I only see both teams playing a boring football at halftime maybe in the second half it will be more entertaining.
The second half will be more entertaining of course but the first half was not boring because both teams were able to score a goal and ended the first half on a 1-1 draw. France scored very early in the game within the very first minute and Italy were able to equalize and even looked more threatening to the extent that to me looked like they should have won the first half even though they scored them a goal very early in the game. The second half will be more competitive because both teams playing are two very confident teams, who will like to finish this game with all points. 
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Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in the last match against Croatia suggests that he should play until the 2026 World Cup. He is still trying to play his best for the team and he played his best in the last match and we all know the result.
Yes, that's a nice suggestion, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to see Cristiano Ronaldo follow the footsteps of Zlatan Ibrahimovic to retire at 41yrs, as he is still been celebrated as the G.O.A.T (i.e Greatest Of All Time). Because I just made a little research and got to know that Cristiano Ronaldo is 39yrs old this year, of which in the next two years, which is 2026, he is likely to be 41yrs old, whereby if he happens to play this World Cup and either win or not, it will be a remarkable event, and track record just as other players such as Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo and Zidane were known to retired at age 37yrs in their football career. Hence, if Cristiano Ronaldo could follow Zlatan Ibrahimovic footstep of retiring at age 41yrs, it will create another legacy and thread for upcoming players.
I believe people will always choose France over Italy in this game to be played tonight and it may disappoint gamblers who tip France to win, the bookie has a way of using odds to make us go for the wrong team but I believe this game might end in a draw since is the first leg of qualification between both countries, going for a both team to score is fine but talking about who'll dominate in this encounter, I only see both teams playing a boring football at halftime maybe in the second half it will be more entertaining. France still have to work on the team not to always base one side or a particular player because it reduces their force while attacking and a natural number 9 need to be on the field of play not Mbappe, that will help the game flow easily.
France have been matching Italy for so long almost getting to two decades since 2006 World Cup final when they finished draw and Italy succeeded with penalties to win 2006 World Cup, since then they have been battling with France to even get a draw but it's has never been possible, my question is that can this match bring the change for Italy to end the longest unbeaten record of France against them? France are full equipped with most of the talented players that are well-known all over the world with their incredible performance. This match will look interesting what do you think? 
Cristiano Ronaldo is a true definition of a legend. He is always doing the right thing at the right time and his age is not more a restriction towards achieving another milestone by him. He always like creating records despite knowing that he is old, but he wanted to keep accumulating more records in goal scoring and contributions to his country.
He has proven to the world that age is just a number and one can still accomplish alot no matter the age. A big congratulations to CR7 for reaching 900 career goals and i hope he gets another 100 more to reach 1000 goals before his retirement. It is not easy to keep playing at this age and with the way he is playing i think we might still see him play for one or more seasons. He has led the team to win some trophies and he is one of the oldest player in the Portuguese squad and he will keep playing until he is able to play in the next coming World Cup.
Even though the Era of Messi and Ronaldo has ended, Ronaldo is still strong to keep given goal
Contributions both in his national team and his club side.
He is an idol to a lot of players and his experience is helpful in the Portugal squad, others will learn a lot from him and i know he will keep scoring goals until his retirement. You’re right we have past the era of Ronaldo and Messi but it seems Ronaldo can’t stop scoring goals, he scores for club and country like he is in his youthful age. Even though the Era of Messi and Ronaldo has ended, Ronaldo is still strong to keep given goal
Contributions both in his national team and his club side.
Main game tonight is obviously France - Italy. Don't know, I'm surprised or not that bookmakers are giving such low odds for France win. Yeah, they're great, but Italy is criminally underrated IMO.
I was checking the odds of the games to try and find something interesting and I also found the odds incredibly low for France to win
Italy aren't in a good moment, but they're that team you can never underestimate, I'd say they're like Brazil at the moment
I consider the instability to be so considerable that both teams could win a World Cup (for example the 2026 World Cup), and I wouldn't be surprised, but at the moment they're both in a bad phase.
The odds for France to win are 1.59
Perhaps it would be worth waiting for the game to come in about 20 minutes to try 1.80...
Austria's win is at 1.93, so it might be a good bet
The match currently taking place is the Kazakhstan vs Norway match. I'm actually not sure which team to favor in this match but I decided to choose Norway. because I'm sure Haaland will be able to score a goal in this match.
And I predict a score of 1-2 for this match.
Another match today that I think will be quite easy to predict is the Belgium vs Israel match. I am sure that this time Belgium will play very well in the Nations League compared to Euro 2024. I hope that Lukaku, De Bruyne and the other star players in Belgium can prove that they can perform well.
