⚽ UEFA Nations League ⚽ - Discussion Thread

[yenerbatmaz]

You could ask a 15-year-old to pick our squad, and they’d come up with the same lineup; it’s been the same predictable roster for the last 3–4 years.
Adil Demirbağ only made the cut because of his performance—and even then, it was due to public pressure. As long as Montella is in charge, Samet Akaydın will be included in the national team, even if he were to retire.
It’s as if there’s a bond between them that goes beyond a mere father-son relationship.
He’s a substitute at Trabzonspor, yet he was still included in the squad.
Berke Özer, for instance, could be forgiven. Many people—myself included—know he was left out because he walked out of the national team camp, but no one actually knows why he left or what exactly happened.
I think these four matches are going to go poorly for us. It’s also a blow that Hakan and Kenan aren't in the squad due to injuries.

Berke Özer was dropped from the squad by the decision of the federation and Montella after leaving the training camp. Berke has expressed regret, but he won't be called up as long as Montella is in charge.
For now, there doesn't seem to be a problem since Uğurcan is holding down the goal; however, if these four matches—which you also mentioned—go poorly and Uğurcan fails to perform well, Berke Özer will become a valuable asset in Türkiye. Many people will likely criticize his absence from the squad, pointing out that he boasted the best goalkeeping statistics in the French league last season.
I, too, have little hope for these four matches. It is also doubtful whether Orkun will be in the midfield for the France game. I’m not even sure if we can manage to score a goal. The Nations League is simply not a competition at a level that suits us.

[Hvdv]

You could ask a 15-year-old to pick our squad, and they’d come up with the same lineup; it’s been the same predictable roster for the last 3–4 years.
Adil Demirbağ only made the cut because of his performance—and even then, it was due to public pressure. As long as Montella is in charge, Samet Akaydın will be included in the national team, even if he were to retire.
It’s as if there’s a bond between them that goes beyond a mere father-son relationship.
He’s a substitute at Trabzonspor, yet he was still included in the squad.
Berke Özer, for instance, could be forgiven. Many people—myself included—know he was left out because he walked out of the national team camp, but no one actually knows why he left or what exactly happened.
I think these four matches are going to go poorly for us. It’s also a blow that Hakan and Kenan aren't in the squad due to injuries.

I agree with your opinion on this matter. Vincenzo Montella's choices could be better. Unfortunately, he lacks specific criteria; he has a fixed list of players in mind and is used to playing with them. Actually, I think this aspect is very bad for a good national team coach. He should constantly follow the league and bring good players into the national team, not call up players who don't even play for their own clubs.

[Shussainshah]

England and Spain in the same group? Yeah, that's like trying to put them together since they missed playing against each other at the WC right? True, the groups A1-4 are pretty interesting but there's possiblity of some of the games being boring. Matches where you'd expect high touching and goals, they might be playing it safe. Anyways, it's just for us to find out tomorrow right?

It's just the club football are now started and any manager can't take any risk on the players to go for national duty so in my opinion the match will be boring because of big star players missing in that's matchs. So far Spain already show has talent to the football world and I don't think so any nation are ready to face this Spain team, they beat every big team in the worldcup and take the crown so in my eye this tie is made for Spain and they can win it easily.  English team are good but there is alot of big are still missing so Spain can top their group as well and my favourite to win this nation league tournament as well.

[Mustang Shelby]

England and Spain in the same group? Yeah, that's like trying to put them together since they missed playing against each other at the WC right? True, the groups A1-4 are pretty interesting but there's possiblity of some of the games being boring. Matches where you'd expect high touching and goals, they might be playing it safe. Anyways, it's just for us to find out tomorrow right?

It's just the club football are now started and any manager can't take any risk on the players to go for national duty so in my opinion the match will be boring because of big star players missing in that's matchs. So far Spain already show has talent to the football world and I don't think so any nation are ready to face this Spain team, they beat every big team in the worldcup and take the crown so in my eye this tie is made for Spain and they can win it easily.  English team are good but there is alot of big are still missing so Spain can top their group as well and my favourite to win this nation league tournament as well.

From what I remember from previous tournaments, national teams don't push their key players too hard in these competitions. Players also don't take the tournament too seriously. Therefore, I think England might field squads to try out players from Spain. Nevertheless, it will certainly be a great match. Every player on both Spain and England is very valuable. I'm sure they will give us an enjoyable game to watch.

[Sammye3]

England and Spain in the same group? Yeah, that's like trying to put them together since they missed playing against each other at the WC right? True, the groups A1-4 are pretty interesting but there's possiblity of some of the games being boring. Matches where you'd expect high touching and goals, they might be playing it safe. Anyways, it's just for us to find out tomorrow right?

