Portugal - France, Belgium - England, Spain - Germany. The matches of these strongest European national football teams will be possible to watch this and next week in the UEFA Nations League tournament. Next week, the first stage of the competition will end - matches in groups. On November 14, European champions Portugal will host world champions France. In group A, where the strongest continental teams play, Portugal and France are leading in the third group. These teams have 10 points each after 4 matches. This will be a decisive match for the first place. The first match between Portugal, who are defending the title of Nations League winners, and the French ended 0:0. Croatian and Swedish footballers no longer have the opportunity to rise to second place in the third group. The first have 3 points, while the second have not collected any. In the second group of division A, the Belgians will try to take revenge on the English for their loss in the first match 1:2. Belgium still holds the first place - 9 points. Denmark and England have collected 7 each, while Iceland has no points yet. Spain and Germany will face each other for the second time. The first match ended in a draw 1:1. In the fourth group of division A, the Spaniards are in the lead with 7 points. However, in the last round, they lost 0:1 to the Ukrainians as visitors. Germany and Ukraine have 6 points each. The Swiss team has 2. Huge intrigue remains in the first group, where the Poles have collected 7 points, Italians - 6, and the Dutch - 5. Only Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have 2 points, no longer have a chance to advance to the next stage.
By the way, only the winners of the groups will advance to the decisive stage, where four national teams will play. Latvia's national team will seek its first victory, playing in the first group of division D. Latvia is currently in third place, but still has a chance to rise to second. They have 3 points. The team has finished three matches in draws and lost one. Faroe Islands footballers are leading with 10 points. Malta has 5, and Andorra has 2 points. This week there will be intriguing friendly matches - on Wednesday Dutch footballers will test their strength against Spain at home. On the same day, the Latvian team will play against San Marino away.
