⚽ UEFA Nations League ⚽ - Discussion Thread

[LGD2Business]

When Ronaldo isn't playing, everyone bets on Portugal and win. That's the general consensus I've seen over and over on local forums. Portugal is better without Ronaldo. Unfortunately that's the truth, even if his fans refuse to accept it. They secured an important victory against Norway. And it was on the road. That was crucial for taking the group lead.
For some reason Portugal is playing much better in this tournament than in other ones. The forward duo of Ramos and Felix is working better than Ronaldo Felix duo. They could finish the group on top and gain a major advantage again.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I revisit this because I know it'll take grace of God for San Marino to get a draw against Finland 

Finland won 7-0 and the refree was inconsiderate for issuing a red card to San Marino. Even if they fielded x2 players on the game, they obviously can not achieve anything. Finland controlled the game as expected, San Marino had no single shots on target.

I would suggest them to be banned from participating in any competition to save them from the regular embarrassment 

It's very true; these are the only ways San Marino can achieve anything, but that game was impressive. I didn't actually see it, but I thought the national team had improved their level of play. I think San Marino should invest more in their national team, in the youth teams, because they're really bad, it's unbelievable.

I know they see football differently, but whoever plays San Marino considers them a pushover, and that's always been the case. A team like Finland, I'm sure shouldn't normally be scoring 7 goals on anyone.

[Bitcoin_people]

portugal didn't want to take a risk by playing ronaldo against norway, and i think they made the right call. joão félix's opening goal was beautiful, and even though norway managed to tie the game, portugal still managed to win. i don’t think ronaldo would have scored in this match. but both of portugal’s forwards managed to find the back of the net. i wonder when portugal will finally give up on ronaldo and realize that he’s actually hurting the team.

Portugal's best legendary player Cristiano Ronaldo was not fielded in the match against Norway so that he would not be at risk. If he gets a major injury at this age, it would be harmful for the team and the player, so the coach made a good decision not to play him in this match. Yes, without Ronaldo, these two forwards performed brilliantly and won against Norway, which gave them more confidence. However, the Norwegian team tried hard to control the game but in the end they could not finish seventh, which is a pity for them. The performance that Ronaldo is doing for Portugal at this age may raise a question in everyone's mind, when will he lose confidence in the team, but we can see that the Portugal team is much weaker without him. When Ronaldo is on the field, the strength of the team is different, where there is a legend on the field, the strength of the team doubles.

[Solokan]

In my opinion, the Norway vs. Portugal match was a very exciting match because both teams competed seriously. Eventually, both teams found a way to win, with one of them losing. Norway ultimately had to accept defeat, losing to Portugal 2-1. Portugal finally earned three points against Norway. This certainly made Portuguese fans happy because their team had won, and Portugal is now in first place in Group D

Joao Felix performed well, scoring the first goal against Norway. He utilized a pass well. Ramos also performed well in that match, scoring a goal against Norway. However, unfortunately, Norway couldn't capitalize on all their opportunities. If only Norway had done so, there would have been potential for Norway to score more than one goal. Now, I'm curious about their second meeting. Who do you think will win?

[Jessie2121]

I can't even lie, Spain decorated football in today's match, if not for the fact that it was Spain England played against I believe the game would have ended in a 1nil win or 2nil victory for England. England needed a very hard push to bring out the best in them and that was what Spain did but unfortunately they lost the game. I always feel bad to see the number of good players England have to make their opposition struggle no matter the national team they play against but yet they find it hard to dominate, like are they even serious? I can't even remember the last time I saw Spain losing any of their games, friendly or a competitive game, they always come out victorious, the only upset that can happen is a draw and tonight I was expecting England to get a draw not even a win because I know how weak they are in all their games, they can only score more goals against San Marin, that is the only country they score more goals that I have seen, they need to work more on that midfield.

Every time Ferran Torres is proving that he need half a dozen of chances to score one goal, I don't understand how he could score some incredible goals and miss lots of clear goals, I think Barcelona is the foundation of Spain and it will be hard to beat them, the union between these players in their country and club is actually very beneficial for both club and country

The English team may not win any major trophy even though I believe they will always go very far in every competition but they don't have what it takes to finish strong.

I think I agree with you, Barcelona have made the Spanish national team too strong that is a must you find more of Barcelona players than any other club side players in the squad and talking about F. Torres I think he prefers scoring the difficult goals than the easy ones, same as Oyarzabal, always misplacing good opportunities. Well we shouldn't talk much about the strikers of Spain because they don't have better strikers that can be as sharp as Kane or Lewandowski, they don't rely on their strikers to get the job done that's why they beat the likes of England even Portugal because they can score from any position aside from the goalkeeper, they make football very easy and is hard to stop them when they attack, no wonder they are the best in the world and they surely deserve that world cup title b