Topic: ⚽UEFA Nations League 2024/2025⚽ - page 29. (Read 8300 times)

Portugal definitely cares about this game, and they have been leaders, will continue to be leaders probably, too many teams played their third games already and I feel as if teams which are good already started to show themselves, this is why we need to  be careful when betting on these games.

I believe we are going to see big clubs still want to win this, even though I agree these games do not mean much for anyone, this still feels like a national pride thing for most teams and they want to win and the big clubs are starting to show how they care about winning. Look at the groups with three games and you will see how they are getting wins and the bad ones are losing. The gap is getting further and the more they play the bigger the gap will become.

Few players missed these games, even stars are coming to play for their teams and there are also players benched at their clubs trying to show why they should be getting minutes as well, definitely good way to show their skill.

Unfortunately it looks very far from an easy game for us as after ~65 minutes and I would say that Scotland looks very dangerous. Attack still doesn't function and what's even worse, in this game our defense isn't any better either, not even Gvardiol is playing on his usual level.

The only good thing is that Matanovic finally scored his first goal and I can understand why Dalic is forcing him, but Budimir is in a very good form and I hope to see him in soon.

The match between Croatia and Scotland has already started but I am looking forward to the match on the 15th. That is, France will fight against strong Belgium on October 15. As France is a very strong team in football, Belgium is also a very strong team, so undoubtedly the match between France and Belgium will be much more exciting. Italy is in the same group as France and Belgium but Italy is far better in terms of points than France and Belgium. Italy's points are seven, while France's points are 6, but Belgium's points are four. That is, Italy has won two matches and drawn one match in the first three matches, while France has won two matches and lost one match, and Belgium has lost one match, drawn one match and won one match.  

As Belgium match against France is very important for Belgium so hope Belgium will perform well against France.

I believe whosoever placed a bet on Greece to win would have cashed out something good that day. I really don't know what's happening to England. Not just me, but it's obvious that so many people that follow football are very concerned as well. We are not even talking about quality players, because they already have that. We are not even talking about squad depth because they already have that. We can't really tell what they are not doing right. Or is that we are just expecting too much from these players, when we know that some of them can't really offer to their country what they give to their clubs. I really don't like to point fingers at players, but foden isn't that good when it comes to playing for England. But when we see him at City, he is completely different. Or is that these players are finding it difficult to play to a different tactics. The thing is quite frustrating, as there are too many questions to be answered. Seeing the quality of stars that comes out from England almost every season, they ought to be competing well in major tournaments and maybe even getting to most finals.

Just imagine, Saka has already traveled back to Emirates after the recent, and we all know how important he is to the team. They will be playing their last game against Finland tomorrow, and I can't even boldly give them the win. This is not the England that we use to know.

It's been many years since these two teams faced each other, although this data is old:



source: https://livescores.biz/h2h/poland-vs-portugal

This is a fact that cannot be ignored. Portugal has a good squad and in the last 2 games, they managed to win and scored at least 2 goals in each game. This is a good thing, especially because they beat Croatia, and Croatia beat Poland in a game in which they scored 1 goal and did not concede a goal. By this I mean that betting on Portugal to win could be a good option. It is true that there is a high risk of a draw. But I believe that Portugal's attack can score at least 2 goals again and win the game. I have not seen any talk of major injuries in Portugal's squad, and I also doubt very much that the Portugal coach will make any major changes. I heard that he called up Francisco Conceição.

My only exposure in European football was through the recent Euro 2024 championship, in which England performed greatly. Apart from that, I've got zero experience in judging how England or any other team performed, because I haven't participated in watching these championships. I don't doubt what you've said, England has a great team, and I also believe that they were a little uncoordinated and could have defended better, preventing the last goal in the last few minutes. Greece on the other hand, got eliminated in the Euro 2024 tournament, thus, this win caught me by surprise.

I'd choose draw than Portugal to win.

There were many upsets happen, top teams aren't that strong anymore except Spain.

From the last five match, Portugal can't score more than 2 goals, this is bad since they're having good attacking players over defensive players. Poland also not a bad team though, their players are played in top 5 leagues.

Before the match I predicted that Turkiye would win the match. But I thought we would watch a match with more goals. Because our defensive players have a lower profile than our attacking players. We have very good offensive players like Arda Güler, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Kenan Yıldız. But our defensive players have been in a decline in terms of performance recently. Merih Demirel is playing in the Arab League. Çağlar Söyüncü can't even play well at Fenerbahçe. Abdülkerim Bardakçı hasn't performed as well this season as he did last season. Ozan Kabak hasn't returned to his old form after injury. For this reason, and because it had better odds, I bet on both teams to score. But I was wrong.

Last night, we were comfortable with controlling the game against Montenegro in fact but there was a serious problem. We just had huge problems on scoring the winning goal.  

I will give Montenegro that about their defending of course. They resisted very well as a team. But I still don't find our performance against them good enough. I wonder when Montella will stop using Barış Alper Yılmaz in the centre-forward position. Why wouldn't you give Bertuğ Yıldırım a chance from the start?


This using Bellingham as a striker thing started with Ancelotti. But he just wanted to do an experiment and saw it wasn't very ideal. I don't know why would Lee Carsley do the same for no reason while he has 2 great options among the substitutes?  

