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0:00And we are back. Welcome to my preview
0:02and predictions for day two of match day
0:05four of the UEFA Nations League and the
0:07penultimate day of this 3-w weekek
0:10international break. In real time, we
0:12are now officially at the halfway mark
0:14of this nation's league. So, if your
0:17country has been in action, let me know
0:19down in the comment section below what
0:21your thoughts are on how your country
0:22has performed in the first half of this
0:25UEFA Nations League. As we look ahead to
0:28match day four, then a reminder you can
0:29still check out all of my previews and
0:31predictions for today's matches. Link
0:33available at the top of your screen
0:35right now. And of course, you have still
0:37got 24 hours to have your say on the
0:39final matches on match day 4. Link to
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1:01have all the action from the Premier
1:03League, La Liga, and then of course UEFA
1:05Champions League, Europa League, and
1:07Conference League coming up for you in a
1:09couple of weeks time as well. As for
1:11today though, we have once again got
1:13eight matches to cover in match day four
1:16of the Nations League. So without any
1:17further ado, let's get straight into it.
1:20We begin with the early kickoff which
1:22comes from League C group two and it is
1:24going to be Cypress at home to Latvia.
1:27These sides currently sit second and
1:30bottom at the halfway mark with Cypress
1:32on a record of one win, one draw and one
1:34loss with Latvia on one draw and two
1:37defeats so far. So early indications are
1:40good for the home side coming into this
1:43one. On Friday night, Cypress picked up
1:46their first win of the Nations League
1:47and it was here against Armenia. It was
1:50a really strong first half display with
1:52Konamis and Kakulis both scoring in the
1:55first half an hour of that match. Those
1:58two goals were actually enough to secure
2:00the victory for Cypress. But big credit
2:02also needs to go to their defense in the
2:04second half of the game because early in
2:06the second half, Pelus got himself sent
2:08off. a little bit harsh in my opinion,
2:11especially when you see that the red
2:13card was rewarded on VR. I would
2:15understand if a straight red was given
2:17and V upheld it. From what I saw, it was
2:20a little bit harsh to overturn it and up
2:23it to a red considering how sort of
2:25minimal the challenge was, although I
2:26imagine it was still quite painful.
2:29Despite going down to 10 men though,
2:31Cyprus were able to hold on to the clean
2:33sheet and survive the Armenian
2:35onslaught. Now at home once again to the
2:38bottom side in the group. They're going
2:39to be fancing their chances of making it
2:41back-to- back wins here. Speaking of
2:44Latvia, unfortunately it was more of the
2:46same for them as they conceded from
2:48Montenegro's first attack of the match
2:51despite having five at the back in the
2:53game. But simply the marking was
2:55completely non-existent. To be fair,
2:57they did step things up after going
2:59behind. They actually hit the woodwork
3:00twice before Montenegro got their second
3:03goal of the game. this time as the five
3:05at the back failed to clear the ball,
3:06but they were able to grab a late
3:08consolation as Strooss made it 2-1
3:11before the end of the game, but
3:12ultimately it wasn't enough. Still a
3:14better performance from them, but in my
3:16opinion, they're going to need even more
3:17again now away from home if they're
3:20going to get anything from this match.