Spain might not likely display same performance like they did in the World Cup, that's just a feeling though. Spain vs England should be an entertaining match to watch and we should be expecting goals in this match, a different result should be a disappointing performance.

Netherlands vs Germany is also one match to watch, it would be nice to see Jamal Musiala back on the pitch after his recent health crisis.

[LGD2Business]

How could they have considered Netherlands the favorite against Germany? Even though they're playing at home, Netherlands isn't a better team than Germany. I wonder if Klopp will field their second line-up for this match? He called up 44 players to the national team all at once, that's not something we see very often.

Maybe they set the odds that way because a draw seems likely. Looking at the group, both teams don't need to worry too much. Netherlands and Germany will finish in the top 2 and advance to the quarter finals. I don't even think Serbia and Greece are at the A League level. Greece will most likely finish last and be relegated to the B League. Vlahovic won't be playing for Serbia, he's injured. So things won't be easy for them in these matches either.

[blomen]

How could they have considered Netherlands the favorite against Germany? Even though they're playing at home, Netherlands isn't a better team than Germany. I wonder if Klopp will field their second line-up for this match? He called up 44 players to the national team all at once, that's not something we see very often.

Maybe they set the odds that way because a draw seems likely. Looking at the group, both teams don't need to worry too much. Netherlands and Germany will finish in the top 2 and advance to the quarter finals. I don't even think Serbia and Greece are at the A League level. Greece will most likely finish last and be relegated to the B League. Vlahovic won't be playing for Serbia, he's injured. So things won't be easy for them in these matches either.

some odds from the first few matches caught my eye as well. i think the odds for norway to beat denmark are pretty good. they proved they’re a very strong team in the world cup, and i think they’ll beat denmark. it’s also strange that germany isn’t the favorite against the netherlands, but even though germany looks very strong on paper, there doesn’t seem to be much expectation for them. i think this is normal after they were surprisingly eliminated from the world cup.

[Jaycoinz]

How could they have considered Netherlands the favorite against Germany? Even though they're playing at home, Netherlands isn't a better team than Germany. I wonder if Klopp will field their second line-up for this match? He called up 44 players to the national team all at once, that's not something we see very often.

Maybe they set the odds that way because a draw seems likely. Looking at the group, both teams don't need to worry too much. Netherlands and Germany will finish in the top 2 and advance to the quarter finals. I don't even think Serbia and Greece are at the A League level. Greece will most likely finish last and be relegated to the B League. Vlahovic won't be playing for Serbia, he's injured. So things won't be easy for them in these matches either.

some odds from the first few matches caught my eye as well. i think the odds for norway to beat denmark are pretty good. they proved they’re a very strong team in the world cup, and i think they’ll beat denmark. it’s also strange that germany isn’t the favorite against the netherlands, but even though germany looks very strong on paper, there doesn’t seem to be much expectation for them. i think this is normal after they were surprisingly eliminated from the world cup.

I have reasons to believe that there is great changes that is coming to this Germany side because there is new man in charge and it's someone I respect so much when it comes to their gameplay, so am very confident that Germany are gonna play well. For the past couples of year, Germany has been struggling and have had difficulty in always qualifying or advancing to the next phase, but with Jorgen kloopp I expect a very solid team.

[Versatile_choice]

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.

it is actually a very difficult group, don’t be surprised that you guys are actually going to come out from this group, football is sometimes unpredictable and the things you may be expecting to happen may not, just be calm because everything may actually work out for good and in favor of Türkiye

Türkiye should just put in their best, one of the things that usually make some team lose is fear, they should remove fear from their mind and go into the competition with high hopes.

Not for France and Italy, I believe this two countries can make it to the next stage but as for turkiye and belgium. Although belgium is very competitive because they have  good players, so I will not be surprise to see them qualifying for next round.  And sure nothing is impossible in football, don't be surprise to see turkiye coming out first before any other country in this group even though the chance is slim that's from our speculation and considering the performance of this countries. Well, let's watch and see how it goes.

[SmartCharpa]

How could they have considered Netherlands the favorite against Germany? Even though they're playing at home, Netherlands isn't a better team than Germany. I wonder if Klopp will field their second line-up for this match? He called up 44 players to the national team all at once, that's not something we see very often.

Maybe they set the odds that way because a draw seems likely. Looking at the group, both teams don't need to worry too much. Netherlands and Germany will finish in the top 2 and advance to the quarter finals. I don't even think Serbia and Greece are at the A League level. Greece will most likely finish last and be relegated to the B League. Vlahovic won't be playing for Serbia, he's injured. So things won't be easy for them in these matches either.

I wonder why the bookies consider Netherlands as the favorite to win the game against Germany. Germany performance may be very disappointing in the World Cup, but I don’t think they will bring the same thing to the Nations League under Klopp. Lol, perhaps Klopp will field his second tier players because I don’t understand why Netherlands is considered as the favorite team, because this is a game where both teams will score goals.

