| UEFA Nations League | |
| MATCH INFO | |
MATCH :
| Italy V/s Israel
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COMPETITION : | Round 4
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| DATE: | 15-10-2024
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TIME:
| 12:15 AM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Bluenergy Stadium
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| Italy | Lineup |
Possible XI: Donnarumma(GK); Calafiori, Bastoni, Di Lorenzo; Dimarco, Tonali, Ricci, Frattesi, Cambiaso; Fagioli; Retegui. | |
| Israel | Lineup |
Possible XI: Glazer(GK); Feingold, Nachmias, Baltaxa; Abada, Jaber, Fani, Haziza; Gandelman, Gloukh; Baribo. | |
Preview: Italy Vs Israel
Gli Azzurri will look to get three points when they face the Skyblue and Whites:
Italy and Israel will lock horns with each other in the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League next week. Gli Azzurri are top of Group A2 thanks to two wins and a draw from three matches. Italy picked up a 3-1 win over France before their victory against Israel. The Azzurri drew 2-2 with Belgium earlier this week. They are undefeated against Israel and will look to keep this record intact when they face each other in the next few days.
Ran Ben Shimon’s side are struggling in the Nations League at the moment. Israel are at the bottom of the table with no points from three matches. They are four points behind Belgium, six points behind France and seven points behind their upcoming opponents. In their last match, they got humiliated by France which they lost 4-1. The away team will have to give their best if they want to get something positive from the upcoming match.
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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.
