⚽ UEFA Nations League ⚽ - Discussion Thread

[Cryptmuster]

There is no point in pushing the players too hard. However, UEFA needs to adjust the schedule for national teams as well. Furthermore, players often play with greater intensity in these matches due to national pride, which increases their risk of injury. Perhaps clubs should be granted the right to impose playing-time limits on their players; for instance, if Real Madrid does not want Mbappé to play more than 45 minutes, France should be able to field him for just that duration. This could help prevent player injuries.

No one is going to shorten games simply to reduce the workload on players, I believe that is something club coaches should handle by rotating the squad or making substitutions during a match, when the scoreline or the opponent allows, to give players a better chance to recover. Injuries can happen in any game, but I do agree that top players have extremely packed schedules, which increases their risk of injury.

[Brizi5000]

You are absolutely right and this is what someone was complaining about yesterday while I was passing where they where watching the nations League, England vs Spain. This nation league always makes some team to under perform due to injury players and right now Mbappe in down on injury after scoring the goal and I am very sure if not for the Nations league he would not have had this injury so perhaps this nations League should be scrap because it's not necessary.

Mbappe has a minor knee injury, but it is certain that he will not play in the national team's upcoming matches. He returned to Real Madrid after the game against Turkey, and it has now been revealed that he could be sidelined for about two weeks due to the injury. And Mbappe sustained the injury while striking the ball, rather than during a challenge with another player.

It’s good that the injury is just a minor one and not really the ACL knee injury that many people were talking of and hopefully it’s just two weeks he will be back in action for his club Real Madrid because they really need him at this point. For sure he will miss the remaining three matches for his country in the UEFA nations league which I don’t think is going to be much of a problem for France to cope even though Mbappe is a very important player for them. I think this UEFA nations league should be an avenue to integrate more players into the national team set up especially those without a call up yet so as to ease the burden on most of the regular players. I know players like Mbappe will not want to shy away from playing as many games as possible because they’re highly competitive and ambitious players who is looking to add to his goal tally in the international stage.

[Female King]

You are absolutely right and this is what someone was complaining about yesterday while I was passing where they where watching the nations League, England vs Spain. This nation league always makes some team to under perform due to injury players and right now Mbappe in down on injury after scoring the goal and I am very sure if not for the Nations league he would not have had this injury so perhaps this nations League should be scrap because it's not necessary.

Mbappe has a minor knee injury, but it is certain that he will not play in the national team's upcoming matches. He returned to Real Madrid after the game against Turkey, and it has now been revealed that he could be sidelined for about two weeks due to the injury. And Mbappe sustained the injury while striking the ball, rather than during a challenge with another player.

It’s good that the injury is just a minor one and not really the ACL knee injury that many people were talking of and hopefully it’s just two weeks he will be back in action for his club Real Madrid because they really need him at this point. For sure he will miss the remaining three matches for his country in the UEFA nations league which I don’t think is going to be much of a problem for France to cope even though Mbappe is a very important player for them. I think this UEFA nations league should be an avenue to integrate more players into the national team set up especially those without a call up yet so as to ease the burden on most of the regular players. I know players like Mbappe will not want to shy away from playing as many games as possible because they’re highly competitive and ambitious players who is looking to add to his goal tally in the international stage.

Mbappe injury is going to affect both France and the Real madrid team despite it's just short time, both sides really need Mbappe badly because he is the key man both in his country side and club side but the good news there is that he wouldn't be staying too long before recovery from this injury, integrating more players now wouldn't be bad sometimes a team is not just supposed to have one player as their only hope when playing matches, but i don't believe any player will still be better than Mbappe for now, he is a very important player in the France national team and it will be difficult to get him replace by some random players out there, anyway i wish Mbappe quick recovery from this injury.

[X-ray]

Spain has once again proven their quality, at this point i can’t say for sure what is wrong with England, with all the squad depth they have why is it difficult for them to dominate in football, they also have a good coach Thomas Tuchel with very fine players so am wondering where the problem is coming from. Harry Kane on the other hand usually have some difficulty when he is needed most, how did he miss a penalty in such a crucial match? that penalty would have given them a 3:1 lead which would have made it extremely difficult for Spain to come back but Kane jeopardized that opportunity. England couldn’t even score a goal in the second half, it was a poor performance from England to me, especially because they had an early 2 goal lead.

