⚽ UEFA Nations League ⚽ - Discussion Thread

[GIF-JOBS]

The match is going very well, just as Norway attacks, Portugal is also attacking quite well, both teams are very good at attacking and counter-attacking, and both teams have very strong defenses. João Félix scored the first goal in the 17th minute to make it 1-0, and Norway has been attacking from then. Erling Haaland missed a great chance, I didn't expect him to miss this chance. However, the match is very aggressive from both sides, both teams are trying to attack to score as soon as they get the ball. If Portugal can score another goal and build a 2-goal lead, they will have a very good chance to win the match. Because Norway is a team that can score at any moment, and therefore it is not possible to win the match with a 1-goal lead against them, Portugal won 1-0 against Wales, but this will not happen in the case of Norway, and therefore if they want to win the match, they will have to score more goals and that before Norway scores.

[Derekfunds]

imo Spain is definitely the most terrifying and hardest football team to play against in the world right now. they won the World Cup conceding only a single goal and could beat England as well. great play.

Playing a country like Spain is like playing two countries because it is very difficult to defeat them, there was a point yesterday England was showing some strength like they were going to defeat Spain and at some point I thought so but after few substitution, the game changed totally especially the moment Pedri came in. If not for those opportunities Spain missed in the first half I believe the goals would have been more than that score yesterday and i think anytime Barcelona is playing well the nation team also do play well.

[Sammysmart001]

I think the overall quality of the squads is about the same, I think Portugal squad quality is overrated.
Norway put in a very very good performance at the World Cup and they are still continuing to perform at a very high level, Norway will be my favorite in this match because they are better than Portugal as a team.
I will watch this match.

Serbia - Netherlands match has also finished and Netherlands won 2-1, Serbia have lost both of the matches they have played.

I would say that Spain deserves the win but also England shows that they can cause a problem for them the coming back from 0-1 to lead 2-1 shows us that England wasn’t just defending for the whole game. The difference made after falling behind was how Spain reacted, instead of rushing they stood calm and continued to play their game. This one of the thing I find i interesting about the match, good players can be in a team but having to stay calm after conceding makes a big huge difference in a big game.

[PhilosopherKing]

I think the overall quality of the squads is about the same, I think Portugal squad quality is overrated.
Norway put in a very very good performance at the World Cup and they are still continuing to perform at a very high level, Norway will be my favorite in this match because they are better than Portugal as a team.
I will watch this match.

The only reason Portugal is overrated is because of Cristiano Ronaldo, his fans always overrate this team. But I don't see anything special in them. The team has some star players, but their performance in the national team is not very good due to the lack of good chemistry. Ronaldo! He is an old man now, match-winning performances are not expected from him.

We have to acknowledge Norway's improvement in recent times. In the last World Cup, they qualified for the quarter-finals by knocking out Brazil and their performance in the knockout match against England was also excellent. If they can maintain that form, then they should win against Portugal. I expect Norway to win 2-1.

This is a tough match between Norway and Portugal. Head to head portugal always dominate Norway, today is not gonna be different. Though norway has a more better stat in the game, but Portugal hasn't allowed that to be a problem for them. They haven't been making it easy for Norway and that effort have already put them on top with one goal, still smelling more goals to come from the both side.

Jorge Jesus was wise enough to bench Ronaldo because I don't see how he would even have impacted the game. Man is old, already the age range as my grandpop maybe It high time Ronaldo finally hangs his boot.

[Taricoins]

This is a tough match between Norway and Portugal. Head to head portugal always dominate Norway, today is not gonna be different. Though norway has a more better stat in the game, but Portugal hasn't allowed that to be a problem for them. They haven't been making it easy for Norway and that effort have already put them on top with one goal, still smelling more goals to come from the both side.

Jorge Jesus was wise enough to bench Ronaldo because I don't see how he would even have impacted the game. Man is old, already the age range as my grandpop maybe It high time Ronaldo finally hangs his boot.

I don't know whether you are watching the match but am just scared for Portugal, Norway is trying to destroy them, they are just running around the pitch chasing the ball, the initial goal from Felix was a touch of brilliance, and that few first 15min Portugal was playing okay but Norway looks like the favourite to win, Portugal Goalies rating should be higher than it is now because he is just saving Haaland's balls

[Unknown01]

Jürgen Klopp is clearly using the Nations League as a warm-up match and is fielding a large number of young players today, some of whom have no experience playing for the national team. Except for Kimmich, Tah, and Nübel, all the other players are under 25.

He can still experiment now, because he knows that the squad will have to be finalized by the European Championship at the latest.

[RaltcoinsB]

Diogo Costa keeps Portugal in the match. Norway is playing magnificently, while Portugal is failing to deliver a performance worthy of its name. Norway’s rising form in recent years has been spectacular. Erling Haaland has scored again, and I believe he will end up as the all-time top scorer in international matches by the time his career is over. There will be more goals in this match, and I think Norway will beat Portugal.