And I predict a score of 1-2 for this match.
Another match today that I think will be quite easy to predict is the Belgium vs Israel match. I am sure that this time Belgium will play very well in the Nations League compared to Euro 2024. I hope that Lukaku, De Bruyne and the other star players in Belgium can prove that they can perform well.
At first I was also sure that Norway would win, I even bet on Norway winning in the first half but unfortunately until the last minute there was no goal. Norway was able to control the match with 19 shot attempts but the accuracy is very bad, out of 19 shots only 2 were on target obviously that's really bad. Yeah, it must be admitted that international matches are a bit boring and usually ends with low goals but honestly i really don't think it's goalless.
In the next match Norway will face Austria and it should be a good time for Norway to collect points because they are playing at home but Austria is not an easy opponent they can beat strong teams if we look at their match history in several tournaments so that means even though we favor the home team, we don't need to be too confident because something unexpected could happen like today's match.
I believe people will always choose France over Italy in this game to be played tonight and it may disappoint gamblers who tip France to win, the bookie has a way of using odds to make us go for the wrong team but I believe this game might end in a draw since is the first leg of qualification between both countries, going for a both team to score is fine but talking about who'll dominate in this encounter, I only see both teams playing a boring football at halftime maybe in the second half it will be more entertaining. France still have to work on the team not to always base one side or a particular player because it reduces their force while attacking and a natural number 9 need to be on the field of play not Mbappe, that will help the game flow easily.
Main game tonight is obviously France - Italy. Don't know, I'm surprised or not that bookmakers are giving such low odds for France win. Yeah, they're great, but Italy is criminally underrated IMO.
France vs Italy is definitely the match of the night, but we'll be watching Wales game.
I wonder what Türkiye will do against Wales. Craig Bellamy spoke ambitiously before the match. But Türkiye's new squad selection looks very good and balanced. It remains to be seen how the team will react after the Euro 24. In the Nations League we need to qualify for League A. We are the better team against Iceland, Montenegro and Wales. Of course, being better doesn't mean anything unless it's reflected in the score. I expect a win today in a difficult away game. I don't think Türkiye will play for a draw. If you can have a flashback and the revisit the list of the best football nations in the world, you will understand that many countries are much and far better than Italy as at today. I did not actually expect any kind of wonders tonight, whether they take the National League competition seriously or not France is going to beat Italy tonight.
Main game tonight is obviously France - Italy. Don't know, I'm surprised or not that bookmakers are giving such low odds for France win. Yeah, they're great, but Italy is criminally underrated IMO.
France vs Italy is definitely the match of the night, but we'll be watching Wales game.
I wonder what Türkiye will do against Wales. Craig Bellamy spoke ambitiously before the match. But Türkiye's new squad selection looks very good and balanced. It remains to be seen how the team will react after the Euro 24. In the Nations League we need to qualify for League A. We are the better team against Iceland, Montenegro and Wales. Of course, being better doesn't mean anything unless it's reflected in the score. I expect a win today in a difficult away game. I don't think Türkiye will play for a draw. 
Main game tonight is obviously France - Italy. Don't know, I'm surprised or not that bookmakers are giving such low odds for France win. Yeah, they're great, but Italy is criminally underrated IMO.
? Fun fact that before it they had just one win in total, 20 years ago against same Liechtenstein.
San Marino won an official match for the first time in its history. San Marino beat Liechtenstein 1-0 tonight.
This win is a huge win for the guys because they have never experienced this feeling before. They celebrated as if they were champions.
I already said that Nations League is great opportunity for small teams to get some rare wins. But when I said it, didn't thought that San Marino will reach win. Happy for them, maybe day of match where they got win should be announced as National Holiday This win is a huge win for the guys because they have never experienced this feeling before. They celebrated as if they were champions.
? Fun fact that before it they had just one win in total, 20 years ago against same Liechtenstein. 
Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 and Ronaldo was instrumental in the match. Ronaldo completed the 900th goal of his football career by scoring in this match. We often question his performance but we forget that he is the best player of all time and he is the Greatest of All Time (GOAT). Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in the last match against Croatia suggests that he should play until the 2026 World Cup. He is still trying to play his best for the team and he played his best in the last match and we all know the result. Best of luck to Ronaldo and his team Portugal and hope the next journey in this tournament will be better.
Portugal won and the spotlight is on Ronaldo, who scored a goal and thus has 900 goals in his career. I understand that Ronaldo is a great player that Portugal will hardly have again. He made Portugal's name more popular. He is a player who is followed a lot on social media and from what I'm seeing, in recent years Portugal has been turning him into a hero. Yesterday they played and Ronaldo was the center of attention. but that's an exaggeration:
Cristiano: “Portugal winning Euros is equivalent to winning a World Cup”.