It's clearly Spain has more edge than England in this game. Honestly, 3-2 result is beyond people expectation because most of them though England would be losing with 0 goals. In fact, England successfully dragging spain to play similarly like them. that's why i found spain faces difficulty to score during the first half and the start of second half.

It's rarely to see Spain's midfielder is often losing control, and it's happening in this game, but it's getting solved with some subs being made from spain. So i still consider England is success though they lose the game with narrow score.

England give Spain a tough game, and it's also speaking about England's quality is improving. The problem England is lacking of the momentum player like Oyarzabal.

Other than that it's such unfortunate moment for Kane by missing his pen. He could destroy Spain's mentality if he didn't miss it.

[yudi09]

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You are absolutely right and this is what someone was complaining about yesterday while I was passing where they where watching the nations League, England vs Spain. This nation league always makes some team to under perform due to injury players and right now Mbappe in down on injury after scoring the goal and I am very sure if not for the Nations league he would not have had this injury so perhaps this nations League should be scrap because it's not necessary.

Kane’s missed penalty opportunity played a major role in this defeat, although there were other reasons behind England’s failure to hold onto their lead in the match. One thing that impressed me about England yesterday was their ability to bounce back and take the lead after Yamal scored an early goal; what Bellingham did was remarkable.
The final 2–3 loss—after initially leading—gives Tuchel a task to address the team's shortcomings; I would point to the defense as a likely area for improvement.

[paco92x]

Kane’s missed penalty opportunity played a major role in this defeat, although there were other reasons behind England’s failure to hold onto their lead in the match. One thing that impressed me about England yesterday was their ability to bounce back and take the lead after Yamal scored an early goal; what Bellingham did was remarkable.
The final 2–3 loss—after initially leading—gives Tuchel a task to address the team's shortcomings; I would point to the defense as a likely area for improvement.

Superb game to watch yesterday, with a quick goal and two comebacks. Truly a great game, just as I anticipated it would be. Yamal on one side and Bellingham on the other were superb, and I think the missed penalty turned the game around. Can't believe Kane missed it, but surprises happen, and they surprised me with the penalty miss and the comeback.

[eisen33]

Kane’s missed penalty opportunity played a major role in this defeat, although there were other reasons behind England’s failure to hold onto their lead in the match. One thing that impressed me about England yesterday was their ability to bounce back and take the lead after Yamal scored an early goal; what Bellingham did was remarkable.
The final 2–3 loss—after initially leading—gives Tuchel a task to address the team's shortcomings; I would point to the defense as a likely area for improvement.

If Kane had scored, things could have ended differently, but it's too late to talk about that now. I think this missed penalty could affect Kane's Ballon d'Or rankings, if that matters to him. Spain once again showed how strong they are when they beat England in such a match. And England, after a high scoring match against France, are repeating the same thing against England, it's probably Tuchel's influence.

[KTChampions]

If Kane had scored, things could have ended differently, but it's too late to talk about that now. I think this missed penalty could affect Kane's Ballon d'Or rankings, if that matters to him. Spain once again showed how strong they are when they beat England in such a match. And England, after a high scoring match against France, are repeating the same thing against England, it's probably Tuchel's influence.

This match doesn't belong to last season (isn't that obvious?) and shouldn't affect the award for last season in any way, but yes, Yamal's chances rose slightly after this game, while Kane's dropped a bit. It is illogical and unfair, yet I view it as an opportunity. The day before yesterday, Kane was the clear favorite; if you set aside emotions and remain rational, nothing has changed - which means current odds are undervaluing Kane, and there is value to be found in them.

[Sally9256]

This match doesn't belong to last season (isn't that obvious?) and shouldn't affect the award for last season in any way, but yes, Yamal's chances rose slightly after this game, while Kane's dropped a bit. It is illogical and unfair, yet I view it as an opportunity. The day before yesterday, Kane was the clear favorite; if you set aside emotions and remain rational, nothing has changed - which means current odds are undervaluing Kane, and there is value to be found in them.

Penalties can be missed by anyone so I wouldn't say this will affect his chances of winning since you already said that this game doesn't count for last season. It's a new season now and the game shouldn't in any way affect the Balloon Dor award for last season. Kane scored a goal and even with the penalty missed he still played good.  Kane definitely is the favorites to win the award if emotions are set aside but still it's a tough decision because every contender did well too

[Hypnotizer]

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The second half has began and Spain are still find the game difficult to make a comeback, I can see that England are trying to make everything possible to make sure they secure the victory over Spain. Because their performances is impressive Spain only control the ball possession, but England are well positioned to score more goals so that they can double their lead.