3:22In terms of the team news, obviously for
3:24Cyprus, Pelas is going to be suspended
3:27for that red card, but he won't be the
3:29only suspension for this game as Latvia
3:31are going to be without their captain,
3:32Chernam Mordics, who has got himself two
3:34yellow cards in the first three match
3:36days. Back on match day two, Latvia were
3:39able to hold Cyprus to a nil nil draw at
3:42home. So, it's not out of the question
3:44that they can get something from this
3:46match. After respected performances on
3:48Friday, I think that particular score
3:50line of nil nil is a lot more unlikely
3:53this time around. I am going to go for
3:55Cypress to get the victory though and
3:56I'm going to go for the exact same score
3:58that they won by on Friday night and
4:00that is 2-0 to Cyprus. As for the other
4:05game in League C group two, we have the
4:07top of the table Montenegro taking on
4:10third place side Armenia. It is maximum
4:13nine points out of nine for the home
4:15side coming into this one and just three
4:18points from Armenia who come into this
4:20off the back of backto back defeats. It
4:23was a simply perfect start for
4:24Montenegro away at Latvia on Friday
4:27night with Adzich scoring with their
4:29first attempt of the game after bursting
4:31through from midfield to put the ball in
4:33the back of the net. He then grabbed his
4:35second and Montenegro second just after
4:38Halime following a first time strike
4:40into the top lefthand corner of the net
4:42as he latched on to a loose ball in the
4:44penalty area. That being said though, it
4:47was by no means a perfect performance
4:48from Montenegro away in Latvia and
4:50Latvia had plenty of chances to level in
4:53the game when it was 1 nil and then when
4:56it was at 2-0, Montenegro did end up
4:58conceding as well. So even though it is
5:01still three wins out of three,
5:02defensively they are still looking a
5:04little bit dodgy as things stand. As for
5:07Armenia, they only really have
5:08themselves to blame for the defeat in
5:11Cyprus on Friday night. Both goals
5:13coming from horrendous errors. firstly
5:15from goalkeeper Burrian who literally
5:18dropped the ball following across right
5:21at the feet of the Cypress player
5:22following a corner and then 20 minutes
5:25later it got even worse as one of
5:27Armenia's own midfielders basically put
5:29a through ball straight through the back
5:31of his own defense leaving Cypress 2v1
5:33with the goalkeeper a simple pass and
5:35finish and Armenia found themselves 2-0
5:38down to make matters worse when Cypress
5:41then went down to 10 men in the second
5:42half Armenia still weren't able to score
5:45a single goal playing 11 versus 10. And
5:48yes, they made plenty of chances, but
5:50they were unable to score any of them.
5:53Now away to the top side in this group.
5:55They can't get their scoring boots on
5:57here. It's going to be another very long
5:59night for them. In terms [clears throat]
6:01of the team news, no fresh concerns for
6:03the home side coming into match day
6:05four, but Seekan is going to be
6:07suspended for Armenia following
6:09back-to-back yellow cards on match day
6:11two and match day three. Back on match
6:14day two, Montenegro won a crazy game
6:17against Armenia in Armenia, scoring late
6:20on to win the game by three goals to
6:23two. Now back at home, you would expect
6:25it to be a little bit more comfortable
6:27this time around. I still think Armenia
6:29going to have plenty of moments of their
6:30own though, considering how strong they
6:32have been going forward, even if they've
6:34not been scoring. And given how
6:36vulnerable Montenegro have looked
6:38despite still winning, all of that
6:40coming together, I'm going to go for the
6:41Montenegro home win. and I'm going to go
6:43for a 31 victory to them. On to League
6:48B, group two now then, and we'll start
6:50this group off with Northern Ireland
6:52taking on Georgia. Northern Ireland now
6:55top of this group with two wins and a
6:57draw and zero goals conceded from the
7:00first three matches. Georgia rock bottom
7:03at the halfway mark, one draw and two
7:05defeats from their three games and zero
7:08goals scored. for Northern Ireland. I
7:11mean, sometimes I've just got to hold up
7:12my hands and say, do you know what? Fair
7:14play. What an absolutely unbelievable
7:16performance because if you remember back
7:18to my match day three video, I actually
7:20said that Northern Ireland would be
7:22comfortably losing against Ukraine. And
7:24what happened instead in Slovakia is
7:26that they won by three goals to nil. It
7:29was Clarence Brown's double that got
7:31them ahead with Isaac Price scoring a
7:32goal in between. 3-0 victory away
7:35against Ukraine. Incredibly, they did
7:38all of that though with just 28%
7:41possession in the match. And it was yet
7:43another brilliant performance from young
7:45goalkeeper Pierre Charles, who on top of
7:48making another bunch of saves, also got
7:50an assist in the match as well. He's
7:52been well touted for his ball playing
7:54abilities. And getting assists just
7:56comprom
8:03that is bottom of the table. yet fancy
8:06them to get their first home win of the
8:08tournament here. Now, I may have called
8:10Northern Ireland's game completely wrong
8:12on Friday night, but I got Georgia's
8:14game absolutely spoton as they ended up
8:16losing 1 nil away in Hungary and a game
8:19that basically centered around Liverpool
8:21players from Georgia specifically. It
8:23was all about Mama Dashilly who was
8:24forced into making multiple big saves in
8:27the match to keep Georgia in it.