I chose Portugal as the winning team in this fight.
My prediction, Portugal will narrowly win. Choosing Over I don't think it's the right choice.
Both teams can score goals are options that can give us winning for betting.


Greater draw opportunities to occur. And I chose this fight a draw.


Spain win. That's my prediction. Denmark will stop from the two wins that have been obtained in home games. This time Denmark in his away match will lose.

But it is really quite crazy, the class of Hungary can hold a draw that was brought by the Dutch, he was made difficult, even the goal that was first in this match was created by Hungary, I did not expect it like this, but in the end the Dutch can equalize in the second half and that makes me a little calm, and indeed as a whole the Dutch played quite aggressively by mastering the ball almost the entire match, only they could not create a goal at once again other than the equalizing goal in the 83rd minute, maybe we are not easy underestimated the team that could be an underdog but it was crazy in fast time.

I am in line with the players attitude about this tournament, this particular tournament is very much unnecessary for crying out loud these guys ain't robots but humans. The organizers really do care about the incentives they stand to make from it than the players position about the tournament else they would have scrapped it long ago. I recall how Bukayo Saka was forced to leave the pitch due to injury sustain during the match between England and Isreal. Previously it was Odegaard. And all of these leaves players scared for their health that many had to give excuses just to avoid playing in this tournament. Isn't that a sufficient reason to halt the idea about these games for now?

Yes, probably because of Ronaldo who is always motivated and expects the same from his teammates. The quotes at the moment are as follows:

5.20 - 4.10 - 1.61

Still, I think that betting on Portugal is not justified because the odds are too low. Poland is not a weak team, this is a home game for them and as I already wrote, Portugal does not need to play strictly for a win.
In the Spain vs Denmark game, Spain's odds are rated at 1.47 and for me this looks more attractive: home game + Spain is undeniably stronger.

I could place a fortune for Portugal to win their match against Poland today, I just have this confidence in me that Portugal is going to win, Poland is in a very poor foam right now, winning just one n their last five international games, the win even against Scotland in a 2-3 score line. The Poland defense normally conceive every time they play, then imagine them facing the Portuguese venomous attack who haven't failed to score since the beginning of the nations league qualifiers. Portugal is definitely winning this one today, I hope Ronald also get to add to his tally today.

The Spain vs Denmark will be an interesting match to watch, the Spanish team will be missing some key players due to injury the likes of Dani carvajal and Rodri. These are players with alot of quality who most times dictate the Spanish style of Play, let hope the the Denmark team doesn't take advantage of the missing players and exploit them. Though if I'm to pick a bet here it going to be Denmark to score.

As for the Serbia vs Switzerland I can't say much about this match because these are teams that are almost at the same level so it going to be a hard to pick who the winner is going to be but I rather stake my bet on both team to score.

They are the clear favorites of their group and publicly say that they want to win this competition, while Croatia just wants to stay in the strongest group without any pressure to try to win this competition again. Today, Croatia is playing at home against Scotland, which is (allegedly) in big trouble with injured players (as many as 12 of them). Therefore, Luka Modric will not be the oldest player on the field, because the Scottish goalkeeper is 41.

It seems like an easy victory for Croatia, although the Scots can sometimes be a tough nut to crack, they showed it in the last game against Portugal. The question is whether Croatia will finally start functioning in attack or whether they will continue to score a maximum of 2 goals per game.

Portugal always play seriously in any competition. If they are able to get 3 points in this match, they will be more comfortable in the standings and in the next match they can rest some of their main players to provide physical fitness.
It is not wrong to take Portugal to win on a bet in normal time or what we know as a 1x2 bet.
I am hesitant about betting on the Spain vs Denmark match. A draw is the most likely scenario to happen.

These three matches have potentials of three points by the big teams; Portugal to win away from to keep their winning streak, Switzerland to also win away from home, while Spain to win at home. Adding other games to this can be very risky even though these once are not guarantee, but if everything go as expected, these teams are suppose to win their games.

Denmark vs Spain game will be a tough match, a battle of first and second position in their group because Denmark already has six points as they won their first two matches; while Switzerland will battle for a way of getting there first three points because they lost their first two matches, so they will try their best to win their match against Serbia.

I also thought that betting on Portugal made sense, but: despite Portugal's serious approach to the matter, this is the League of Nations. Portugal is already comfortably leading and today they only need to play a draw (to win in the return game), so in my opinion the risk is not worth the profit. And if you make a reliable bet on Portugal double chance, the odds will be negligible.

Poland vs Portugal
Serbia vs Switzerland
Spain vs Denmark

Three match options ready to be bet on. I think if the three matches meet the odds to be bet on, then I will not add another match to chase bigger odds.
Portugal wants to continue their winning record. If they win over Poland, then they in the group continue their 3 wins in 3 matches.
Serbia wants 3 points to anticipate Spain losing to Denmark. Playing in Spain does not necessarily mean Denmark can get points.

The worst thing is how the players treat the Nations League, this tournament was not the most important before, and now the players openly say that they do not want to play for the national team in this tournament. I can understand why this is happening, we are already seeing how some players are starting to get injured, perhaps because of the very busy schedule. And those who do not refuse to play clearly do not want to strain themselves too much in such games, and watching such games is also not fun.