| UEFA Nations League | |
| MATCH INFO | |
MATCH :
| Spain V/s Serbia
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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:
| Estadio Nuevo Arcángel
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| Spain | Lineup |
Possible XI: Raya(GK); Porro, Laporte, Vivian, Grimaldo; Zubimendi, Ruiz; Álex Baena, Pedri, Oyarzabal; Morata. | |
| Serbia | Lineup |
Possible XI: Rajkovic(GK); Pavlovic, Milenkovic, Erakovic; Birmancevic, Grujic, Maksimovic, Nedeljkovic; Lukic, Samardzic; Mitrovic. | |
Preview: Spain Vs Serbia
The Euro 2024 champions will look to continue their good form:
Spain’s search to become the first nation to successfully defend the UEFA Nations League continues when they host Serbia on Tuesday night. La Roja have taken seven points from three games of the group stage so far, while Serbia have four points from three games. Spain are defending European champions, and they have the form of winners. La Roja are unbeaten in the past 12 games. They will miss some key players due to injury in the upcoming fixture, but still, they have enough quality players who can make the difference.
Serbia have struggled in competitive matches played outside their home nation of late. They will be happy after a win over Switzerland as they won the game by 2-0. They have players who can make things difficult for the home team. Considering their record away from home they will have to give their best to get a good result. This will be an exciting contest 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.