[Just Say]

The match is going very well, just as Norway attacks, Portugal is also attacking quite well, both teams are very good at attacking and counter-attacking, and both teams have very strong defenses. João Félix scored the first goal in the 17th minute to make it 1-0, and Norway has been attacking from then. Erling Haaland missed a great chance, I didn't expect him to miss this chance. However, the match is very aggressive from both sides, both teams are trying to attack to score as soon as they get the ball. If Portugal can score another goal and build a 2-goal lead, they will have a very good chance to win the match. Because Norway is a team that can score at any moment, and therefore it is not possible to win the match with a 1-goal lead against them, Portugal won 1-0 against Wales, but this will not happen in the case of Norway, and therefore if they want to win the match, they will have to score more goals and that before Norway scores.

In their second match of the UEFA Nations League, Norway could not perform at the highest level against Portugal as we all noticed that they were very dominant against Denmark. It is very remarkable to us that Cristiano Ronaldo is not in the starting XI, but today Portugal is playing very well as Al Nassr's Joao Felix gave Portugal the lead in the 17th minute, even this player scored the winning goal in their first match.

Goncalo Ramos also doubled the lead in the 54th minute with a goal against Norway. By the way Norway's talented player Erling Haaland has already scored a goal and you take note he managed to score two goals against Denmark too but it seems that Norway will find it much more difficult to beat Portugal in this match.

[Taricoins]

Diogo Costa keeps Portugal in the match. Norway is playing magnificently, while Portugal is failing to deliver a performance worthy of its name. Norway’s rising form in recent years has been spectacular. Erling Haaland has scored again, and I believe he will end up as the all-time top scorer in international matches by the time his career is over. There will be more goals in this match, and I think Norway will beat Portugal.

That was my initial thought after the first half, but currently the match is 3-1 with Portugal leading and its all thanks ti Nyland, the Norwegian goal keeper, it feels like he wants to sell this match, how can you make two concurrent errors in the space of 5minutes, we are waiting for the goal check because it seems like Goncalo Ramos was in an offside position leading to the third goal.

[MorganaX]

Diogo Costa keeps Portugal in the match. Norway is playing magnificently, while Portugal is failing to deliver a performance worthy of its name. Norway’s rising form in recent years has been spectacular. Erling Haaland has scored again, and I believe he will end up as the all-time top scorer in international matches by the time his career is over. There will be more goals in this match, and I think Norway will beat Portugal.

Norway have always shown that there are one of the top teams on the world stage and they are also showing that again this night but I think Portugal are gonna win despite the fact that there performance hasn't been top class but the ability to win games even when you don't perform is something that every big team possess.

[tiCeR]

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That was my initial thought after the first half, but currently the match is 3-1 with Portugal leading and its all thanks ti Nyland, the Norwegian goal keeper, it feels like he wants to sell this match, how can you make two concurrent errors in the space of 5minutes, we are waiting for the goal check because it seems like Goncalo Ramos was in an offside position leading to the third goal.

You called that too early, the goal was disallowed, but in summary Portugal is being lucky in this match. Norway is in full control and are more dangerous, have much better chances, but their conversion is far from optimal today. Haaland made his goal of course, but I think Norway still suffers from that dependence. It won't happen that he scores two and more goals every match and as soon as he doesn't score important goals, you can see they are running behind.

It is still not over and I can imagine that Norway is still coming back from this. Let me make a blind guess and say that Haaland will score one more and they end the match with a draw

[Shineup]

It's 70+ minutes in the second half of the match between Norway against Portugal, and the game is still 1 goal to 2 goals in favor of the Portuguese National team, football is really one game one can't understand to the end, how Portugal managed to score these goals is still what baffles me, like Norway is by far better than them in the pitch this night, but it seems as Norway is busy playing the game Portugal is busy scoring, what an interesting game, I hope now they've gotten two goals they should bring in CR7 if sun can shine on him to score more goals tonight.

[Btcdeybodi]

The England-Spain match was a highly entertaining affair. I really admired the way Bellingham fought right up to the very last moment.
He battled fiercely, refusing to accept defeat. Had Kane successfully converted his penalty, we might well be talking about an England victory today.
Spain managed to win their opening group match 3-2.

This was the only match I watched yesterday. Usually these kinds of matches are enjoyable and competitive.
Both teams played well but I think the team that played better won.(Spain)

The match was really enjoyable, it would have been more enjoyable if England had won because of the energy they used in winning the first half of the game. Penalty kick may seem easy to score but sometimes, penalty takers can be very unlucky so no blame on Harry Kane. Even if he had scored, it would have been a draw game.

As for Bellingham he is a really hardworking player, i saw the same kind of fighting spirit from him at the World Cup and I think he deserves to be the team's future captain.

Jude Bellingham has been an impressive player since he came to limelight at Real Madrid. Everyone is focusing on Vinicius Jr and Mbappe but they forgot the efforts of Jude Bellingham. Before Mbappe came to Real Madrid, the trio of Jude Bellingham, Rodrigo and Vinicius Jr were doing a great job at Real Madrid.

