| UEFA Nations League | |
| MATCH INFO | |
MATCH :
| Italy V/s Belgium
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COMPETITION : | Round 3
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| DATE: | 11-10-2024
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TIME:
| 12:15 AM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Stadio Olimpico
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| Italy | Lineup |
Possible XI: Donnarumma (GK); Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori; Dimarco, Ricci, Tonali, Frattesi, Bellanova; Pellegrini; Retegui. | |
| Belgium | Lineup |
Possible XI: Sels (GK); Castage, Faes, Theate, Debast; Tielemans, Onana; Doku, Trossard, Lukebakio; Openda. | |
Preview: Italy Vs Belgium
Gli Azzurri have a perfect win record in their group:
2020 European champions Italy will return to action for their next UEFA Nations League tie against Belgium. It will be Italy’s first assignment of the October break and they will want to make it count. Gli Azzurri have had a dream start to their campaign.
They find themselves at the top of the table with two wins in two games. It includes a 2-1 win over Israel in their last outing.
Belgium on the other hand have won just one of their two games in the championship. They started their campaign with a 3-1 win over Israel before facing a 2-0 defeat to France in their last game. The Red Devils are currently placed third in their group with three points in hand. They will need nothing less than three points to move up the points table.
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About UEFA Nations League:
History
The UEFA Nations League is a international football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body.
The first tournament began in September 2018. The four group winners from League A qualified for the finals, played in Portugal in June 2019. The competition replaces the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar, with European national teams engaging in more frequent competitive matches against other European national teams of comparable level.
Since 1999, various UEFA bodies had discussed national associations' needs for more competitive fixtures, including more attractive international friendlies, more competitive matches and increased revenue. In 2001, UEFA proposed three potential formats for a new national team competition, with a first edition tentatively planned for 2004–2007. However, this ultimately did not come to fruition.
In October 2013, Norwegian Football Association President Yngve Hallén confirmed that talks had been held to create a third full national-team international tournament for UEFA members in addition to the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship.
The concept of the UEFA Nations League would see all of UEFA's member associations' national teams divided into a series of groups based upon a ranking formulated using their recent results, where they would be promoted and relegated to other groups according to their results within the group. The proposed tournament would take place on dates on the FIFA International Match Calendar that were previously allocated for international friendlies and would not affect the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship.
In March 2014, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino stated that one of the benefits of the proposal would be to help "less glamorous" national associations arrange games.
The Royal Belgian Football Association's general secretary, Steven Martens, said that lower-ranked nations would still benefit financially from the competition, as the television contract with UEFA would be centralised. The UEFA Nations League was unanimously adopted by the 54 UEFA member associations at the XXXVIII Ordinary UEFA Congress in Astana on 27 March 2014.