But since their still more time before the game come to an end let wait to see what will be their final result. Football is unpredictable, it may be the way I’m hope for England to seal the victory, Spain might be lead the game to a draw.

Spain didn’t find it much difficult later on especially when Oyarzabal and Baena were substituted in, they both strongly influenced the game after coming on with Baena scoring the equalizer and providing the assist for the winning goal.

Since when kane lost that penalty, the English team momentum changed and they lost control of the match couple  with the big defensive error by Nico O’Reilly that gave Alex Baena the chance to equalize. England’s attack was good in that game but the defense was poor and Tuchel needs to address that.


I saw lots of people using this match to judge whether Kane deserves the Ballon D’or or Yamal does.. but come on, the Ballon D’or is for last season’s performance not this season, that performance by Yamal yesterday didn’t change much except maybe a little influence on the voters.

[Inwestour]

Penalties can be missed by anyone so I wouldn't say this will affect his chances of winning since you already said that this game doesn't count for last season. It's a new season now and the game shouldn't in any way affect the Balloon Dor award for last season. Kane scored a goal and even with the penalty missed he still played good.  Kane definitely is the favorites to win the award if emotions are set aside but still it's a tough decision because every contender did well too

I don't remember expressing this opinion before, but I would rather agree that the Ballon d'Or should go to a player who won the World Cup. Because last year, that was probably one of the most significant tournaments, or it should be one of the players who won the Champions League. So in my opinion, the Ballon d'Or should go to someone from the squad of champions. But honestly, I don't really understand how the Ballon d'Or winner is chosen, and I've never followed it that closely, so I suppose it could go to anyone who is among the top ranked players.

[Decimetre]

If Kane had scored, things could have ended differently, but it's too late to talk about that now. I think this missed penalty could affect Kane's Ballon d'Or rankings, if that matters to him. Spain once again showed how strong they are when they beat England in such a match. And England, after a high scoring match against France, are repeating the same thing against England, it's probably Tuchel's influence.

This match doesn't belong to last season (isn't that obvious?) and shouldn't affect the award for last season in any way, but yes, Yamal's chances rose slightly after this game, while Kane's dropped a bit. It is illogical and unfair, yet I view it as an opportunity. The day before yesterday, Kane was the clear favorite; if you set aside emotions and remain rational, nothing has changed - which means current odds are undervaluing Kane, and there is value to be found in them.

Using this season to decide last season's award will be a very biased judgment which should not even be thought about. But then I think that people tend to have change of views sharply after a bad game for a particular player who's expected to perform better. Kane missed a very crucial opportunity which England needed to destabilise the Spanish side and win the game. But then, any player can lose a penalty so his own should not be taken too seriously even though it cost them their win. The Spain team is more complete compared to the English side so the game just happened as the outcome is not very unexpected.

Harry Kane still has an opportunity to win the Balon d'Or regardless, if the voters don't get carried away by this season's performance. I would prefer that some of these awards be decided even before the next season starts to give a more free and fair judgement.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

The first half is over and the English men came from behind to take the lead and ended the first half 2-1 in their favor. Spain gave England the power to dominate the game with possession and that cost them to concede two goals in four minutes.

The game is not yet over until the final whistle. The second half will be a different chapter entirely, from what we expected. England looks better in the first half.

The kind of comeback that England showed in the first half, I expected England to win the match, and after the attack in the first half, I expected them to attack more strongly in the second half and score more goals, but England weakened again in the second half, and Spain attacked more strongly, Spain scored two more goals in the 60th and 74th minutes, but England could not score any more goals, I expected England to score another goal in the last minute and draw the match at 3-3, but despite all their efforts, England could not score any more goals, and despite showing a great comeback in the first half, England lost this match in the end, that's why a match can go either way in the end. Anyway, today is another high-voltage match Norway vs Portugal.

[Alpha Marine]

No one is going to shorten games simply to reduce the workload on players, I believe that is something club coaches should handle by rotating the squad or making substitutions during a match, when the scoreline or the opponent allows, to give players a better chance to recover.

I don't agree that club coaches are the only ones who should protect their players and rotate them to prevent injuries. If the national team coach uses the player however he wants, and he gets injured, it would also affect his team because the player will be unavailable when he needs him, but aside from that, he should care for the players enough not to want them to get injured.

