⚽UEFA Nations League⚽ - Discussion Thread

[cygan]

since i couldn't find a general discussion thread for this competition using the search function and only saw threads that were intended for a specific season, i have now created this thread in which future nations league competitions will also be published and, of course, discussed.

and just in time, the draw for the 2026/27 season took place yesterday. this is how the groups in the respective leagues look:
in group a4, there will be a clash between Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland and group a1 is in my opinion, the strongest group... what are your opinions?

[Lucius]

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since i couldn't find a general discussion thread for this competition using the search function and only saw threads that were intended for a specific season, i have now created this thread in which future nations league competitions will also be published and, of course, discussed.

I think this is a bad idea, and that each season of this competition should have its own topic which should be locked after the end of the competition. Otherwise you will have a mega-spam thread with hundreds of pages.


As for the competition, there is no doubt that groups A1-A4 are full of attractive teams that should show good football. The most interesting group for me is the one in which my national team is, and it seems that Croatia cannot do without England (in the same group at the 2026 World Cup), and without Spain, with whom it played in the final of this competition.

However, it should be emphasized that this competition will not start until the end of September 2026, so some things will be much clearer after the World Cup.

[Lida93]

It's interesting to have the like of Spain, England and other European top nations in one group, this means there's going to be a healthy competition in such group.

I think this is one of the competitions created by the Uefa president in order to give some sense of belonging to the other countries who hardly make it to the Europe nations cup which is usually held every four years, but some how, this nations league becomes a menace to the players as it has increased the work load of the players who already have lots of games to play every season.

[KTChampions]

since i couldn't find a general discussion thread for this competition using the search function and only saw threads that were intended for a specific season, i have now created this thread in which future nations league competitions will also be published and, of course, discussed.

and just in time, the draw for the 2026/27 season took place yesterday. this is how the groups in the respective leagues look:
in group a4, there will be a clash between Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland and group a1 is in my opinion, the strongest group... what are your opinions?

The square arrangement of the groups initially broke my brain 
Honestly, I completely forgot that the group composition is reset by the draw (I think this is the first time this has happened? If so, I just didn’t know it at first). In my mind, this should only happen through rotation between leagues in the form of relegation/promotion and playoffs.
Haaland vs. Ronaldo is certainly a big deal, but Haaland vs. Mbappe is probably more relevant.
In my opinion, the strongest group is A3. Spain is equal to France, and England and Croatia are slightly stronger than Italy and Belgium, which are in decline. The Czech Republic is also stronger than Turkey.

[Distraction]

We are done for it!    Türkiye is really unlucky with the draw. We are just in one of the most difficult groups in League A. The other one is A3 but I think ours is even harder than that...

I don't think we are performing that good to beat any of our opponents. At least in away matches I don't expect a point. But at home maybe we can get some points from Italy and Belgium. That would be the best case scenario.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

Since this is a year for the FIFA World Cup Uefa should have just shifted the Nations league. I did not think the draw made any attention, this is my first time seeing the draw.
The world has already taking the break after the season ends and by August season begins with more games now in the Uefa champions league maybe a year 2026 without the nations league can help players rest.