8:28Unfortunately though, his resistance was
8:31broken when his own Liverpool teammate
8:33Milos Kures got hungry ahead at the back
8:36post when he was left unmarked by the
8:38Georgian defense. To be fair, Georgia
8:41then did respond and had a little brief
8:43flurry in response to going behind
8:45before Halime, but unfortunately were
8:47still unable to create any real moments
8:50of quality in front of goal. And again,
8:52watching the highlights, it still looks
8:54like they're forcing the ball to Carvat
8:55Scalia. And look, no goals scored in the
8:58first three games. Maybe at some point
9:00you need to try something a little bit
9:01different. It seems to me it's starting
9:03to become awfully predictable what
9:05Georgia are trying to do. And now of
9:07course away to the top side and the top
9:10scorers in this group. It really looks
9:12like it could be another difficult task
9:14for them to get anything from this game.
9:16In terms of the team news, no fresh
9:18issues for Northern Ireland, although it
9:20will likely be a small rotation to their
9:23lineup as it has been in their other
9:24three matches so far. For Georgia,
9:27Kickash Villi picked up an early issue
9:29in the second half on Friday night and
9:30he is expected to be out for this one.
9:33Back on match day two, it was Northern
9:35Ireland who picked up the victory thanks
9:37to a 99th minute winner from Shay
9:40Charles away in Georgia. To be honest,
9:42even though this is top versus bottom, I
9:45would still expect this one to be very,
9:47very close. Yes, Georgia are bottom of
9:50the table with just one point and zero
9:52goals scored, but they've actually only
9:54conceded two goals in this tournament so
9:57far, and I think that will come into
9:59this. They are still defending
10:00relatively well. And let's not also
10:02forget that they missed a penalty in
10:05that defeat to Northern Ireland back on
10:06match day two. So, I still think they
10:08have a chance of getting something from
10:10this game. Ultimately though, based on
10:12the form of the first three match days,
10:14I have to go for a Northern Ireland home
10:16win here. So, what I'm going for is a
10:18two-nil victory for Northern Ireland.
10:20But watch this space. Even though it's
10:22top at home to bottom, it wouldn't
10:24surprise me if Georgia still got
10:25something here. As for the other half of
10:28League B, Group Two, once again, it will
10:31be coming from Slovakia as Ukraine play
10:33their second official home game of the
10:35Nations League here against Hungary.
10:37It's second against third in this group
10:39with both sides s currently sat on four
10:42points from the opening three games with
10:43one win, one draw, and one loss. For
10:46Ukraine, after such a strong start in
10:48this group in their away fixtures, it
10:50really did all go wrong for them on
10:52Friday night in their first official
10:54home game in Slovakia against Northern
10:56Ireland as they made so many errors
10:59leading to the three goals that Northern
11:01Ireland scored. Firstly, simply being
11:03unable to clear the ball from the
11:05corner. Then shocking marking in the
11:07penalty area allowing a free header from
11:09across to put them 2-0 down. And then if
11:12you've not seen the third goal that
11:14Northern Ireland scored, it might be the
11:16worst piece of goalkeeping I have seen
11:18so far this season as Shakar goalkeeper
11:21Rznik comes out following a flick on and
11:24literally misses the ball with his hand.
11:26It bobbles through his legs and then
11:29trickles into the back of the net. I
11:30honestly think he still might have had
11:31time to turn around and claw it off the
11:33line, but it is some of the worst
11:35goalkeeping I've seen. And unfortunately
11:36for them, it now means they lose the
11:38game. Three goals to nil. And they even
11:41had plenty of chances at the other end
11:43of the pitch as well, but were unable to
11:45break Northern Ireland down. And 3-0 is
11:48unfortunately how it finished. As for
11:50Hungary, they picked up their first win
11:53of the Nations League on Friday night.