I understand that players can get injured even though they are properly rotated, but the risk of injury can be mitigated if there is no work overload.
Look at Raphinha, for example; he has played the full 90 minutes in only 2 of Barcelona's 8 games this season because the coach knows how important he is to the team and understands that he is a little bit injury prone based on how he played last season. Then this player went to Brazil, and he was used to playing the full 90+ minutes in a friendly game that does not matter at all.
Mind you, it was during one of these friendly games that he picked up an injury last season and missed important games of the season.

Coaches need to understand their players and know the ones that get injured most and try to protect them, especially in friendly games and the nations league. These matches are like preparations and experients for the qualifiers and the main tournarments.

[Showlove01]

Penalties can be missed by anyone so I wouldn't say this will affect his chances of winning since you already said that this game doesn't count for last season. It's a new season now and the game shouldn't in any way affect the Balloon Dor award for last season. Kane scored a goal and even with the penalty missed he still played good.  Kane definitely is the favorites to win the award if emotions are set aside but still it's a tough decision because every contender did well too

If am not mistaken, Harry Kane didn't performed so much in the game apart from the 1 or 2 shorts he had in the game and this was because Spain never gave him that opportunity to play. And yes, missing penalty would not make him not to win the Ballon D'or if actually he is going to win it. Yesterday game, it was almost as if England was playing Barcelona because almost all the players in Spain are in Barcelona, if not for Torres missed opportunities the game would have ended like 6:2.

[Out of mind]

You are absolutely right and this is what someone was complaining about yesterday while I was passing where they where watching the nations League, England vs Spain. This nation league always makes some team to under perform due to injury players and right now Mbappe in down on injury after scoring the goal and I am very sure if not for the Nations league he would not have had this injury so perhaps this nations League should be scrap because it's not necessary.

Mbappe has a minor knee injury, but it is certain that he will not play in the national team's upcoming matches. He returned to Real Madrid after the game against Turkey, and it has now been revealed that he could be sidelined for about two weeks due to the injury. And Mbappe sustained the injury while striking the ball, rather than during a challenge with another player.

It’s good that the injury is just a minor one and not really the ACL knee injury that many people were talking of and hopefully it’s just two weeks he will be back in action for his club Real Madrid because they really need him at this point. For sure he will miss the remaining three matches for his country in the UEFA nations league which I don’t think is going to be much of a problem for France to cope even though Mbappe is a very important player for them. I think this UEFA nations league should be an avenue to integrate more players into the national team set up especially those without a call up yet so as to ease the burden on most of the regular players. I know players like Mbappe will not want to shy away from playing as many games as possible because they’re highly competitive and ambitious players who is looking to add to his goal tally in the international stage.

Mbappe's injury is a very sad news for both France and Real Madrid, although it is a short-term matter. I think it is especially sad news for Real Madrid because he is the main player of the team and without him, Real Madrid will feel a lot of weakness. For France and Real Madrid, Mbappe is a striker, if he is, the players of the opposing team have a lot of difficulty in stopping his attacks. Although this injury of Mbappe is not for a long time, we hope that he will recover quickly and return to the French national team and he will take the field for Real Madrid. If Mbappe is on the field for Real Madrid, it will be difficult for the team to win the match and his void will definitely be felt. He is an important player for France and Real Madrid. If this injury had been long-term, then of course the equation would have been very difficult for France and Real Madrid, but in any case, we hope that he will recover very quickly and return to the field.

[Sally9256]

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If am not mistaken, Harry Kane didn't performed so much in the game apart from the 1 or 2 shorts he had in the game and this was because Spain never gave him that opportunity to play.

Some games can be like that for strikers. A striker must not always be involved in play until it's time to score or attempt a goal.

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I don't remember expressing this opinion before, but I would rather agree that the Ballon d'Or should go to a player who won the World Cup. Because last year, that was probably one of the most significant tournaments, or it should be one of the players who won the Champions League. So in my opinion, the Ballon d'Or should go to someone from the squad of champions. But honestly, I don't really understand how the Ballon d'Or winner is chosen, and I've never followed it that closely, so I suppose it could go to anyone who is among the top ranked players.

If the award always goes to the player who won the world cup then it would easily lose its credibility. You can't just win a single tournament and win the award, what if the player struggled through out the season? Then he is definitely not qualified to win it. You don't only have to perform or win the World Cup alone, you must have a stand out performance even in club football to win it because a season comprises of different competitions and matches.

There is an award for the best player of the tournament and it mostly goes to someone in the squad of champions but balon Dor should not be like that.

