| UEFA Nations League | |
| MATCH INFO | |
MATCH :
| Switzerland V/s Serbia
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COMPETITION : | Round 5
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| DATE: | 16-11-2024
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TIME:
| 1:15 AM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Letzigrund
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| Switzerland | Lineup |
Possible XI: Kobel(GK); Rodriguez, Akanji, Widmer; Aebischer, Zakaria, Xhaka, Omeragic; Amdouni, Embolo, Rieder. | |
| Serbia | Lineup |
Possible XI: Rajkovic(GK); Erakovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Nedeljkovic, Ilic, Grujic, Lukic, Birmancevic; Samardzic; Mitrović. | |
Preview: Switzerland Vs Serbia
Rossocrociati have secured just a single point in four group games:
Switzerland will continue their UEFA Nations League campaign and will welcome Serbia to their backyard. They have had a forgetful campaign this time around and will need nothing less than a miracle to get through to the next round. They are yet to win a game this season having lost four of their last five games. The Red Crosses come into this game on the back of a 2-2 draw against Denmark and are placed at the bottom of their group with just one point.
Serbia on the other hand will try to get as many points as possible from their remaining two games and keep their chances of making it to the knockouts alive. The Eagles have already won a game against Rossocrociati and will be keen to complete a double over their opposition come Saturday. With four points in as many games, Serbia find themselves in the third positio.
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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.
