Topic: ⚽UEFA Nations League 2024/2025⚽ - page 13. (Read 6528 times)

Ahhr Nations League matches are not to be expected for me there are always many defeats here, Georgia had to fall against Albania even though I know the risks here... But a little upset about the final result.

I'll have to save some money for next week's matches because the league will start again, especially the champions league, maybe it will be more interesting than the Nations League.

His goal was very important to Turkiye's winning because the game looked like it was going to end in a draw, but Turkiye found a way to win the game still even though they were not the first team to score. Arda Guler is becoming an inspiration to the team, good he is still young because he is the kind of player to carry this Turkiye side for many coming years. Italy had no struggle in their game, they really continue to show how good they are. Belgium tried in their game, but they could not use the opportunity that the red card to one of the French midfielders gave them. France defended very well and even when they were with just ten players, they covered up the spaces properly.

We all knew Portugal was going to beat Poland I was even surprised it ended in a 3-1 win, it should have been more. Ronaldo also should have scored more too, he hit the woodwork in the early minutes of the game, not long after that he scored but all credit to Raphael Leoa after a good solo run and was unlucky only to have hit the woodwork before Ronaldo finish from close range.

Portugal took total control of the match, they possess more, created more and even ended up scoring more too. Though Portugal have more quality players than Poland and I will even say a better coach too so it more easier to be in control with such qualities.

Cristiano have proven to be one of a kind, he is scoring with ease even at this age for both country and club. He trains everyday like it his last day on earth, you can't train like that and not be at your best. His goals tally is incredible and he is even hungry for me, you will see it in home when he misses chances. He is always demanding more from himself and that why he is unstoppable.

This match is one of the impressive today when both teams score each other but Turkiye looked more fortunate after scoring 2 more goals in 88 and 90+6 minutes. Based on statistics, Turkiye also dominates the match from all sides with 24 shots and 12 on target almost the same record as the first leg and we know Turkey always plays like this in almost all matches. Now Turkiye leads Group B-4 with 10 points and certainly take the place in the next round while the remaining 2 matches will not have an impact on their position. By the way, I am proud to see Arda Guer scoring one goal in this match he is a talented young player and has a chance to replace Turkish players in the future.

To be honest, the France/Belgium game was very interesting. I actually joined the game in the second half, and I didn't regret myself for choosing to watch this particular one when other fixtures where also going on. In the second half, France literally played as if they where at home. I don't really know what's wrong with the Belgium players, because they sometimes feel relaxed for 5mins, then play well for the next 5mins. That point of relaxation was actually what lead to the second goal, when Kolo Muani was able to score a header. And I also noticed that the Belgium players lacks that ability to use a proper build up to attack. They make use of wing backs or make use of the two wingers and perform regular cross and nod through out the game.

And I don't mean to downgrade international games, but the quality isn't too great. France goal was cancelled at some point after the VAR told the referee that there was an hand ball, but the image/video clip of the incident was never shown to the viewers, i.e I didn't even see what the VAR made a review on before disallowing the goal. And again, it seems the referee does not have anyway to detect if the ball passes through a line, because there were two confusing incidence that wasn't addressed properly. I hope I wasn't the only one who noticed these things?, Because I feel they need to improve this things.

And, I will give massive credits to the France two CBs (Saliba and Konate). They where just too strong for the Belgium attack. And the international break is over for the now, can't wait for weekend league games already.

That pitch is bad for real, I think FIFA needs to take some things into consideration, that pitch is not suppose to be allowed to honor any international match, that lead to why the Turkish team was struggling. The home team took advantage of the pitch and got a goal. The Turkish really played behind expectations and I couldn’t blame them because of the pitch.

The Turkish team came back from the break and did what was exactly expected of them, a comeback. The second half was an entertaining one, calhonoglu missed an early second half penalty but still the Turkish team didn’t relent and they later got an equalizer, just 5min after the equalizer they got their second goal too and they where in control for a while before the Iceland equalized just few minutes to end the match. But the score line didn’t stay the same for long as the Turkish star boy Arda guler finds the back of the net and they where in control again before the last minute goal from Akturkoglu to kill Iceland hope from getting even a point from the match.

