UEFA Nations League - battles of elite European national teams

Germany - Spain, Netherlands - Italy, Portugal - Croatia, France - Croatia. These European football giants will already compete against each other at the beginning of the UEFA Nations League. The tournament starts on September 3. In the Nations League, which is taking place for the second time, all 55 national teams belonging to the UEFA organization will participate. They are divided into four divisions - A, B, C, and D. In the tournament, football players from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia will also compete. The teams are divided into groups. In many of them, they will test their strength against four national teams. The title holders are the team of Portugal. The crucial matches will be played in the fall of 2021. Today, football fans are eagerly awaiting the tasty dessert - the match between Spain and Germany. These are among the most powerful national teams in Europe. These teams, including friendly matches, have faced each other 23 times. Germany celebrated 9 victories, Spain 7, and an equal number of matches ended in a draw. However, out of the last five matches, in three of them the Spaniards were stronger, and the Germans won only once. The last time Germany defeated Spain in official matches was a long time ago - in the 1988 European Championship. Germany has been a four-time world champion and a three-time European champion. Spain has also triumphed in three European championships. The national team of this country has once become the champion of the planet. In this Nations League, Germans and Spaniards will test their strength in Group 4 of Division A along with Ukrainian and Swiss football players. In Group 1 will play Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Group 2 - England, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, in Group 3 - Portugal, France, Sweden, Croatia. The four teams that will be first in their groups will qualify for the decisive stage of the competition, and the teams that finish in the last places will drop to a lower division. Lithuanians and Estonians will play in Division C, while Latvians in Division D. The latter have entered Group 1 with the teams of Andorra, Malta, and the Faroe Islands. In Group 2, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, and San Marino will compete. The teams that take the first places in the group will move to a higher division. The "TV3 Sport" and "TV3 Sport 2" channels, as well as the online video broadcasting platform "Go3", will broadcast a total of 15 matches from September 3-8. Most of them should be very intriguing. Broadcast schedule: September 3 at 18.50 - Latvia - Andorra ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"), at 21.35 - Germany - Spain ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"), at 21.35 - Russia - Serbia ("TV3 Sport 2", "Go3"); September 4 at 21.35 - Netherlands - Poland ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"), at 21.35 - Italy - Bosnia and Herzegovina ("TV3 Sport 2", "Go3"); September 5 at 15.50 - North Macedonia - Armenia ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"); at 18.50 - Iceland - England ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"); at 21.35 - Portugal - Croatia ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"); September 6 at 15.50 - Wales - Bulgaria ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"), at 18.50 - Hungary - Russia ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"), at 21.35 - Malta - Latvia ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"), at 21.35 - Spain - Ukraine ("TV3 Sport 2", "Go3"); September 7 at 21.35 - Netherlands - Italy ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"); September 8 at 18.50 - Georgia - North Macedonia ("TV3 Sport", "Go3"), at 21.35 - France - Croatia ("TV3 Sport", "Go3")