| UEFA Nations League | |
| MATCH INFO | |
MATCH :
| Scotland V/s Portugal
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COMPETITION : | Round 4
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| DATE: | 16-10-2024
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TIME:
| 12:15 AM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Hampden Park
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| Scotland | Lineup |
Possible XI: Gordon(GK); Ralston, Souttar, Hanley, Robertson; Gilmour, McLean; Doak, McTominay, Christie; Dykes. | |
| Portugal | Lineup |
Possible XI: Costa(GK); Dalot, Dias, Veiga, Mendes; Neves, Silva; Neto, Fernandes, Leao; Ronaldo. | |
Preview: Scotland Vs Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo will once again be looking to get on the scoresheet in this match:
We have turned a corner and entered the final half of the Nations League A group stage. Scotland will lock horns against Portugal at the Hampden Park on Tuesday night. After the third round of the group stage Scotland are placed at the bottom with zero points on the board. They were full of optimism before the Nations League started, but it’s been miserable for Scotland. Three matches brought three defeats and it’s all about minimizing damages from now on.
Portugal travel to their fourth match in the Nations League A group on a complete high after winning their first three encounters. A fourth straight win, and they will qualify for the next stage already wrapped up. A Seleção also have a good record against Scotland and they will be confident going into this fixture. Scotland will have to give their all to get something positive from this fixture. This will be a mouthwatering clash for sure.
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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.
