UEFA Nations League Match Results
Good morning everyone, the UEFA Nations League match is rolling back, there are a number of matches that we want to review. Read in full until this article ends
England Vs Denmark 0-1
Playing with 10 players since the first half after Harry Maguire was red carded, England lost to Denmark 0-1. The single goal was born from Christian Eriksen's penalty. England host Denmark at Wembley in the UEFA Nations League League A Group 2. Team Three Lions try their luck with Marcus Rashford's long-range shot in the 15th minute. However, the ball was still right in the direction of Kasper Schmeichel's embrace. England appeared so dominant until the middle of the first half. When he was in full control of the match, disaster approached England in the 32nd minute. They have to play with 10 players after Harry Maguire's second yellow card. He made a very hard tackle on Kasper Dolberg. The superior number of players is put to good use by Denmark. In the 34th minute, the visitors were awarded a penalty after Thomas Daleney was fouled by Kyle Walker. Christian Eriksen, who came forward as executor, did his job well. Denmark leads 1-0. This score lasts until the first half ends. In the second half, England still had difficulty developing the game because they lost in the number of players. Difficult to penetrate the Danish defense from open play, England tried to threaten from set pieces. In the 66th minute, the hosts' corner almost leads to a goal. The ball sent by Kalvin Phillips which was headed by Declan Rice, Mason Mount tried to pass. Mount jumped and headed the ball in front of the Danish goal. Facing this threat, Schmeichel performed brilliantly by flying off the ball. Schmeichel thwarted England's chance again from set pieces in the 77th minute. This time he was able to reduce James's free kick. England's attempt to score an equalizer was fruitless until the match ended. They must be willing to lose 1-0 at Wembley. This defeat made England's position slipped to third in Group 2 with seven points. Meanwhile, Denmark now has the same points as England. However, they are entitled to sit in second place on goal difference. Both countries are two points behind Belgium at the top of the standings.
Italy vs Netherlands 1-1
There are no winners in the Group 1 match in the League A category of the UEFA Nations League, Italy vs Netherlands. The Italian vs Dutch duel which took place at the Gewiss Stadium, Wednesday (14/10/2020) or Thursday morning WIB, ended in a 1-1 draw. Italy opened the scoring through Lorenzo Pellegrini's goal in the 16th minute. The Netherlands responded in the 25th minute through Donny Van De Beek's goal. This draw puts Italy in second place in Group 1 standings with a collection of six points from four matches
The Netherlands is one strip below Gli Azzurri with five points. Italy and the Netherlands played quite openly from the start of the first half. They are buying and selling attacks. The Italian attack paid off first when the game had just stepped on 16 minutes. Lorenzo Pellegrini converted Nicolo Barella's diogonal pass into a goal with a flick of his left foot. The Netherlands gasped. They finally managed to equalize 1-1 in the 25th minute through Donny Van De Beek. The new Manchester United midfielder was in the right position when there was chaos in front of the Italian goal. With his volley, Van De Beek made Gianluigi Donnarumma unable to do much. The 1-1 draw closed the first half match between Italy vs Netherlands. Entering the second half, Italy and the Netherlands continued to play openly and took turns attacking. However, the two teams came to a dead end when trying to find the winning goal. As a result, the score was drawn 1-1 until the referee Anthony Taylor blew the long whistle.
