UEFA Nations League 14th June, 2022

[Maniés]

Today will be the last day of games of the Nations League until September and we will have once more 12 exciting games to play! The teams playing will be: 

Armenia--Scotland 17:00 (CET)

Moldova--Andorra 17:00 (CET)

Liechtenstein--Letônia 19:45 (CET)

Bósnia--Finland 19:45 (CET)

Romania--Montenegro 19:45 (CET)

Poland--Belgium 19:45 (CET)

Luxembourg--Faroe Islands 19:45 (CET)

Germany--Italy 19:45 (CET)

Turkey--Lithuania 19:45 (CET)

Ukraine--Ireland 19:45 (CET)

Netherlands--Wales 19:45 (CET)

England--Hungary 19:45 (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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Germany VS Italy

 The game will take place at Borussia-Park- Mönchengladbach

Defending the 1st place of Group 3 with 5 points and a short lead, Italy returns to the field looking for their second victory in the Nations League after two draws and one win in their first three matches. The displacement of the teams on the grid are not the final and teams with so little diference in points can easily change the grid in a eye blink, Germany won't stay on 3rd place for too long in my opinion, they will fight for a win on todays game!

Odds for today's game:

Germany has drawn all 3 games in League A Group 3, drawing their last match played 1-1 away against Hungary.

Italy has won 1 and drawn 2 of their 3 games in League A Group 3 drawing their last match played 0-0 away against England. Italy was held to a 1-1 draw at home in this group, the previous matches played was a friendly on 2016 which ended 0-0 and in the EUC the same year which ended in a 1-1 draw with Germany winning on penalties. Italy form is inconstant although remain unbeaten in this group. Germany are unbeaten in their last 10 matches played.

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England VS Hungary

 The game will take place at Molineux Stadium- Wolverhampton

Looking for the leadership of Group 3, Hungary, with 4 points, one less than the leader Italy, seeks to find the way back to victory after the defeat to Italy and the draw with Germany in the last two games.

On the other side, England, at the bottom of the group with only two points, seeks its first victory in the Nations League. So far, they have two draws and one defeat remaining with 2 points.

Odds for today's game:

England have had consecutive draws in difficult matches against Germany and Italy so definitely look to have more talent for this match to score. They have had quality chances but failed to score most of them for two matches so definitely will improve and get up on the grid.

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

England go with: Pope; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Bellingham, Ward-Prowse, Gallagher; Saka, Kane, Sterling.

Hungary go with: Dibusz; Lang, Orban, At. Szalai; L. Nego, Schafer, A. Nagy, Z. Nagy; Sallai, Szoboszlai; Ad. Szalai.

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Netherland VS Wales

The game will take place at Feyenoord Stadium- Rotterdam

The Netherlands is the leader of group 4, with 7 points scored. The team has two wins and a draw so far, and knows that with a new victory they will be close to a place in the next phase.

Wales, on the other hand, is the last team, with only 1 point, and will need to win to continue the fight to avoid being placed last, which would decree relegation to the Nations League B.

Odds for today's game:

Wales was boosted in a way managing a 1-1 draw against strong Belgium side at the weekend but still, this is the only point they have colleceted so far. Netherlands are at the top of Group 4 and will be looking for all points in Rotterdam. This will be tight but still the Dutch have enough class to beat the Dragons and return to winning ways after the relatively disappointing performance in the 2-2 draw in Rotterdam against last time out.

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

Netherlands go with: Cillessen; Timber, De Vrij, De Ligt; Dumfries, Berghuis, Klaassen, F de Jong, Blind; Gakpo, Memphis.

Wales go with:  Hennessey; Mepham, Rodon, Davies; Ampadu; Roberts, Ramsey, Wilson, N Williams; James, Bale.

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Poland VS Belgium

The game will take place at Warsaw National Stadium- Poland

Tied the two with four points in Group 4 of the Nations League, Poland and Belgium return to the field in search of reducing the gap to the leader Netherlands, who has 7 points.

In the second round, Belgium thrashed Poland 6-1, with goals from Witsel, De Bruyne, Trossard (twice), Dendoncker, and Openda. Robert Lewandowski scored for the Poles.

Belgium, hasn't reported any injury problems in the draw with Wales last round, but revealed that three players will not be in the match: Kevin De Bruyne, Yannick Carrasco and Thomas Meunier.

Odds for today's game:

Poland will be looking for revenge for the 6-1 thrash in Belgium but at the momemnt both sides look equal in form, with four points each. In any case this is expected to be a tight, close match, and the draw may suit both sides. The home crowd support in Warsaw and the news that Robert Lewandowski, Zurkowski, Gilk, and Wojciech Szczesny return to the team Poland seems solid enough to get a good result. Belgium have been disappointing at times and are not that strong at present.

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

Poland go with: Szczesny; Cash, Bednarek, Glik, B Bereszynski; Krychowiak, Zurkowski; Frankowski, Zielinski, Zalewski; Lewandowski.

Belgium go with: Casteels; Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dendoncker; Vanaken, Saelemakers, Tielemans, T Hazard; Praet, Batshuayi, Eden Hazard.

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6 hours ago, Maniés said:

England VS Hungary

 The game will take place at Molineux Stadium- Wolverhampton

Looking for the leadership of Group 3, Hungary, with 4 points, one less than the leader Italy, seeks to find the way back to victory after the defeat to Italy and the draw with Germany in the last two games.

On the other side, England, at the bottom of the group with only two points, seeks its first victory in the Nations League. So far, they have two draws and one defeat remaining with 2 points.

Odds for today's game:

England have had consecutive draws in difficult matches against Germany and Italy so definitely look to have more talent for this match to score. They have had quality chances but failed to score most of them for two matches so definitely will improve and get up on the grid.

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

England go with: Pope; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Bellingham, Ward-Prowse, Gallagher; Saka, Kane, Sterling.

Hungary go with: Dibusz; Lang, Orban, At. Szalai; L. Nego, Schafer, A. Nagy, Z. Nagy; Sallai, Szoboszlai; Ad. Szalai.

OMG Hungary win 4:0 😄 

[Maniés]

Hahahahaha this nations league is making me crazy! Looks like we are on a different universe or something, nothing is what it used to be, the teams that i once saw and told to myself "this game is alredy decided "x" is gonna win" no longer happend and my top teams (France;England;Portugal;Spain...) are having poor results by teams that i thought were a bit worse then them!

This only means that football is evolving and games turn out to be even more exciting!

But England took that fat "L" no doubt and is placed last on it's group. 😳