything can happen, because Czech Republic might do everything possible to end their bad run of result they have against the Croatians recently.

Baturina has definitely been ruled out for Croatia due to problems with a high temperature. This match is important for both teams because it is realistically difficult for them to expect anything against Spain and England, and whoever is better in their head-to-head matches will win third place, remain in the Group A, and in the case of Croatia, that would mean that they will be the group leader in the qualifications for the next European Championship.

This is simply a match in which all three outcomes are possible, as both teams have new coaches and probably new strategies - but I think Croatia would be satisfied with a draw.

[Rikafip]

This match is important for both teams because it is realistically difficult for them to expect anything against Spain and England, and whoever is better in their head-to-head matches will win third place, remain in the Group A, and in the case of Croatia, that would mean that they will be the group leader in the qualifications for the next European Championship

Afaik, finishing 3rd doesn't mean that we would automatically stay in Group A, as we would have to play for that spot vs team that finishes 2nd in Group B. But yeah, it is an important match for us due reasons that you mentioned, and missing Baturina is definitely a hit (Modric also doesn't feel the best, so its questionable how much he is going to play). Having said all that, probably gonna go with BTTS on this game.

Tbh, it sucks that they are basically forcing all national teams to play Nations League with their best players, and not experiment and take it more relaxed like they did with the friendlies.

[Pandorak]

The performance of the Turkish team against the French team was really extraordinary, although many thought that Turkey would lose this match badly, but it was not. Rather, there was a lot of competition in this match and the Turkish team players resisted the French team's attacks a lot, so the French team had to win by only 1 goal. Mbappe's great goal and Michael Olis's assist allowed the French team to win this match and collect their points. Although we can already see that it has been a challenging match for the French team, especially Mbappe's injury, which has weakened the team a bit. However, the French team has enough stars and they are still strong enough, and apart from Mbappe, they can attack a lot. Their attack line is very strong. Since the next match will be against Belgium, it will be a long time before Mbappe's injury is cured, and he will be able to return to the team. However, this is Zidane's first victory, he will plan to play with better tactics for the next match.

Before the match began, i was absolutely certain that France would win by a wide margin, at least 4-1 or 3-0. But as it turned out, once the match began, Turkey had strong players and clearly possessed a winning mentality that held their defense together, as a result, the French squad struggled greatly to break through and score. I can’t say France victory was a matter of luck, because they worked very hard to secure the win in this match, but as for Turkey, they played exceptionally well and deserves recognition.

[Hypnotizer]

Italy took 21 shots but failed to score. Moreover, suffering this defeat on home soil was a terrible outcome. They are set to play a match in Belgium, and we know that will be an even tougher game. In my opinion, Italy really needed to win this match while they had the home-crowd advantage. Of course, we cannot say that Italy was the only one at fault, because Belgium played very well. Despite playing away from home, they attacked frequently and created numerous scoring chances. The match was enjoyable in this respect; it was a high-paced, exciting game rather than a dull one. In my opinion, both goalkeepers performed well, but Belgium emerged as the winner.

Italy’s defense was poor in that match especially in the first half, Donnarumma had to make lots of saves in the first half almost five times and the Italy's midfield also struggled in the first half, the team needs lots of improvement else they might even finish last in their group.

Earlier on in the second half, I thought they might turn the game around and probably get a draw when they got lots of chances but they weren’t able to and they instead conceded the second goal, but Lammens also performed very well making four saves in the second half to stop Italy from scoring.

The match between Spain and England will be the highlight of the evening. Spain is currently in its prime, and beating them is nearly impossible. England has a strong squad, and they will be looking to pull off a win at Wembley. As you know, the two most notable teams in the group are facing each other; it promises to be a match with the feel of a World Cup final. I think Spain will win.

Spain are the favorites for sure, England have a shot at winning but I doubt they’ll be able to. The match might probably end up being a draw for both sides.

[Humblevirus]

So far, the UEFA nation's league has just began, and is going to be a very competitive tournament, and may not go as some of us gamblers are thinking as at the first day of this tournament, I placed some bets, but my options were really against me, in the group A I saw something very surprising as Belgium was able to defeat Italy 0-2 , and and Australia played 1-1 against Brazil, and I so much trusted Italy, and Brazil to secure their winning points in their first game. In their previous matches they actually performed very well against their opponents, but this time, the reverse is the case. From the various groups of this UEFA nation's league, their are teams that some of us believed they will perform very well, and are placing bet on them, but from my experience so far, gamblers should be cautious on how they make their predictions because some of the big names here seems not to be performing up to expectation.