“I've already won two trophies for Portugal that I really wanted. I'm not motivated by that”.
“I'm motivated by enjoying football and the records come naturally”.
source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1831801261798330715
The World Cup is much more difficult than the Euro because there are many teams from different continents, so winning the Euro is not the same as winning the World Cup. I think Ronaldo and Portugal need to work hard if they want to win the next World Cup, they have a very strong squad, at the moment in this competition I don't see them having any difficulty, these teams:
They are not very strong, Poland could give a bit of a headache, but I see Portugal managing to win
Cristiano: “Portugal winning Euros is equivalent to winning a World Cup”.
“I've already won two trophies for Portugal that I really wanted. I'm not motivated by that”.
“I'm motivated by enjoying football and the records come naturally”.
source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1831801261798330715
The World Cup is much more difficult than the Euro because there are many teams from different continents, so winning the Euro is not the same as winning the World Cup. I think Ronaldo and Portugal need to work hard if they want to win the next World Cup, they have a very strong squad, at the moment in this competition I don't see them having any difficulty, these teams:
They are not very strong, Poland could give a bit of a headache, but I see Portugal managing to win
I love the format of this tournament. It could be less attractive to people that enjoys short knockouts but it really do determine the European champions, more so than Euro Cup.
The teams play league instead of knockouts and the knockout games too are 2 legged with home and away. This decrease the luck factor.
The European champion Spain played a draw with Serbia. As the Spanish coach suggested, there are many matches to come where Spain would show why they are the champions.
Other matches turned out to be as expected and Ronaldo from Portugal achieved a record of 900 individual goals.
The teams play league instead of knockouts and the knockout games too are 2 legged with home and away. This decrease the luck factor.
The European champion Spain played a draw with Serbia. As the Spanish coach suggested, there are many matches to come where Spain would show why they are the champions.
Other matches turned out to be as expected and Ronaldo from Portugal achieved a record of 900 individual goals.
Yeah, the Legendary Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 900th career goals last night yesterday in the group stage match in the tournament against a good Croatian side, this simply shows that this man is hard worker, a man with a mindset that nothing is impossible to achieve. I have always admire Ronaldo, he never gives up and he has been my idol. We all knew he had a bad tournament in the Euros but I know this man has redefined himself and I can say for sure he his going to have a good tournament this time around and of course scoring more goals too.
This Portugal team looks more precise and direct this time around, generally they are going to have a good tournament, already they’ve won their first match and that will give them more edge to qualify and to play at more ease. To me I will say they are among the favorites to win the UEFA Nations League
Finally Cristiano Ronaldo reach the fantastic record after success scoring 900th goals in his career due his one goal against Croatia on UEFA Nation League group phase. Unstoppable how Cristiano Ronaldo keep scoring goals not only for club but also he got consistent scoring for national teams indeed he was over 39 years old. This Portugal team looks more precise and direct this time around, generally they are going to have a good tournament, already they’ve won their first match and that will give them more edge to qualify and to play at more ease. To me I will say they are among the favorites to win the UEFA Nations League
I think very difficult looking for top players get consistent performance for his national team and club by scoring goals every matches exactly Ronaldo have reach 39 years old with other players have retired or playing for mediocre teams.
Have opportunity for Cristiano Ronaldo scoring above 900 goals or reach until 1000 goals in his career because keep consistent performance for Al Nassr and he still not have ideas for retiring awhile around two until three season later. Upcoming match on UEFA Nation League, Portugal will face Scotland and waiting with Cristiano Ronaldo contribution will score another goals and make himself close reach 1000 goals before retired?
And I predict a score of 1-2 for this match.
Another match today that I think will be quite easy to predict is the Belgium vs Israel match. I am sure that this time Belgium will play very well in the Nations League compared to Euro 2024. I hope that Lukaku, De Bruyne and the other star players in Belgium can prove that they can perform well.
Ronaldo continues to play football at full throttle.
I think this man will break records, such as the oldest player to play in the national team and score a goal, and leave the goal of a record that will be difficult to break to the football player who will come after him.
The European Championship has passed, the man is still playing in the national team and scoring goals.
Even though the European Championship was bad for him, he still did not say that the national team was over for me. If he continues like this, he will play until he is 45. Unless he experiences negativities such as injury problems.
The man is a true living example and a very good professional.
I will congratulate him and continue to watch carefully.
I think this man will break records, such as the oldest player to play in the national team and score a goal, and leave the goal of a record that will be difficult to break to the football player who will come after him.
The European Championship has passed, the man is still playing in the national team and scoring goals.