11:54That was at home to Georgia. And it was
11:56Liverpool duo Dominic Sashlai and Milos
11:59Kirquez that made the real difference
12:00for them. Slovishly picking up the man
12:02of the match award with Kerz getting the
12:04goal at the back post. However, it was
12:06still a mix tonight for him and you'll
12:08find out why when we get into the team
12:11news following a couple of poor
12:12performances in match day one and match
12:14day two. This was a much better
12:16performance and a much needed victory
12:18for Hungary as they look to get revenge
12:21on Ukraine for what happened earlier on
12:23last week. In terms of the team news
12:25coming into this match, Sikan and Matt
12:28Vienko are out for Ukraine through
12:30suspension after picking up multiple
12:32yellow cards over the course of the
12:34first few match days. As for Hungary,
12:36this is why it was a mixed bag for Kirz
12:39cuz he also picked up his second yellow
12:41card of the tournament following his
12:42goal in midweek, which means he is going
12:45to be suspended for this game as well.
12:48Back on match day two, it was Ukraine
12:50who got the 1-0 away win in Hungary. But
12:53after Friday night, after the way they
12:55played and after the way Hungary played,
12:57I honestly think this one could go
12:59either way once again. And in my
13:01opinion, there is now no clear favorite
13:03for this match. So, I'm just going to go
13:05down the middle. I'm going to go for a
13:06draw and let's see who potentially ends
13:08up taking it in the end. I'm going for
13:111-1 between Ukraine and Hungary. The
13:14other group in action from League B on
13:16Monday night then is going to be B4. And
13:19we'll start off with Bosnia taking on
13:21Poland with these two sides second and
13:24third at the halfway stage. Bosnia
13:26currently unbeaten on five points from
13:28their first three and Poland on four
13:30points with one win, one draw and one
13:33loss. On Friday night, Bosnia were also
13:36in action on this ground as they took on
13:38the league leaders Sweden. It was
13:40unfortunately no fairy tale end for Eden
13:43Joeko as he was robbed of a goal in his
13:46final match due to the ball being
13:47narrowly out of play on the far side. It
13:50was absolutely heartbreaking. Everyone
13:52jumped on him and celebrating. Looks
13:54like tears were about to start flowing.
13:55Then V stepped in and killed the moment.
13:58And to make matters worse, Joeko then
14:00had to watch his side go behind early on
14:03in the second half following a sloppy
14:05back pass which allowed Sweden to go 1
14:07nil ahead that immediately then prompted
14:10the farewell substitution. So it was an
14:13absolute disastrous combination of
14:15moments before he left the field. But he
14:17would have ended the night happy because
14:19Bosnia were able to get themselves level
14:20late on in the game as Alabbeovich's
14:23cross found its way all the way in to
14:25the far corner to secure a point and
14:27maintain Bosnia's unbeaten start to the
14:30Nations League and also crucially
14:32keeping them in touching distance of
14:34Sweden who could have been running away
14:35with this league if they had not got
14:37that late equalizer. As for Poland, it
14:40was absolute pure ruthlessness from them
14:43on Friday night as they played Romania
14:45at home. And their legendary striker was
14:48once again taking the headlines as
14:49Robert Lewandowski scored his seventh
14:52hattick for Poland as they won 6 at home
14:56to Romania. Now granted, Romania were
14:58reduced to 10 men before the first goal
15:02was even scored when Lewandowski was
15:03brought down in the penalty area before
15:05scoring, but that is how you react to a
15:08side going down to 10 men by absolutely
15:10battering them and scoring six goals.
15:12The other goals were an own goal
15:14following a Franovski cross, Gielinsky
15:16and Bedner, and of course that
15:18Lewandowski hattick. Coming into this
15:20one though, it is going to be a much
15:21tougher away trip for them, but it's
15:23going to be a big confidence boost after
15:25that 6-nil victory. In terms of the team
15:28news, both sides are going to be without
15:30their iconic strikers for this one.
15:32Joeko now obviously retired from
15:34international football following the
15:36Sweden game, but Lewandowski is going to
15:38be suspended for Poland as well as he
15:40picked up yellow cards in both match day
15:42two and match day three. Even worse for
15:45the home side again though as their
15:47goalcorer Allebegovich picked up an
15:49injury in the final moments of the
15:52Sweden game and he is going to be out of
15:54this one as well. Back on match day two
15:57it ended in a nil nil draw in Poland. So
16:00after Friday night I again think that is
16:02an unlikely score line this time around.
