The 13 European national teams participating in this year's World Cup (TM) will play their final Nations League matches this week, two months before the tournament begins in Qatar. As for the rest of the continent's teams, with the exception of Russia, the team was suspended for ...
Photo: Canadian Press The 13 European national teams participating in this year's World Cup will play their final matches at the World Cup. Nations League this week, two months before the tournament begins in Qatar. - Next week's Nations League final standings will decide the path some will need to qualify for the 202
European Championships. Elsewhere in Europe, the teams make it to the World Cup. including Brazil, United Nations Nations, Ghana, Japan and Qatar will play the warm-up matches. NATIONAL LEAGUE The Nations League group stage will end with 5
teams playing 53 matches over 7 days. In the 16-team Tournament A, the top team from each of the four groups will qualify for the Final Four tournament. The current leaders are Denmark, Spain, Hungary and the Netherlands. The Final
tournament, scheduled for June 1
-18, will be hosted by the winning team in a group consisting of the Netherlands and Belgium. These two nations will face each other in the deciding match in Group A
on Sunday in the Netherlands. Other highlights include: Portugal v Spain on Tuesday; Denmark vs France on Sunday; and Italy against England on Friday. These last two matches mean relegation. World Cup champions France and England are currently bottom of their table and could be relegated to second place for the next Nations League in 202
. HAALAND, UKRAINE RISING Haaland scored five goals in four games - and Ukraine. Norway, which did not qualify for the World Cup, could win promotion on Tuesday against Serbia. Ukraine has been unable to host matches in international tournaments due to Russia's invasion and now has to play three Nations League matches in seven days to win promotion. Ukraine, which lost in World Cup qualifying and failed to qualify for the tournament in Qatar, begins in Scotland on Wednesday. The team will then head to Armenia on Saturday and finish again against Scotland the following Tuesday. Ukraine will host this match in Krakow, Poland. Russia were dropped from their second tier group by UEFA and were automatically relegated to third for the 202
edition, leaving Israel, Iceland and Albania to play in a group of three for promotion. EURO 202
The draw for the Euro 202
qualifying round in Germany will take place on 9 October in Frankfurt and will be influenced by the Nations League. Next week's four winners from the top group will enter a Euro 202
qualifying group of just five to complete their schedule for the Nations League Finals Round
. The draw for the Euro 202
qualifying round was scheduled to feature 53 teams, excluding the suspended hosts Germany and Russia. The draw is expected to feature seven groups of five teams and three groups of six teams, with the top two teams in each group going on. The 12 teams that have qualified for Euro 202
for the three places of the tournament will be selected based on the Nations League standings. All of the group winners next Tuesday are guaranteed a spot in the knockout round. FRIENDS Europe is home to a host of top international teams playing in their final warm-up before the World Cup. Brazil face Tunisia and Ghana in France, the country where their star winger, Neymar, plays in his Paris Saint-Germain football club. The match of Tunisia on the field of PSG. The Uruguayan players will travel to Austria and Slovakia to face Iran and Canada. The United States will face Japan in Germany on Friday and Saudi Arabia in Spain on Tuesday. World Cup-related teams such as Senegal, Qatar, Morocco and Ecuador also play friendlies in Europe, where many members of the team play their club football. The World Cup squad for the first time takes place within the framework of the traditional European season, leaving the national team coaches not having much time to prepare. Usually, teams have two or three friendlies as part of a lengthy preparation for a tournament. Not now, with most World Cup teams having only a week together before the start of the group stage matches. This international break is essential for coaches to brainstorm and perhaps test the strength of the team. Brazil are testing Pedro - the Flamengo striker, Copa Libertadores' top scorer this season - as a new attacking option. French coach Didier Deschamps will have to dip his hands into his resources after an injury pullback including Hugo Lloris, Lucas Digne and Boubacar Kamara, adding to the absences of star players Paul Pogba, Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kanté. With Jordan Pickford injured, England manager Gareth Southgate will have to try another goalkeeper for the games against Italy and Germany. Indeed, for some players, the crucial Nations League qualification essentially doubles as they attempt to make it to the World Cup teams. ___
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