UEFA Nations League 2018/19

[Realest]

So will qualify for the Eurocup.
Not sure what to think about this tbh.
I guess its after they beat our Neighbours surprisingly.

 

[Himan]

Well firstly, it's only one of 24 teams, so it doesn't matter that much.
Also 4 years ago Albania was of this level and qualified. In 2004 Latvia qualified...They both got points in the group stage in their Euros. The differences between nation 20 and 40 aren't that big. And Kosovo for example is pretty good. One might even qualify the normal way.

 

[Charly]

Personally, the Nations League created a new form of exitement for the UEFA in football especially witnissing who was the best of the best and the worse of the worse

The most impressive I think would be Netherlands especially for the years they have been through recently, to me it seems its the return of the Oranje in European Football but the question which arise here, would they carry out their success in the upcoming qualifications for tournaments

 

[lucian-crusher]

- 3 - 0

- 0 - 1

And we finished 2nd! I am pleased with this as we beat on agg. which is fine!

 

[ShoeFlo]

So will qualify for the Eurocup.
Not sure what to think about this tbh.
I guess its after they beat our Neighbours surprisingly.

actually I think has the worst chances out of those four teams.

looks like the strongest team and theyve actually got some players who have proven theirselves in good European leagues. I think they will qualify

 

[vikis]

Our team is just terrible, we didn't got a single point and finished with -13 goal difference. Likely we will stay in League D for a long time, our football system is just awful, ran by criminals and friends of each other.

 

[Citelis]

For Nations League was a disaster!
Came 3rd in the group with terrible performance. relagated but they managed to win against us!
Hellenic football federation decided to change home stadium, however they cannot decided which one they should select.

Sadly Greek football is extremely corrupted ran by people that should be in prison! Endless violence and corruption in SuperLeague affect our national football team! To understand how violent our football is check what happened before the match between AEK and Ajax for Champions League group stage!

 

[Realest]

Im also wondering what happened with . They played a very Strong EC2012-Quali and a good Tournament where they rightfully beat and and hadd a good match vs .
Also 2014 was very strong (except the Loss vs ). Unfortunately they lost undeservedly vs ::cr... But since then became horrible. In the EC-Quali they were in Pot1 and got the easiest Group with ::ulst and came last and even lost vs twice. And now they came 3rd in a very easy Group..

 

[Citelis]

Im also wondering what happened with . They played a very Strong EC2012-Quali and a good Tournament where they rightfully beat and and hadd a good match vs .
Also 2014 was very strong (except the Loss vs ). Unfortunately they lost undeservedly vs ::cr... But since then became horrible. In the EC-Quali they were in Pot1 and got the easiest Group with ::ulst and came last and even lost vs twice. And now they came 3rd in a very easy Group..

I remember 2014 disaster on qualifications for 2016 Euro. Claudio Ranieri was manager back then! Interesting how for Greece he was an ultimate disaster but he later signed for Leicester City and he managed to make them champions on Premier League!
Sadly the last good manager Greece had was Fernando Santos. After him nothing good came! And national team is becoming worse and worse!

 

[aletem]

I want Macedonia to qualify regularly through the qualifiers. The potential is there and I think there won't be that much pressure this time. Otherwise, the chance is still big as they would be playing home in the play-off match.

The draw is this Sunday and I think this is the best vs the worst outcome for us:
The easy road:
Italy/Poland
Wales/Iceland
Northern Ireland
Lithuania
Macedonia
and whoever from pot 6 (let it be San Marino)

Difficult route:
Spain
Germany
Serbia
Romania
Macedonia

I also don't mind getting England, also Bosnia from pot 2 is fine (same as Denmark) ideally Wales/Iceland, Scotland and Bulgaria from pot 3 are not bad to get and again ideally Northern Ireland, Cyprus or Estonia from pot 4 are also a positive (don't want Georgia if we happen to play them in the play-offs).

 

[EscGeek]

I'll make a prediction before the draw just for fun

Croatia
Sweden
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Moldova
San Marino

btw we have a new coach.. and it's Matjaž Kek again (WC 2010)

 

[Schlagerman1]

After a glorious end of the Nation League (LEAGUE A 20/21 b**ches!) Here is what I think might be the best, worst or what my gut tells me the group would look like for Sweden:

Best:
Poland
Sweden
Finland
Lithuania
Faroe Islands
San Marino

Comment: Out of the top teams, Poland is the one that is some sort of decline, even if they played decently against Italy in UNL. Though I think they would be the best to be up against in a group. Finland may be on the rise, but should be a easy opponent for us. Lithuania might be tricky, but I think they lost hope after being crushed in their UNL group. And Faroe Islands and San Marino should be happy if they score a goal against us.

Worst:
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
Romania
Kosovo
Latvia

Comment: Sure Spain isn't as strong as they have been, but they are still the worst fit for us I think. Their *cough*boring*coughagain* way of playing is gonna trick us for sure. And no, I don't want to be up against Turkey again, it will be two another tough matches, same goes for Romania. Kosovo is the joker, could shock us and grab a point here and there against any team I feel and it would have been nice to rest with a friendly instead of playing for the 2nd place a cold autumn evening in Riga...

Probably:
Croatia
Sweden
Norway
Albania
Moldova
Liechtenstein

Comment: Well it has been a while since we were up against Croatia, but maybe it is time again. We usually struggles against them...but they don't have a superb record against us either, so who knows? Albania and especially Moldova are among the countries we end up against the most often I feel and Liechtenstein almost up there as well. But I put in Norway here, why not have a match for 2nd place against our former coach Lars Lagerbäck again, could be fun?

 

[Realest]

Today the Final4 starts:

My Prediction:

vs 2:1
vs 0:1

3rd Place:

vs 2:1
vs 3:4 a.P.

 

[Gabe]

Today the Final4 starts:

My Prediction:

vs 2:1
vs 0:1

3rd Place:

vs 2:1
vs 3:4 a.P.

England winning a penalty shootout, very optimistic

 

[choda]

Can The Netherlands do "the double" after winning Eurovision?

This will be Amar Pelos Dois vs Arcade

 

[JSSArcos]

We wonnnnn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mrvn]

Still don't know why or if the Nations League is important... but congrats, I guess?

 

[ShoeFlo]

Apparently the UEFA is gonna expand the Nations League top tier from 12 to 16 teams which would save Germany, Poland, Croatia and Iceland from relegating to the second tier.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9991439/germany-saved-relegation-nations-league/

Not sure if all teams are happy about that

.....

 

[Schlagerman1]

Apparently the UEFA is gonna expand the Nations League top tier from 12 to 16 teams which would save Germany, Poland, Croatia and Iceland from relegating to the second tier.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9991439/germany-saved-relegation-nations-league/

Not sure if all teams are happy about that

.....

I never liked the 12 team-format, so I do like it. Though, a qualfication between the 3rd place in League A and 2nds in League B should be more fair (or take the 4 best of those eight countries in the Euro 2020).

 

[Realest]

Uefa should expand to 64 Countries (maybe adding a few northafrican + Ex-Udssr Countries), then we could have 4 Leagues with 4 Groups with each 4 Teams.