16:04However, it's not unthinkable especially
16:07from a Poland perspective when you think
16:08that Lewandowski is now out injured.
16:11Should be noted that the last time these
16:12two sides met on this ground, Poland
16:15actually took the victory. That was back
16:17in 2020. Right here, right now, I
16:19honestly think either side could take
16:21it. I'd probably say Bosnia would be the
16:23favorites to take it on night purely as
16:25they are the home side here, but I'm not
16:27confident enough to go for it. And I'm
16:29going to go down the middle once again
16:31and go for a draw here between Bosnia
16:33and Poland like it was on match day two.
16:35But I'm going to put a couple of goals
16:37in it this time as well. and I'm going
16:39for 1-1 between Bosnia and Poland. The
16:42other game in League B group four comes
16:45from Romania and we have the bottom side
16:47Romania on zero points hosting Sweden
16:51who are currently top of the table on
16:53seven points at the halfway mark for
16:55Romania on Friday night. It was nothing
16:58short of an absolute complete disaster
17:00with Draashin getting sent off for a
17:02push in the penalty area. Although I'll
17:05say it, I don't think it was a foul. I
17:08genuinely don't. I think once it's been
17:10given, V is not going to overturn it.
17:13But it was the softest of nudges in the
17:16back of Lewandowski, which sent him
17:18tumbling to the floor, getting Draashin
17:20sent off as a last man not playing the
17:23ball tackle in the penalty area. So, not
17:25only was it a red card, it was a penalty
17:27as well. 1 nil, 2-0, 3-0. Then it got
17:31even worse as GA scored an own goal to
17:34make it 4-nil and then unfortunately
17:365-nil and 6-nil as well as the defense
17:39just completely fell apart throughout
17:41the game as Poland just kept pushing and
17:43pushing. An absolutely shocking night
17:45for Georgie and his son Janis who
17:48is named captain of the side as well. I
17:50don't know how well that's going down in
17:52Romania at this point in time. Not a
17:55great look for them either ahead of a
17:56very tough game against Sweden. As for
17:59the away side, well, they had a goal
18:01short turf early on in the game against
18:03Bosnia as Jockesh accidentally handled
18:05the ball before smashing it into the
18:07back of the net. In the second half, the
18:08Arsenal man was then on target though,
18:11breaking in behind and smashing it into
18:13the roof of the net to make it three
18:15goals in three league games at the start
18:18of this campaign. But unfortunately,
18:20Sweden could not hold out for the 1- nil
18:23victory as some sloppy defending of
18:24their own late on from a set play allow
18:26a Bosnian cross to find its way all the
18:29way in to the back post. And 1-1 it
18:32finished, ending Sweden's 100% start to
18:34the tournament, but still remaining
18:36unbeaten and top of the table at the
18:38halfway mark. In terms of the team news
18:41for this match, Draashin and Gita are
18:44both going to be suspended for this
18:45match. Drag him for the red card, GA for
18:48two yellow cards. But to be honest,
18:49based on the impact that they made with
18:51that red card and with their own goal on
18:54Friday, they might be grateful to be
18:55missing this one. Anyway, as for Sweden,
18:58they have had a massive sickness bug
19:00sweeping their entire squad over the
19:02past few days. I wasn't able to pick it
19:03up before the match day three video, and
19:05as things stand right now, it's really
19:07hard to tell who is actually going to be
19:09fit and who is going to be out of this
19:11match due to that sickness bug. So, I
19:13would genuinely advise keeping an eye on
19:16that Sweden starting lineup before
19:17making any of your own decisions
19:19regarding this fixture. Back on match
19:22day two, it was Sweden who only won it
19:24by two goals to one at home. However,
19:26they also won their most recent visit to
19:29Romania as well. That was back in 2019.
