No World Cup until November. The 2021-22 season officially ended. The transfer window slowly reopened with little action in the first few days. So who are we gonna turn to in the lack of events?Obviously, to the UEFA Nations League – a recently established competition whose purpose and location in the football hierarchy are yet to be thoroughly found.10 – 10 of the last 15 matches between #Spain 🇪🇸 and #Portugal 🇵🇹 in all competitions have ended in a draw and three of the last four, without goals. Blockade.#UEFANationsLeague pic.twitter.com/vOqhFsKOE0— OptaJose (@OptaJose) June 2, 2022 Still, when you see greats like Spain and Portugal meet in the Group A2 opening game of this Nations League campaign, you can not say there’s nothing to be excited about. Especially considering the fact both sides will put on a spectacle as their top stars will feature since the game is an excellent prelude for the upcoming WC.Fun fact: Serbia hosts Erling Haaland & Norway in 2 days! Hopefully it’s a good crowd, they’ve earned it 🇷🇸 pic.twitter.com/KwA0w9ah4A— Serbian Football (@SerbianFooty) May 31, 2022 Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota, Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes on one side.Azpilicueta, Thiago Alcantara, Gavi and Morata on the other.The audience at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville will probably enjoy a rising tide that lifts all boats.Serbia have beaten Norway in their Euro 2020 play-off which means we won’t be seeing Erling Haaland compete in the euros next summer…😢 pic.twitter.com/C15MCC3rFU— 90min (@90min_Football) October 8, 2020 In the other games of the night – and there are plenty of them on the list – Serbia will host Erling Haaland’s Norway in the most exciting fixture of the Group B4. Odegaard and Haaland on one, and Mitrovic and Tadic on the other side. Just like in that Spain vs Portugal match, plenty of big names promise nothing less than a handful of goals on both ends to kickstart the competition that provides the teams with a much easier path to reaching both the Euros and the World Cups.UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE WednesdayPoland – Wales 2-1 (0-0)/Kaminski 72, Swiderski 85 – Williams 52/Thursday19.00: (3.80) Cyprus (3.10) Kosovo (2.21)19.00: (2.90) Bulgaria (2.85) Macedonia (2.86)19.00: (1.11) Estonia (11.0) San Marino (28.0)19.00: (1.11) Georgia (11.0) Gibraltar (28.0)21.45: (3.30) Czech R. (3.15) Switzerland (2.50)21.45: (2.30) Spain (3.25) Portugal (3.60)21.45: (3.25) Slovenia (3.10) Sweden (2.40)21.45: (1.96) Israel (3.45) Iceland (4.10)21.45: (2.35) Serbia (3.15) Norway (3.30)21.45: (3.30) N.Ireland (2.95) Greece (2.50)Friday17.00: (2.60) Kazakhstan (2.95) Azerbaijan (3.00)19.00: (1.50) Latvia (3.90) Andorra (7.75)21.45: (5.50) Liechtenstein (3.50) Moldova (1.70)21.45: (5.40) Belarus (3.60) Slovakia (1.70)21.45: (2.20) Croatia (3.30) Austria (3.70)21.45: (2.35) Belgium (3.40) Netherlands (3.25)21.45: (1.75) France (3.60) Denmark (5.60)
