UEFA Nations League

Portugal lifted their fourth-ever trophy after beating Spain on penalties following an extra-time period that finished 2-2 in the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League Final, at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. Portugal resisted Spain’s attacking threats, limiting their strengths and countering their attempts intelligently to bring the game to penalties....

After two thrilling legs in the UEFA Nations League quarterfinals, Germany advanced to the next stage, overcoming Italy 5-4 on aggregate. As we all witnessed, the tactical battle between Luciano Spalletti and Julian Nagelsmann was intense throughout both matches, making it the exciting encounter we anticipated. However, there was another tactical...

Italy hosted Germany for the first leg of the UEFA Nations League quarter-finals at the historic San Siro stadium in Milan. The game ended 1-2 in Germany's favor, which does not really reflect what happened. Though Germany had more possession, Italy created more dangerous goal-scoring opportunities. Still, Germany were more clinical in...

After losing against Spain in the quarter-final of UEFA Euro 2024, Germany have won four and drawn one in five matches to top their group in the UEFA Nations League. Offensively, Julian Nagelsmann's side has been superb, scoring 17 goals in five matches at the time of writing. This is...

Following their failure in UEFA Euro 2024, Italy have been trying to start a new chapter under the management of Luciano Spalletti. Italy quickly turned the page on Euro 2024, starting its UEFA Nations League journey with an important 1-3 away win against France. Then, they beat Israel away and...

Welcome to TFA today, where we share essential articles from the TFA archive that are relevant once again. Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay Analysed Uruguay takes on Ecuador tonight in a CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifier! Get an idea of how Uruguay may approach the game from our Copa América 2024 preview, in...

Welcome to TFA today, where we share important articles from the TFA archive that are relevant once again. Pochettino Debut For USMNT Mauricio Pochettino won on his debut as the new USA men's national team (USMNT) manager in a 2-0 victory over Panama. Read about Pochettino's coaching style at Chelsea...

The ball was floated over the top of the England backline in a manner that only Leonardo Bonucci could pull off from such a deep position. There were several defenders back for Gareth Southgate’s side, with both Kyle Walker and Eric Dier primed to clear the ball away to diminish...

With the first batch of UEFA Nations League matches now complete, it is a great time to look at the squads ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. The Nations League provides a glimpse into each of the teams before the winter, as they are pitted against opponents of similar...

Ralf Rangnick took the Austria job following his departure from Manchester United. The German took charge of his first few games in this round of Nations League fixtures. Austria got off to a winning start, battering Croatia 3-0. This result was followed by a 2-1 loss to Denmark and a...

England vs Italy – a fixture that is likely to bring back sad memories for England fans thanks to the Italians besting Southgate’s Lions in the Euro 2020 final, a tournament that brought the nation great joy and hope along the way. The circumstances differed somewhat in this UEFA Nations...

This weekend saw the end of the first round of fixtures for Group A3 in this year’s UEFA Nations League. Germany travelled to Budapest to face Hungary looking for their first win in this year’s tournament. The Germans have been uninspiring in the previous two games against Italy and France...

On Saturday, in an evenly contested match, Italy and Germany drew their first game in this season's UEFA Nations League. Germany came into the match in good form. Since Hansi Flick replaced Joachim Loew last summer the team have remained unbeaten winning eight and drawing one. For Italy, this was...

The 2021/22 UEFA Nations League final saw 2010 world champions Spain take on reigning world champions France as both teams look to add another feather into their trophy cabinet.  While France had a disappointing Euros where they massively underperformed expectations and crashed out early into the knockout stages against Switzerland,...

Poland and the Netherlands met in a pivotal UEFA Nations League match Wednesday night, with potential Nations League Finals implications. If Italy had lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the winner of this contest would have advanced to the tournament Final. The Eagles had gone five total matches unbeaten before losing...

Ireland welcomed Bulgaria to the Aviva Stadium this past week for what was the final game of their UEFA Nations League campaign in 2020. Ireland boss Stephen Kenny has come under heavy scrutiny in the media for his inability to secure a win since his appointment back in September. In...

England’s task to keep their realistic Nations League hopes alive was to pick up an away win against the number one ranked side in the world: Belgium. Unfortunately for them, the Three Lions shot themselves in the foot by conceding two first-half goals, which gave them an absolute mountain to climb...

Italy and Poland met on this Sunday's UEFA Nations League match. Italy dominated the game while Poland had one player sent off in the second half. In the end, Italy won with a 2-0. In this tactical analysis, we shall delve into the offensive tactics of Italy. In this analysis,...

Sweden came into this game having lost their two previous games in the UEFA Nations League. They were in last place of their group and needed to win to have a chance of staying in League A. Having France, Portugal, and Croatia meant it was a very tough group which...

Croatia faced France in another World Cup final replay, only this time, the two titans faced off in the UEFA Nations League. And once again, just like in their previous encounters, Didier Deschamps’ team managed to overcome Zlatko Dalić’s. But despite the 2-1 scoreline pointing towards another France outplay, Croatia...