In their previous five meetings, Germany won two games, drew two and lost one. This is going to be a tough game for the both sides. While Germany and Netherlands are the favorites teams to advance to the next round in this group. But anything can happen, remember what we said about Germany in the World Cup and they failed to pass through the round of 32.

[Oluwa-btc]

How could they have considered Netherlands the favorite against Germany? Even though they're playing at home, Netherlands isn't a better team than Germany. I wonder if Klopp will field their second line-up for this match? He called up 44 players to the national team all at once, that's not something we see very often.

Maybe they set the odds that way because a draw seems likely. Looking at the group, both teams don't need to worry too much. Netherlands and Germany will finish in the top 2 and advance to the quarter finals. I don't even think Serbia and Greece are at the A League level. Greece will most likely finish last and be relegated to the B League. Vlahovic won't be playing for Serbia, he's injured. So things won't be easy for them in these matches either.

Maybe because even under Julian, this German side has been shit. Also do not forget that most of these players who played during the FIFA World Cup Competition left and Jurgen Klopp brought in some new players. I have a strong trust in him that he will trun this German side to oe of the finest sides just like he did with the past two clubs he's managed.
But then, Xavi Hernandez will most definitely win this game by narrow margin. Let's say 2 goals to 1.

[Barcode_]

I had quite a shock when I checked the odds payout in the match between Norway and Denmark, the odds payout for Norway to win the match in full time at their home stadium against Denmark is @1.73 and I believe the glory performance of Norway in the recent world cup has somehow make them becoming hot favorites.

Norway should actually be glad that Alexander Sorloth will be out of this upcoming match due to an injury as he was the person who does not want to pass the ball to Erling Haaland in the crucial match at the world cup against England and thus Norway are being denied with a chance to score the equalizer goal. On the other hand, Denmark are actually not a weak team either with the quality of the players in their squad and I guess Denmark might actually be able to earn a single point out of the match.

[yenerbatmaz]

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.

it is actually a very difficult group, don’t be surprised that you guys are actually going to come out from this group, football is sometimes unpredictable and the things you may be expecting to happen may not, just be calm because everything may actually work out for good and in favor of Türkiye

Türkiye should just put in their best, one of the things that usually make some team lose is fear, they should remove fear from their mind and go into the competition with high hopes.

Not for France and Italy, I believe this two countries can make it to the next stage but as for turkiye and belgium. Although belgium is very competitive because they have  good players, so I will not be surprise to see them qualifying for next round.  And sure nothing is impossible in football, don't be surprise to see turkiye coming out first before any other country in this group even though the chance is slim that's from our speculation and considering the performance of this countries. Well, let's watch and see how it goes.

The group standings will likely look like the one in the photo. Belgium might overtake Italy, but we—Turkey—will finish last. France will top the group. Italy's current state surprises me; they need to prove themselves in this group.
The first match is against Belgium. I expect a high-scoring game. I placed bets on "Over 2.5 goals" for Belgium vs. Italy and "Over 3.5 goals" for Turkey vs. France.

[Tonimez]

I had quite a shock when I checked the odds payout in the match between Norway and Denmark, the odds payout for Norway to win the match in full time at their home stadium against Denmark is @1.73 and I believe the glory performance of Norway in the recent world cup has somehow make them becoming hot favorites.

Norway should actually be glad that Alexander Sorloth will be out of this upcoming match due to an injury as he was the person who does not want to pass the ball to Erling Haaland in the crucial match at the world cup against England and thus Norway are being denied with a chance to score the equalizer goal. On the other hand, Denmark are actually not a weak team either with the quality of the players in their squad and I guess Denmark might actually be able to earn a single point out of the match.

Norway actually took the world by surprise during the world cup winning some games where they were considered weaker side. About Alexander Sorlot, I'm sure that if he was to be in the squad, he wouldn't dare play what he played during the world cup since he understands that he's on the headlines and everyone will be watching his actions going forward. Having Erling Haaland in a team is a very big plus, and easy going player and a goal poacher. Denmark is not going to have it easy as Christian Eriksen is out of the squad as he continues to recover.
Norway is definitely the favourite to win the game but sometimes football does its thing.

[New Judgement]

From what I remember from previous tournaments, national teams don't push their key players too hard in these competitions. Players also don't take the tournament too seriously. Therefore, I think England might field squads to try out players from Spain. Nevertheless, it will certainly be a great match. Every player on both Spain and England is very valuable. I'm sure they will give us an enjoyable game to watch.

it would have been more fun if this match was played in the world cup where it matters the most, but nevertheless I'm expecting an entertaining match from this fixture. I'm fully supporting Spain to win England because they are the World champions and and the World champions don't just lose matches easily. Even if it is a nations league match, I'm expecting it to be highly competitive as Spain will be looking forward to winning their first match after the world cup triumph. It's been a long time since Spain lost a match, that’s another factor that’s motivating me to back Spain. I saw some publications online that some important players pulled out of the England team due to injuries, I'm sure this will affect the three lions performance. So the English fans should not expect so much from their team when they face the world champions.