It was interesting match especially the second half, full of end to end attack and intensity. Turkey deserve the win and they got it.

The Turkish National Team, which fell behind 1-0 at the beginning of the match, made the score 1-1 with İrfan in the second half. Before this goal, Hakan scored a penalty kick, but as his foot slipped during the shot, he touched the ball twice and the goal was cancelled. After 1-1, the penalty came again and this time Hakan made no mistake and made the score 1-2. Gudjohzen scored his first goal in the Nations League, making the score 2-2.
The Icelandic goalkeeper made the most critical mistake of the match and Arda made the score 2-3.
In the last minutes, Iceland attacked with all their might, but could not score a goal.

The score of the match was determined by Kerem, who scored 3 goals in the match that ended 3-0 in Izmir, and he scored the goal of the night with a magnificent inside shot and the Turkish National Team won the away match against Iceland. For the first time in its history, it took a big step towards group leadership.
Turkey's young football players are a quality generation and they can make their names known to the whole world at the World Cup.

While Portugal played great, and Ronaldo scored yet another goal at this age, we have to also realize how Portugal has always been better than Poland anyways, like this wasn't some news to anyone, we already knew this would be the case and not really shocked about the result. Dıd Portugal ever played worse than Poland any time in history? Have we ever considered Poland to be better team?

I mean there could be moments (which I do not even remember) where Poland went in some competition further than Portugal did, not even sure about this, but that was probably because Portugal probably faced against a better and harder competition whereas Poland beat some easier teams. Hence, we shouldn't really make a big deal out of them getting this win. They should have won, and they did win, simple as that. Ronaldo however is a different story, while he is known to be the best scorer, and highest goals ever, we are seeing him still doing this, which is rare at his age.

Openda got the equalizer back just before halftime for Belgium, but France scored a second at the start of the second. It was Kolo Muani again.

Doku with his pace and driblles and Openda with his runs and connection with Doku have been causing problems to this French defense, and I consider Konate better in this game than Saliba has been.

France is now down to ten men as Tchouaméni has been sent off after a second yellow. Maybe Belgium will be able to take advantage and get an equalizer.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu slipped on the penalty kick because the pitch was bad and he double kicked the ball. The referee canceled the goal for that reason. It really is an unbelievably bad pitch. I don't understand how UEFA officials approved to play football on this pitch. A footballer can get injured and close the season or even end his football life. Even amateur teams have better pitches. I know they have to do this because of the weather conditions, but they can protect their pitches with covered stadiums. By the way, it was 2-1. İrfan Can scored the first goal and Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored the second goal from the second penalty...

Today the Netherlands played differently. Facing Germany which I think is equally strong, but they did not create any chances. They did not even make a single shot in the first half.
The Netherlands were lucky that Germany's goal scored by Jamie Leweling in the 2nd minute was disallowed by the referee after reviewing the VAR. If not, the situation could have changed.
The second half will start soon and I hope there will be a change in the Netherlands' game.

So far the Iceland game is going on terrible for us.    What is that pitch quality for real? Don't they even care about the grass? It is like a potato field.

We finished the first half 1-0 behind and the second half just started. It was an unlucky early goal. We had so many attempts to equalize after but no result yet...

I hope our players would adapt to the conditions as soon as possible. We beat Iceland 3-1 home. It would be a shame for us if we even lose to them here. I know Iceland are really good at turning these conditions into their advantage but we can still do it!

It seems that France will win today's match. Belgium are playing very well in their home matches. They can do a lot of attacks. But they missed several opportunities. Youri Tielemans failed to score from a penalty chance in the 23rd minute. Belgium failed but France made no mistake. In the 35th minute, Kolo Muani managed to score from the penalty spot. And France is currently leading the match 1-0. It is very difficult for Belgium players to make a comeback in this match. Because France's defense is very strong. France are the most likely to win at the moment unless their players make some big mistakes.