France vs Croatia 2-1
France managed to beat Croatia 2-1 in the UEFA Nations League continued match. Kylian Mbappe's goal was the determinant of Les Bleus' victory. France visited Croatia's headquarters, Maksimir Stadium, in the UEFA Nations League League A Group 3 match, Thursday (15/10/2020) early morning Western Indonesian Time. This is a repeat match of the 2018 World Cup final. At that time, France was able to become world champion after winning 4-1. The visitors were able to excel when the match had only been running for seven minutes. Starting from Ferland Mendy's stab from the right, his pass was not able to be cleared by the Croatian back line. A wild ball fell to Antoine Griezmann's feet. Griezmann immediately took off a hard kick which Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was unable to block. France leads 1-0. Les Bleus almost doubled the position in the 15th minute. Anthony Martial is free in the penalty box after escaping from the offside trap. He was not selfish by handing the ball to Kylian Mbappe. However, Mbappe's shot was wide of the Croatian goal. Croatia slowly tries to get out of pressure from France. Mario Pasalic presented a threat in the 30th minute taking advantage of the chaos in front of the French goal. Pasalic's strike in front of goal has yet to produce results as Hugo Lloris brilliantly clears the ball. The 1-0 score for France's advantage did not change until halftime. After the break, Croatia appeared more courageous to attack in pursuit of an equalizer. Croatia was finally able to equalize in the 65th minute. Receiving a ball from Josip Brekalo, Nikola Vlasic takes off a measured kick from the edge of the penalty box. Lloris did not react to draw 1-1. In the 79th minute, France managed to restore the advantage through a neat cooperation between Paul Pogba, Lucas Digne and Kylian Mbappe. Pogba released a long ball that met Digne on the left. With one touch, Digne immediately pushed the ball to Mbappe. Mbappe was able to beat Livakovic to give France a 2-1 lead. This advantage was successfully maintained by Didier Deschamps' men until the match was over. The addition of three points means that France have now collected 10 points from four matches. They have the same points as group 3 leaders Portugal, but France lost on goal difference. As for Croatia, this defeat kept them in third place with three points.
Portugal vs Swedia 3-0
Absennya Cristiano Ronaldo tak begitu memberi pengaruh bagi Timnas Portugal. Menghadapi Swedia di UEFA Nations League, Selecao das Quinas berhasil menang telak 3-0.Di Estadio Jose Alvalade, Kamis (15/10/2020) dini hari WIB, Portugal tampil menekan lebih dulu. Di menit kedua, Diogo Jota sudah mengancam gawang Swedia, namun tembakannya dari luar kotak penalti masih melebar.Dua menit kemudian, William Carvalho hampir mencetak gol, namun sundulannya membentur tiang gawang Swedia. Swedia mendapat peluang bagus di menit ke-13. Pepe gagal melakukan clearance dengan sempurna di kotak penalti, membuat bola sampai di kaki Mikael Lustig. Sayang, tembakannya masih meleset dari target.GOL! Portugal unggul 1-0. Bernardo Silva berhasil memanfaatkan umpan Diogo Jota, dan dengan sepakan kaki kirinya sukses menaklukkan kiper Swedia, Robin Olsen.Swedia berusaha bangkit. Marcus Berg mendapat peluang emas di menit ke-35, tetapi sepakannya masih membentur tiang gawang.Alih-alih menyamakan kedudukan, Swedia kembali kebobolan di menit ke-44. Kali ini Diogo Jota yang mencatatkan namanya di papan skor, usai menerima umpan Joao Cancelo. Skor 2-0 menutup babak pertama. Di babak kedua, Swedia yang lebih dulu menekan. Berg berhasil menyundul umpan Dejan Kulusevski di menit ke-49, tetapi masih bisa diblok kiper Portugal, Rui Patricio. Swedia kembali mengancam gawang Rui Patricio di menit ke-55 lewat tembakan jarak jauh Viktor Claesson, tetapi kiper Wolverhampton Wanderers itu berhasil menepisnya. Portugal yang akhirnya berhasil mencetak gol di menit ke-72. Umpan dari Carvalho tak disia-siakan oleh Diogo Jota yang mencetak gol keduanya di laga ini. Skor menjadi 3-0 dan bertahan hingga usai. Hasil ini membuat Selecao das Quinas memimpin klasemen sementara grup A3 dengan 10 poin dari 4 laga. Sedangkan Swedia berada di posisi juru kunci dengan nirpoin dari 4 laga.
