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MATCH :
| Norway V/s Kazakhstan
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COMPETITION : | Round 6
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| DATE: | 17-11-2024
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TIME:
| 10:30 PM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Ullevaal Stadion
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| Norway | Lineup |
Possible XI: Selvik; Pedersen, Ostigard, Heggem, Ryerson; Donnum, Berge, Johnsen; Sorloth, Haaland, Nusa. | |
| Kazakhstan | Lineup |
Possible XI: Pokatilov; Astanov, Kasym, Darabayev, Zhumakhanov, Vorogovskiy; Islamkhan, Zaynutdinov, Tagybergen, Samorodov; Aymbetov. | |
Preview: Norway Vs Kazakhstan
Norway welcome already-relegated Kazakhstan to Oslo on the final matchday of the UEFA Nations League on Sunday evening:
Norway's brilliant 4-1 win away in Slovenia on Thursday means they are guaranteed to finish above Matjaz Kek's side regardless of what happens on matchday six.
That means a top-two place is guaranteed, but first place will be the aim, and Stale Solbakken's men are currently level on points with Austria.
However, the 5-1 defeat they suffered in Austria last month means the current group leaders have the edge on head-to-head.
What is peculiar though is that no matter what happens here in Oslo, if Austria lose to Slovenia, Norway will win the group, because if all three teams finish on 10 points, their overall three-team head-to-head record will be superior.
After three straight campaigns in League B, promotion will be the target, and with the players at Solbakken's disposal, the Norwegian supporters will believe they are capable.
The big win in Slovenia rounded off a hectic set of away results for Norway in this group, as they also lost heavily in Austria, and were the only side to drop points to Kazakhstan.
At home though, Norway have been impressive, beating their two promotion rivals, but the inconsistency of results across all venues is exactly the reason why they continue to miss out on major tournaments.
Solbakken has not been a popular figure in recent years, and it is unclear whether he will guide the team in 2026 World Cup qualifying next year, but one thing is for sure and it is that fans are becoming impatient.
Any neutrals watching on here will hope for a tad more entertainment than what was produced in the reverse fixture - a 0-0 draw in Almaty where Norway managed just one shot on target and Kazakhstan's xG was below 0.1..
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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.