[Cossyblack]

You are absolutely right and this is what someone was complaining about yesterday while I was passing where they where watching the nations League, England vs Spain. This nation league always makes some team to under perform due to injury players and right now Mbappe in down on injury after scoring the goal and I am very sure if not for the Nations league he would not have had this injury so perhaps this nations League should be scrap because it's not necessary.

Mbappe injury will definitely be a problem for France because he is their best goals scorer but his injury doesn't seem to be serious which means he will missed just few a matches,he is likely to miss France Vs Belgium and France Vs Italy match. And these are serious matches because the opponents are tough. Since mbappe wouldn't be seen in a few weeks, France will depend on olise and dembele to score most of the goals.  They are fortunate that they have several quality players so mbappe injury will not slow them or hinder them from performing against Belgium and Italy.

FIFA can't scrap the nation league just like that as the league generate incomes for them. They can't scrap it because players get injured in the competition. Injuries is normal as players are prone to getting injured on the pitch, this is why coaches should have a replacement for every player so that the team doesn't suffer when a player get injured.

[cxtreenal]

You are absolutely right and this is what someone was complaining about yesterday while I was passing where they where watching the nations League, England vs Spain. This nation league always makes some team to under perform due to injury players and right now Mbappe in down on injury after scoring the goal and I am very sure if not for the Nations league he would not have had this injury so perhaps this nations League should be scrap because it's not necessary.

Mbappe has a minor knee injury, but it is certain that he will not play in the national team's upcoming matches. He returned to Real Madrid after the game against Turkey, and it has now been revealed that he could be sidelined for about two weeks due to the injury. And Mbappe sustained the injury while striking the ball, rather than during a challenge with another player.

It’s good that the injury is just a minor one and not really the ACL knee injury that many people were talking of and hopefully it’s just two weeks he will be back in action for his club Real Madrid because they really need him at this point. For sure he will miss the remaining three matches for his country in the UEFA nations league which I don’t think is going to be much of a problem for France to cope even though Mbappe is a very important player for them. I think this UEFA nations league should be an avenue to integrate more players into the national team set up especially those without a call up yet so as to ease the burden on most of the regular players. I know players like Mbappe will not want to shy away from playing as many games as possible because they’re highly competitive and ambitious players who is looking to add to his goal tally in the international stage.

Mbappe's injury is a very sad news for both France and Real Madrid, although it is a short-term matter. I think it is especially sad news for Real Madrid because he is the main player of the team and without him, Real Madrid will feel a lot of weakness. For France and Real Madrid, Mbappe is a striker, if he is, the players of the opposing team have a lot of difficulty in stopping his attacks. Although this injury of Mbappe is not for a long time, we hope that he will recover quickly and return to the French national team and he will take the field for Real Madrid. If Mbappe is on the field for Real Madrid, it will be difficult for the team to win the match and his void will definitely be felt. He is an important player for France and Real Madrid. If this injury had been long-term, then of course the equation would have been very difficult for France and Real Madrid, but in any case, we hope that he will recover very quickly and return to the field.

Mbappe's injury will probably take less than two weeks to fully recover. It is very good news that his injury is not too serious and will be cured with a few days of regular rest. He is a very important striker for France and Real Madrid and without him the attack will be affected a lot. In particular, Real Madrid's attack is still very dependent on Mbappe. It is also true that the strikers in the team without him will be able to handle the team properly. If his injury were to last longer, it would be a matter of concern for Mourinho because the club's performance is not satisfactory and if one of the key players in the attack is out of the field, it will have a huge negative impact on the team. Fans are hoping that he will recover and return to the field very soon.

[Rikafip]

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.

Yeah I know, but no one is ready to that as that way you would give up possible advantages in Euro qualifiers. Players are the only ones who could stop it, but for whatever reason they are not willing to do it.

Superb game to watch yesterday, with a quick goal and two comebacks. Truly a great game, just as I anticipated it would be. Yamal on one side and Bellingham on the other were superb, and I think the missed penalty turned the game around. Can't believe Kane missed it, but surprises happen, and they surprised me with the penalty miss and the comeback.

I knew it was going to be a great game the moment I saw that they are playing at the same time as we are vs Czechia, so unfortunately I had to missed it. Speaking of our game, once again we had issues in the back, even though on paper that should be one of our biggest strengths. I guess Gvardiol and Vuskovic will have to learn how to play together as they are somewhat similar type of players.