19:32Obviously, after the way this tournament
19:34has gone so far with Sweden winning two
19:36out of three and with Romania losing
19:38three out of three, it just makes sense
19:40to go for Sweden once again here. But
19:42with Romania back at home and with
19:44Sweden potentially missing multiple key
19:46players through illness, it's certainly
19:47not out of the question that Romania
19:49could still get something. I have to go
19:51with the logic though and that says that
19:53Sweden take the victory once again. I'm
19:55going for a 2n win to the Swedes. And
19:59then the final group of the day is the
20:01ever unpredictable League A group one
20:05which begins today in France as the
20:07French take on Belgium in a contest
20:09which will be first versus second in
20:11this group with France on seven points
20:13at the halfway mark and Belgium second
20:15on six. On Friday night, France thought
20:18they were going to make it three wins
20:20out of three when Michael Alisa yet
20:22again scored a brilliant goal for them.
20:24This time an outrageous free kick into
20:26the top corner of the net that put them
20:28ahead early on in the second half. But
20:30then a massive mistake from Duza in the
20:33midfield. A heavy touch allowed Italy to
20:36get in behind the defense and equalized.
20:38And then to make matters even worse from
20:40an individual perspective from the
20:42French as they were pushing for their
20:44winner late on in the game, they got hit
20:46on the counterattack and upper Mano
20:49brought down his man. second yellow card
20:51that saw him sent off. And then with 10
20:54men for the final 10 minutes of the
20:55match, it was actually the French that
20:57were hanging on to the 1-1 draw rather
20:59than pushing on for the winner at home.
21:01So ultimately, I still don't think
21:03they've been anywhere near their best so
21:05far in this competition. A reminder,
21:06they've still now only scored one goal
21:09per game in this nation's league, but
21:11they still have seven points and remain
21:13unbeaten at the halfway stage. As for
21:16Belgium, well, they finally got the very
21:20first home win of this entire group. Six
21:23matches, one home win in League A group
21:26one. And it was Belgium who did it on
21:28Friday night against Turkey. A 3N
21:31victory for them with a starring role
21:33once again from captain Kevin De Bruyne
21:35who scored his first goal in the first
21:37half, whipping the ball from outside the
21:39area along the floor into the far
21:41corner. He then doubled up with an even
21:43better strike just after Halime. this
21:46time curling it into the top leftand
21:47corner from a similar position. Two
21:50unbelievable finishes from him. Then
21:52Romelu Lukaku off the bench secured the
21:54victory to make it three goals to nil.
21:56Although it should be noted they're
21:58still conceding an awful lot of chances
22:00at the other end of the pitch. They just
22:02were able to get away with it this time
22:04getting their clean sheet and getting
22:05the 3-0 win. But against tougher
22:07opposition in France and given the
22:09amount of chances they gave away to
22:10France in the reverse fixture last week,
22:13I still think France should be
22:14considered the big favorites for this
22:16match. In terms of the team news, Deaf
22:18Mano is obviously going to be missing
22:20for the French following his red card on
22:23Friday night, but he will be joined in
22:25suspension by two key players for
22:28Belgium as both De Bruyne and Tielemans
22:32picked up their second yellow cards of
22:33the Nations League on Friday night and
22:35both of them are going to be suspended
22:37for the Belgian side. Could that be the
22:40big difference in how this fixture ends
22:42up playing? As for the game on match day
22:44two, it was the French who picked up the
22:461-nil win in Belgium thanks to Alise's
22:49lastminute goal following running
22:51basically the entire length of the pitch
22:53with both sides very likely to make
22:55wholesale changes to their starting
22:57lineups for one reason or another here.