[programmer3666]

It's 70+ minutes in the second half of the match between Norway against Portugal, and the game is still 1 goal to 2 goals in favor of the Portuguese National team, football is really one game one can't understand to the end, how Portugal managed to score these goals is still what baffles me, like Norway is by far better than them in the pitch this night, but it seems as Norway is busy playing the game Portugal is busy scoring, what an interesting game, I hope now they've gotten two goals they should bring in CR7 if sun can shine on him to score more goals tonight.

Seriously Gonzalo Ramos should be starting ahead of Ronaldo in every match because that guy deserves a lot of playing time. The fans and the management of Portugal's national team should not be so obsessed with CR7's past glory days and end up costing the team to crash out early in this tournament. Ramos always delivers whenever he gets the opportunity to be on the pitch and that high pressing energy he brings is exactly what the team needs up front. Ronaldo is a legend but he needs to take a chill and start coming off the bench.

[Agbamoni]

Summary of today's game.

Kai Havertz got injured, and Greece beat Germany at home, wow!
Ireland, after lowering their heads during Israel's national anthem, also refused to shake hands with Israeli players. In the end, Ireland beat Israel 0:3 at home.
Not only was Norway building momentum immediately after Haaland equalized, but Ørjan Nyland also made a mistake that led to Portugal's winning goal. Again, the home side lost.

[Sunshine1525]

Seriously Gonzalo Ramos should be starting ahead of Ronaldo in every match because that guy deserves a lot of playing time. The fans and the management of Portugal's national team should not be so obsessed with CR7's past glory days and end up costing the team to crash out early in this tournament. Ramos always delivers whenever he gets the opportunity to be on the pitch and that high pressing energy he brings is exactly what the team needs up front. Ronaldo is a legend but he needs to take a chill and start coming off the bench.

Ronaldo is only start cause of the name he's made in football, it he wasn't a superstar football he wouldn't be given such opportunity but if i were the coach I'll do like you said, Ronaldo era is over, he's old and should be coming from the bench, it doesn't mean that he's disrespected but they can't be relying on a 41 years old to score for them.

As i expected Portugal won but Norway tried, they didn't lose without a fight, it's just unfortunate that the effort they made only managed to get them one goal, they deserved more if you ask me, maybe that's just their fate in the game tonight, sometimes you can put lots of effort and still lose.

[SUPERSAIAN]

The England-Spain match was a highly entertaining affair. I really admired the way Bellingham fought right up to the very last moment.
He battled fiercely, refusing to accept defeat. Had Kane successfully converted his penalty, we might well be talking about an England victory today.
Spain managed to win their opening group match 3-2.

It was a good match I expected Spain to win. England put up a real fight and played well enough that they could have deserved the victory. The exchange of goals made it an entertaining game. Spain tried hard to score the opener but just couldn't manage it Torres squandered several chances, and while they failed to convert, England scored the first goal through Gordon. Although Spain struggled early on, they weren't actually playing badly they just lacked a finishing touch, which they eventually sorted out.

[KTChampions]

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I am surprised by the odds for today's Norway vs. Portugal match:

2.34 - 3.80 - 2.76

Since when can Norway be the favorite here, lol, even if they have 10 Haalands. Betting on Portugal with the Double Chance option at 1.58 looks like free money.

Easiest money ever. Norway is the favorite against Portugal? Hahahaha, that was a trap. It's clear that the game was tough and Norway also had chances, and if you look at the statistics, you might even think that the result is not entirely logical, but this is a typical scenario of a "reliable" team against a "new bright one."
Haaland continues to churn out goals. I can only imagine how many goals he’ll score in the fifth tier of the English National League after City gets relegated!  

[MK-74]

Greece continue to surprise us. They beat Germany 1-0 away from home and are currently top of the group. It’s really incredible. Germany lost a match where they completely dominated.

Norway vs Portugal match was decided by Norway's goalkeeper. They lost because of the mistake he made and he made another one but the goal was disallowed for offside.
Norway were the better side but they couldn't score. I also think the referee was supporting Portugal a little.

[Richbased]

Jürgen Klopp is clearly using the Nations League as a warm-up match and is fielding a large number of young players today, some of whom have no experience playing for the national team. Except for Kimmich, Tah, and Nübel, all the other players are under 25.

He can still experiment now, because he knows that the squad will have to be finalized by the European Championship at the latest.

I don't like what Jürgen Klopp is doing because he will only end up making mistakes by fielding young players who can't even win a match. Look how they disgrace themselves by losing to Greece, it's such a shame. Germany is another team that has lost form for over many years which makes me to wonder what the problem of the team is. During the prime years of Germany players like Toni Kroos, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Müller, Phillip Lahm. Germany was really an unstoppable team before but now, I can't believe they can lose to teams like Greece.