Even though the European Championship was bad for him, he still did not say that the national team was over for me. If he continues like this, he will play until he is 45. Unless he experiences negativities such as injury problems.
The man is a true living example and a very good professional.
I will congratulate him and continue to watch carefully.
Yeah, the Legendary Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 900th career goals last night yesterday in the group stage match in the tournament against a good Croatian side, this simply shows that this man is hard worker, a man with a mindset that nothing is impossible to achieve. I have always admire Ronaldo, he never gives up and he has been my idol. We all knew he had a bad tournament in the Euros but I know this man has redefined himself and I can say for sure he his going to have a good tournament this time around and of course scoring more goals too.
This Portugal team looks more precise and direct this time around, generally they are going to have a good tournament, already they’ve won their first match and that will give them more edge to qualify and to play at more ease. To me I will say they are among the favorites to win the UEFA Nations League
Well, our expectations came true, Portugal managed to beat Croatia with a score of Portugal 2 - 1 Croatia, no Croatian players scored because all three goals were scored by Portuguese players. This match was also not what i expected, i think that Portugal should be able to win by a large margin, for example 3 - 1 or 4 - 2 considering that Croatia has high attacking potential.
All the goals scored by Portugal also looked quite beautiful in that match. Which shows that Croatia is indeed at a fairly low level at the moment. Because I think their defense is quite easy to penetrate. Diogo Dalot scored a beautiful goal against Croatia in the 7th minute but this player also scored a beautiful own goal against Portugal. 
But I have to admit that this match was quite an exciting match. Because Croatia also put up quite fierce resistance. It's just that they don't have their sharpness back yet. It seems that as Modric gets older we also see a decline in the Croatian national team. But what makes me happy about this match is because Cristiano Ronaldo scored another goal. And I was amazed by the assist from that goal which really went to the right area and Cristiano Ronaldo used it very well. The result of the match 2-1 is quite good.
Belgium can win easily against Israel. I have no doubt that Belgium will win in this match.
Kevin De Bruyne will be the player who is ready to provide service to Openda and Doku in breaking down the Israeli defense.
Indeed in football matches the calculations are not like that because it is possible for a team that we don't rely on to beat our mainstay team. But for this match, Belgium will still be able to beat Israel.
-snip-Kevin De Bruyne will be the player who is ready to provide service to Openda and Doku in breaking down the Israeli defense.
Indeed in football matches the calculations are not like that because it is possible for a team that we don't rely on to beat our mainstay team. But for this match, Belgium will still be able to beat Israel.
Doku is another player that can cause problems for the Israeli side, and we have seen the way he performs for City creating chances for other players who have a clear opportunity to get a goal and the main man has a better opportunity to score goal(s) in tonight's game, talking about Lukaku or whoever is going to be in the attack.
The thing I would be disappointed with if Belgium got anything other than a win.
With Doku's fast game as practiced at Manchester City, there is no way the Israeli defense can relax.
Belgium international team is another I'd love to see how good they are, after last time they played in the Euros I never expected them to be eliminated that quick but tonight's game is another chapter. Israel a new opponent to test their strength and I believe that Belgium has every tools to demolish the Israel national team, they can't withstand the pressure of Lukaku and his colleagues in the attacking department even the midfield general KDB, the Israel side can only defend but they can't do it for very long before they break their defense. The game is going to be a one sided affair which I expect to see more than 3 goals in this game.
Belgium can win easily against Israel. I have no doubt that Belgium will win in this match.Kevin De Bruyne will be the player who is ready to provide service to Openda and Doku in breaking down the Israeli defense.
Indeed in football matches the calculations are not like that because it is possible for a team that we don't rely on to beat our mainstay team. But for this match, Belgium will still be able to beat Israel.
The Turkish National Team will play away against Wales tomorrow. Even though Türkiye seems like the favorite on paper, Wales is a very difficult away game.
A team with a system and its own school.
Even though Türkiye did very well in the European Championship, I think it will lose points tomorrow.
Even a Wales win can be tried in surprise coupons.
Well said, the only people who can say what u just said are people who are very good in gambling, this wales team is a very difficult team to play, they build very good low Blocks at the back and play a very good counter attack immediately they win the ball, they have fast players upfront and they can do damage to you at anytime, tho the Turkish team is a very good team, they are very good with the ball and they are some good individuals who can cook up anything on there own. A team with a system and its own school.
Even though Türkiye did very well in the European Championship, I think it will lose points tomorrow.
Even a Wales win can be tried in surprise coupons.
I have played wales to win in a single different ticket, then on my main ticket I played it over2.5, sometimes upset like this could surprise you. Above everything it going to be a very interesting match to watch and I’m really looking forward to it.
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