That is football for us sometimes, because they are unpredictable sometimes. Not only in this national league, but also in the domestic league, things can go wrong against what we predict sometimes.See what Arsenal played in their last match against Brighton. It is what many people never expected to happen because they had even started well and won their 8 matches in a row, but played poorly against Brighton. So, it just happens sometimes in that way.Brazil have everything it takes to beat Australia, but sometimes Brazil just mess things up. See how they even ended their World Cup tournament. Everyone expected them to play more than the performance they put up.Let’s just see how this tournament will go for some of the teams we are expecting great performances from.

[paco92x]

Kosovo vs Ireland ended only 1:0. I was sure this would be a BTTS for sure, and now I’ve lost my money on them. Not to blame Kosovo, though, as they were superb that game. Ireland totally disappointed me with only 1 shot on Murić’s goal. The other games were much better, and the majority of them ended with both teams scoring, but not this one.

[Comeacross]

The biggest underdog are San Marino, who are taking on Finland. As far as I know, San Marino consists mostly (or entirely?) of amateur players who have "normal" jobs. But Finland are also not titans themselves, so who knows, maybe San Marino could squeeze out a draw.

I'm not sure if San Marino is a football team. They're the worst team with the most poorest records in football history. I won't be surprised to see them last on the list of teams ranking or if they don't make the list at all.

Finland are not titans but they are not Liechtenstein because that is the only team San Marino has ever won against in their entire history. Finland is never in the same level with this teams. Some of their players are playing in the top and recognised leagues.

Getting a draw against Finland? That would be one of the biggest shocks in this ongoing edition of the UEFA Nation's League and definitely a great achievement for them.

[Somto9Light]

The match between Spain and England will be the highlight of the evening. Spain is currently in its prime, and beating them is nearly impossible. England has a strong squad, and they will be looking to pull off a win at Wembley. As you know, the two most notable teams in the group are facing each other; it promises to be a match with the feel of a World Cup final. I think Spain will win.

On paper Spain is likely to win but we should not make comparison of both teams using their performance at the World Cup. England has squad depth better than Spain but Spain has a good defense unlike England that has a very porous defense. The only problem with England is that they hardly continue with same speed with which they started a match with, they mostly become so weak especially in the second half of a game. In other hand, Spain is the reigning Champions of the World Cup, they might extend their awesome performance in the World Cup to this UEFA nations league.

[Lucius]

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Tbh, it sucks that they are basically forcing all national teams to play Nations League with their best players, and not experiment and take it more relaxed like they did with the friendlies.

No one forbids you to experiment and play every game with new players, but Nations League would not make any sense if there were no benefits from all that. My opinion is that players should be given more time to rest and that every new competition is simply too much, but the greedy bastards from FIFA or UEFA (it doesn't matter) are clearly showing that football exists for profit, not for the game itself.

It's a shame that both games in the group are being played at the same time, because I would really like to watch both and I don't understand why someone from the Croatian Football Federation didn't ask for the game to be played earlier.

[Ahli38]

Obviously the biggest one is England Vs Spain. I would not be surprised at all if England gets the win. Spain are the favourite as they recently won the World Cup, so have proven to be the strongest team in the world, but England, on a good day, can play really well.

In this match BTTS betting is much better, after seeing the last H2H 4 matches both teams score each other, then with odds @1.55 is a good opportunity to take.

The line-up of both teams for tonight's game is still uncertain as it comes from Flashscore.
England squad is much better not with a row of famous names in Spain appeal, we need to know that Spain has a strong compactness of ball possession is always held by them.

Matches between top teams usually result in a flurry of goals once the first one is scored. And the England vs Spain match is one that will be very exciting to watch given that both teams have outstanding squads capable of producing the goals we expect. So I personally think that betting on Both Teams to Score is the most likely outcome too for this upcoming match. On the other hand most people might favor Spain in this match given that they are the most dominant national team and even won the last World Cup. But this time the result might not turn out as most people predict in this match. It’s possible that England could hold Spain to a draw or even win the match. And I think the Double Chance bet could also pay off by choosing England or a draw.