[Queentoshi]

Norway actually took the world by surprise during the world cup winning some games where they were considered weaker side.

They have been away from the World Cup for a very long time so a very good performance from there was unexpected.

Having Erling Haaland in a team is a very big plus, and easy going player and a goal poacher.

It is not only Haaland who has helped Norway to get this much recognition after the world cup, Martin Odegaard and his creativity was also key for Norway.

Norway is definitely the favourite to win the game but sometimes football does its thing.

I like to see them win so maybe they do the famous viking row that trended during the world cup.

[Futurexxx]

Norway actually took the world by surprise during the world cup winning some games where they were considered weaker side. About Alexander Sorlot, I'm sure that if he was to be in the squad, he wouldn't dare play what he played during the world cup since he understands that he's on the headlines and everyone will be watching his actions going forward. Having Erling Haaland in a team is a very big plus, and easy going player and a goal poacher. Denmark is not going to have it easy as Christian Eriksen is out of the squad as he continues to recover.
Norway is definitely the favourite to win the game but sometimes football does its thing.

The bookmarkers are favouring Norway to win this game, but I will be personally betting on Denmark to win because they have the superior head to head record in this tie. In the last five meetings, they have drew twice, while Denmark has won three times, so in as much as Norway has really been impressive during the past world cup tournament, i don't think that they can win this Denmark team, regardless of them playing on their home soil. So I would rather take Denmark to win or they are going to draw, because am quite positive that they will not lose this game to Norway national team.

[AprilioMP]

I wonder why the bookies consider Netherlands as the favorite to win the game against Germany. Germany performance may be very disappointing in the World Cup, but I don’t think they will bring the same thing to the Nations League under Klopp. Lol, perhaps Klopp will field his second tier players because I don’t understand why Netherlands is considered as the favorite team, because this is a game where both teams will score goals.

In their previous five meetings, Germany won two games, drew two and lost one. This is going to be a tough game for the both sides. While Germany and Netherlands are the favorites teams to advance to the next round in this group. But anything can happen, remember what we said about Germany in the World Cup and they failed to pass through the round of 32.

Bookmakers have made the Netherlands the favorite over Germany because of certain factors that lead them to favor Xavi’s team. If your analysis shows that Germany is actually the more convincing choice, bet on Germany.
My analysis suggests that this match between the Netherlands and Germany will end in a draw, with both teams scoring.

Why am I more confident in a draw? I’m not basing this primarily on their head-to-head record, but rather on their coaches. Xavi and Klopp are still new to their roles, and this is why I believe it will end in a draw with both teams scoring.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

The game that interests me the most today is Netherlands vs Germany. It’s Jurgen Klopp vs Xavi, which I still find odd by the way.

Two high quality teams with many top players so it will be intriguing to see who comes out on top.

[Uhde]

You could ask a 15-year-old to pick our squad, and they’d come up with the same lineup; it’s been the same predictable roster for the last 3–4 years.
Adil Demirbağ only made the cut because of his performance—and even then, it was due to public pressure. As long as Montella is in charge, Samet Akaydın will be included in the national team, even if he were to retire.
It’s as if there’s a bond between them that goes beyond a mere father-son relationship.
He’s a substitute at Trabzonspor, yet he was still included in the squad.
Berke Özer, for instance, could be forgiven. Many people—myself included—know he was left out because he walked out of the national team camp, but no one actually knows why he left or what exactly happened.
I think these four matches are going to go poorly for us. It’s also a blow that Hakan and Kenan aren't in the squad due to injuries.

Berke Özer was dropped from the squad by the decision of the federation and Montella after leaving the training camp. Berke has expressed regret, but he won't be called up as long as Montella is in charge.
For now, there doesn't seem to be a problem since Uğurcan is holding down the goal; however, if these four matches—which you also mentioned—go poorly and Uğurcan fails to perform well, Berke Özer will become a valuable asset in Türkiye. Many people will likely criticize his absence from the squad, pointing out that he boasted the best goalkeeping statistics in the French league last season.
I, too, have little hope for these four matches. It is also doubtful whether Orkun will be in the midfield for the France game. I’m not even sure if we can manage to score a goal. The Nations League is simply not a competition at a level that suits us.

yeah i agree. when Berke Özer found out he wasn't in the starting eleven he left the national team camp.
ok like every goalkeeper, he has had his share of unlucky moments. but no one can say he is a bad goalkeeper. especially looking at his last two seasons...