22:59It does make this one certainly harder
23:01to call as well as with the Italy game
23:03on Friday night. I still have to go for
23:06the French victory here because it just
23:07makes the most sense to go for a French
23:10victory here. But I'm not saying it with
23:11an awful lot of confidence. And as we've
23:13mentioned already, there's only been one
23:14home win in this nation's league group
23:17so far. So, watch this space. I'm going
23:19for 2-1 to France. But anything could
23:21happen here. Then last and certainly not
23:24least, we have third versus fourth, but
23:26it's four points from Italy as they host
23:29Turkey on zero at the halfway mark of
23:31this nation's league. For Italy, it was
23:34a simply brilliant performance from them
23:36once again away in France on Friday
23:38night. And realistically they should
23:40have won this match and they really
23:42should have been two or 3-0 up at Halime
23:44but there were some absolutely
23:46disastrous misses from Moyes Ken and
23:48Facey which really should have put them
23:502-0 ahead but nil nil it remained and
23:53they were made to pay early on in the
23:55second half when the French scored from
23:57a free kick but to Italy's credit their
23:59persistence paid off. They really pushed
24:01them hard. They nick the ball back on
24:03the edge of the penalty area and of all
24:04people Bastoni picks the ball up edge of
24:07the penalty area and absolutely smashes
24:10it into the back of the net to make it
24:12two goals in two games for him. 1-1 on
24:14the night but from there Donnaruma was
24:17then required to make a couple of key
24:19saves to keep the game at 1-1. But that
24:21is how it finished. A very solid
24:23performance and four points from Italy's
24:25two away games over the past week. That
24:27will give them big confidence going into
24:29their home game against Turkey here. As
24:32for the away side, once again it was all
24:34about wasted opportunities from them.
24:37Despite being away to Belgium on Friday
24:39night, they once again had more attempts
24:42on goal in the match. But again, too
24:44many of them were from long range. But
24:46even when they had big opportunities,
24:48players literally in front of the goal,
24:50they were still unable to take their
24:53chances. And unfortunately for them,
24:54their missed chances were made to pay
24:56for once again as two De Bruyne
24:58screamers and Lukaku's goals meant it
25:00ended up being a 3n defeat for Turkey.
25:03They're playing good football, but
25:05they're being far too sloppy at the back
25:07and they're being far too wasteful in
25:09front of goal. Against the caliber of
25:10opposition that they have in this group,
25:12it's no surprise that they end up with
25:14zero points at the halfway mark. But if
25:16they can get their act together, there
25:18are going to be opportunities for them
25:19to still get points in the remaining
25:21three matches. In terms of the team news
25:23coming into this game, no fresh issues
25:26for either side ahead of this game. So,
25:28we can jump straight in to the
25:30head-to-head record where, of course,
25:31last week Italy put four past Turkey in
25:35the away fixture or the Turkey home
25:36fixture. So, I obviously have to make
25:39Italy the favorites for this match.
25:40Again, don't forget though in that game
25:43as with on Friday night, Turkey actually
25:45had more efforts on goal. So, it's not
25:48out of the question that Turkey can get
25:50a result here, especially when you also
25:52consider how bad of a run Italy are on
25:55at home in the past 18 months. However,
25:58you can't overlook the overall results
26:00from these two sides over the course of
26:02the last couple of weeks. So, obviously,
26:04I'm going to go for the Italy victory.
26:06I'm not going to go as convincing as it
26:07was in Turkey last week, though. I'm
26:09just going to go for a 3-1 home win to
26:12the Italians. That is going to be it
26:14then for day two of match day four of
26:17the UEFA Nations League. Before I leave
26:19you, let's see what you guys have been
26:21saying over on the community page
26:23regarding these eight fixtures. You have
26:25gone for the following. Basically,
26:28everyone thinks that Cyprus are going to
26:29win at home to Latia. Basically,
26:31everyone thinks that Montenegro are
26:32going to win at home to Armenia. The
26:34majority think that Northern Ireland
26:36will get the victory over Georgia. And
26:37the majority think that Ukraine will get
26:39the win over Hungary. By far our closest
26:42community prediction of the entire
26:44tournament so far sees the majority ever
26:47so slightly think Poland get the win
26:50over Bosnia, but almost as many have
26:52Bosnia getting the home win. The
26:53majority think that Sweden are going to
26:55win away in Romania. The majority think
26:57that France are going to win at home to
26:58Belgium. And basically everyone thinks
27:00Italy are going to beat Turkey. As
27:03always, let me know all your thoughts
27:05down in the comments section below. What
27:06is going to be happening on another
27:08fascinating day of Nations League
27:10action? As always, a massive thank you
27:12very much for watching. We'll be doing
27:14this all over again for the 12th and
27:16final time of this international break,
27:19same time tomorrow morning. So, a
27:20massive thank you very much for watching
27:21once again and I'll see you tomorrow.

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