| UEFA Nations League | |
| MATCH INFO | |
MATCH :
| France V/s Israel
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COMPETITION : | Round 5
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| DATE: | 15-11-2024
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TIME:
| 1:15 AM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Athens Olympic Stadium
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| France | Lineup |
Possible XI: Maignan (GK); Kounde, Saliba, Konate, Digne; Guendouzi, Camavinga, Kone; Dembele, Kolo Muani, Thuram. | |
| Israel | Lineup |
Possible XI: Gerafi (GK); Feingold, Dasa, Nachmias; Abada, Abu Fani, Kanichowsky, Haziza; Peretz, Baribo, Solomon. | |
Preview: France Vs Israel
The visitors are yet to score a point in group A2:
France will continue their UEFA Nations League campaign and will host bottom-placed Israel in their fifth group stage fixture. Les Blues have bounced back in time after their defeat to Italy in their opening fixture. Didier Deschamps’ men have won all of their last three fixtures, including a statement 1-4 win against Israel in the reverse fixture. They are placed second on the table with nine points from four games.
Israel on the contrary have had a tough time in the tournament so far. They have struggled to cope with the pace and intensity of their European counterparts and have lost all of their games. The Skyblue and Whites have conceded 13 goals, the highest by any team across the competition. They have hardly kicked the ball and will need to do something out of the box to even pull off a point against France.
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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.