Poland team couldn't not play like winner team and I don't like the performance of Poland cricket team.  Only one attacker could goal in this match and he did gaol at 78 minutes when match was almost close to end and Portugal football team were  dominant at that point and at that time Portugal team was ahead by doing 2 goals . After the goal of Zieliński,  J. Bednarek did last goal of the match and did gaol at 88 minutes.  Three players did goal for his team from Portugal side .  The passes Portugal team were more in number and their passes were 625 and pass accuracy was 91 percent. Six shots were on target and possession percentage was 63 percent.

There is a quite reasonable explanation on why, the stadium and the field seems to be filled with icing, so there is a hard time standing on the field right now, which Turkish people are not really accustomed to whereas Icelandic people are.

Now, if you are much better then you are not going to have any trouble, because if you are much better then you are going to end up winning without trouble, but if you are near each others level which Iceland and Turkey are, then you are going to have hard time. I bet on Iceland to win and I am sure they will come out on top, I know the game is very important for Turkey, but they are not ready to battle it out during this weather and all players will be just wishing for final whistle.

The strength of the team that is indeed evenly distributed for each player makes this also a very good strength for Denmark because it is not only a solid defense but their midfield and attack line still look good and even do not hesitate to help the defense area which makes their game stable every time they play.

Although against Spain which indirectly looks quite a big difference but they do not make it a mental decline instead they do it very solidly even though it cannot be denied that Spain is still too strong but they are from the many opportunities they have and the dominance they do in the end only 1 goal was created in this match.

2 More days we will wait for Denmark's match with Switzerland, which in terms of strength, these two teams are not too different but by looking at the current position, of course Switzerland is not doing well so this will be a good advantage for Denmark even though they act as an away team.

To think that a win at Wembley against the giant Three Lions of England is one of the four wins of Greece in the UEFA Nations League this season is a big reason to consider them as a strong contender for the trophy. They've been nothing short of convincing with their performances which is why I think it'll take a very strong opponents to stop them.

Your choices are very similar to mine and except the first listed game you went for a Slovakia win against Azerbaijan,  it would've been absolutely what I predicted of all the games. It'll be a very interesting and busy evening but I'll be watching the Belgium vs France game while I keep a close eyes on the other fixtures.

I am looking forward to the Belgium vs France match. It is shaping up to be the most competitive and exciting match of the day. Because these two groups are strong enough.

The France team is much ahead in the statistics of the face-to-face match between Belgium and France. Although Belgium is a strong team, their performance against France in the previous matches was not good. In the last 5 head-to-head matches, France won 4 matches and Belgium won only 1 match.

But this match is Belgium's home match. Belgium will definitely try their best to win at home. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Belgium wins, even if France is ahead statistically.

It is interesting the way Greece perform in UEFA Nations League and how they managed to win all their games at the time where big nations like France, Belgium, England, Poland, Netherlands failed in at least one if not several games.

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Austria 5 - 1 Norway. That was a surprising defeat for Norway by a lot of goals and they are sharing the same number of points right now with Austria. In like 23 minutes, Norway conceded four goals in the second half!

1. Azerbaijan  –  Slovakia 
2. Georgia  –  Albania 
3. Italy  –  Israel 
4. Bosnia & Herzegovina  –  Hungary  Draw
5. Iceland  –  Türkiye  Draw
6. Estonia  –  Sweden 
7. Belgium  –  France 
8. Ukraine  –  Czechia  Draw
9. Wales  –  Montenegro 
10. Germany  –  Netherlands 

I've made such choices, let's see how many of them work out.
I think the best match of the day will be the one between Belgium and France. I see a decline in Belgium, while France is a team that manages to win even if they don't play well. Also the match between Germany and the Netherlands is always competitive, but this time Germany seems to be the clear favorite.