UEFA Nations League 12th June, 2022

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Today we will be having another 9 exciting games to watch! After a great day of matches and some mood swings by Ireland, that gave it all yesterday, making a run for the 2nd place of group B division 1 and leaving behind Scotland by 3 goals! Englad meanwhile faced a strong team and ended up giving the game to the referre ending with a score of 0-0 against Italy, gathering only 1 point, better luck next time. The games will occur at:

Ireland--Cyprus  15:00 (CET)

North Macedonia--Gibraltar 18:00 (CET)

Georgia--Bulgaria  18:00 (CET)

Norway--Sweden 18:00 (CET)

Switzerland--Portugal 20:45 (CET)

Malta--San Marino 20:45 (CET)

Spain--Czech republic 20:45 (CET)

Greece--Kosovo 20:45 (CET)

Slovenia--Serbia 20:45 (CET)

From this teams, the ones in Group A are set as Green; Group B is set as Orange; Group C is set as Purple; Group D is set as Blue.

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Switzerland VS Portugal

 The game will take place at Genebra Stadium- Switzerland

At the head of Group 2, with seven points, Portugal comes packed with two consecutive wins in the Nations League. After drawing with Spain, they beat Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Cristiano Ronaldo, received a yellow card on the match with Czech Republic and may start the match on the bench! 

On the other hand, Switzerland, is at the bottom of the group and it will enter the field in search of its first victory in the tournament. So far, it has suffered defeats to the Czech Republic, Portugal, and Spain.

Odds for today's game:

Switzerland coming from a loss to Spain where they conceded one goal and didn't score back will come here believing they cannot lose another home game and will rather keep the game in a goalless draw or even a single goal win.

Portugal coming from a 2 goal win to Czech Republic where they got goals from João Cancelo , Gonçalo Guedes and didn't concede then drew their last away game with a single goal but conceded first so will come here to win by a single goal or get a single goal draw.

The initial grid for players at the game is not out yet but it will be expected that:

Switzerland go with: Sommer; Rodriguez; Comert; Akanji; Widmer; Aebischer; Xhaka; Freuler; Zuber; Embolo; Shaquiri.

Portugal go with: Patricio; João Cancelo; Pepe; Danilo; N.Mendes; B.Fernandes; R.Neves; Vitinha; R.Leão; A.Silva; Otávio.

 

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Spain VS Czech republic

 The game will take place at La Rosaleda Stadium-Málaga

Spain reignited their hopes of qualifying for the next round of the Nations League after beating Switzerland. Spain is second in League A, Group 2  with 5 points scored. On the other hand, Czech Republic is in third place, with 3 points scored, and, dreaming of a place on the next phase of the nations league, so it is expected to toughen the rival's life.

 

Odds for today's game:

Czech Republic was leading twice in the first leg, and Spain was saved by a late goal scored by Inigo Martinez on the previous encounter. That could mean nothing, but Spain is on a long unbeaten streak since the final of last Nations League, and every streak has an end. For some reason, when they played a few days ago, the Czech were able to compete and almost beat Spain. With that in mind, this price looks value and in my opinion Czech Republic will give everything they have got to ensure a place on the next phase.

The initial grid for players at the game is not out yet but it will be expected that:

Spain go with: Sanchez; Carvajal, Garcia, Martinez, Alonso; Koke, Rodri, Soler; Asensio, Torres, Olmo.

Czech Republic go with: Vaclik; Mateju, Brabec, Zima; Coufal, Kral, Soucek, Zeleny; Hlozek, Kuchta, Pesek.

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Greece VS Kosovo

 

 The game will take place at Panthessaliko Stadium-Greece

A match between the 1st and 2nd places of League C, Group 2 where not much will change with the displacement on the grid, being Greece with 9 points and Kosovo with 6 points the ones to pass to the next phase, and letting behind Ireland and Cyprus with 2 points each.

Kosovo has 2 wins so far and they sit in 2nd position in the group with 6 points, which is quite an accomplishment. Morale must be high, and they play against a former good team. But nowadays Greece, who was european champion in 2004, is a low ranked team with poor talent. Kosovo will try hard to win, as this would be the most important win since they have their own team. 

The game has alredy begun and this will be the displacement of each team!

Greece in my opinion will come on top after the game has finished but Kosovo won't let a easy win happen, so it will be for sure an interesting game to watch!