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0:00And we're back. Welcome to my preview
0:02and predictions for the final day of
0:04match day four in the UEFA Nations
0:06League and the final day of this 3w
0:08weekek international break. Personally,
0:11I think it's kind of worked, but not
0:14quite really. I think the twoe structure
0:16probably on the whole works out a little
0:18bit better. But it has been an
0:20experiment that has yielded some fun
0:22results. So, if you have enjoyed it, let
0:24me know down in the comment section
0:26below. We will of course be doing this
0:28all over again in just 6 weeks time for
0:30the remaining two match days of the UEFA
0:33Nations League. There are still plenty
0:35to get involved with. Firstly before the
0:37end of this week if you missed
0:38yesterday's video covering the eight
0:39matches taking place today in the
0:41Nations League. Link available to that
0:43video is at the top of your screen right
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1:26heading over to that community page
1:27right now to have your say on the return
1:30of club football. Link in the
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1:33As for today though, for the final day
1:36of this international break, we have
1:37still got a whopping 10 fixtures for you
1:40to cover today. So, without any further
1:42ado, let's get straight into it. We
1:45begin the final day of this
1:47international break in League C group
1:49three where these four teams have
1:51finally had their 4-day break having it
1:54between three and four. Everyone else
1:55had it between two and three. But we'll
1:57be beginning once again in Kazakhstan
1:59where this time they're going to be
2:01hosting Pharaoh Islands in what is a
2:02battle of fourth versus third in this
2:05group with both of these sides yet to
2:08win a single game in the Nation's League
2:10so far. On Friday night, a poor campaign
2:13got even worse for Kazakhstan as they
2:15lost here at home to Muldo, a side
2:19ranked nearly 50 places below them in
2:21the world rankings. And even if you look
2:23through the stats, it does seem like it
2:25was a fairly even game with Kazakhstan
2:27having slightly more possession. But if
2:29you look specifically at the first half,
2:31it was Muldova that had the better of
2:33it. And it was no surprise that they
2:35ended up taking the lead just before
2:37Halime in stoppage time in fact. And
2:40then it was 2-0 straight at the start of
2:42the second half as well with Kazakhstan
2:44failing to deal with a corner. To their
2:47credit, they did respond. They did have
2:49the much better play in the second half,
2:51but they were only able to score a
2:53consolation goal through Alex header
2:55also from a corner, but 2-1 at home.
2:57They ended up losing, meaning that they
2:59come into this with just one point from
3:02their opening three games. As for the
3:04away side, well, you can't say they've
3:06been anything but consistent in this
3:08nation's league so far. Match day one,
3:111-1 draw. Match day two, 1-1 draw. Match
3:14day three, 1-1 draw. And this time for
3:17the Pharaoh Islands, it was a very
3:18hard-fought point at home against league
3:21leader Slovakia on Friday night. And
3:22they actually scored both goals in the
3:24match, ironically, as Vatarma put
3:27through his own there in the first half
3:29following a Slovakia corner. But then in
3:31a game where they actually match
3:32Slovakia for the amount of chances they
3:34created, they got their goal when Justin
3:36Newsen scored bottom left from outside
3:39of the box to secure Pharaoh Island's
3:41third consecutive draw in this
3:43competition so far. So between the two
3:45sides performances, it does make for a
3:48very tough game to call coming into
3:50match day four. In terms of the team
3:52news, Kenzbeck is going to be suspended
3:55for Kazakhstan after picking up two
3:57yellow cards over the course of the
3:58first three match days. Similarly for
4:00Pharaoh Islands, Edmonson is going to be
4:03out for them, but I would still expect
4:04both sides to make a few other personnel
4:06changes as well. Last week with Pharaoh
4:09Islands drawing 1-1 in every single
4:11game, that of course means that in
4:12Pharaoh Islands at home to Kazakhstan,
4:14it ended in a 1-1 draw as well.
4:18Obviously, I think it still stands to
4:19reason that Kazakhstan should be
4:21considered the favorites for this match
4:23once again, but after losing at home to
4:25Moldova, I can't in any good conscience
4:28give them the win here either. And given
4:30that Pharaohs have drawn all 31-11, it
4:33just seems like the obvious choice to go
4:35for again here. So, that's exactly what
4:37I'm going for, 1-1 between Kazakhstan
4:40and Pharaoh Islands. As for the other
4:42game in League Coup 3, we now have
4:44Muldova taking on Slovakia. And this one
4:47is a lot more interesting than I think
4:49many people would have thought it would
4:50be because we now have Muldova in second
4:53in this group taking on Slovakia who are
4:56of course top. Muldova deserve big
4:58credits for their efforts away in
5:00Kazakhstan on Friday night as they could
5:01have sat back and played for less than
5:03the three points they ended up getting.
5:05But in the first half alone, they racked
5:07up 10 attempts on goal, six of them on
5:10target, and then eventually got their
5:12goal just before Halime when
5:14Kleschenko's great finish put them 1 nil
5:16ahead. Then straight into the second
5:18half, it was 2-0 following a corner, and
5:20it was Pescu who headed them 2-0 ahead.
5:23From there, they did start sitting back
5:25a little bit deeper on their two-goal
5:27lead. And they actually ended up
5:28conceding from a set piece themselves as
5:30they failed to deal with a Kazakhstani
5:32free kick. However, it was still an
5:34impressive 21 away win as they held on
5:37for the remaining 20 minutes of that
5:40match. It's still a big ask for them to
5:42now back this up at home though as they
5:44are taking on the top side in the group.
5:47Speaking of Slovakia and on Friday, it
5:49certainly was in my opinion their
5:51weakest performance of the Nations
5:53League so far. Now obviously they
5:55controlled the vast majority of the
5:56possession in the game but actually it
5:58failed to create any real clear-cut
6:01chances in the match away to Pharaoh
6:03Islands and they needed an own goal to
6:05get their only goal of the game.
6:07Eventually their overall complacency
6:09across the 90 minutes did end up costing
6:11them as they failed to deal with a
6:13pretty simple long ball downfield
6:15allowing Pharaoh Islands to equalize.
6:17But to be fair, on the balance of the
6:19play, they were probably lucky to even
6:21get away with a draw from that match.
6:23Given how poor they were in front of
6:25goal, now away to a very confident mold
6:28over side, it might not be as obvious a
6:31game to call as it may initially appear.
6:33In terms of the team news, as far as I
6:35could see, no major issues for either
6:38side coming out of Friday night, but
6:39again, being the fourth fixture of four,
6:41you'd still expect to see a little bit
6:43rotation from either side here. Last
6:46week in Slovakia, it was a 2-nil home
6:49win in another one that they did pretty
6:50much dominate throughout. Although I
6:52think this will be a tougher experience
6:55for them now away to a side with a lot
6:57more confidence. I would still expect
6:58the outcome of the match to be the same,
7:01which is a Slovakia to get the victory.
7:03I genuinely believe though Muldova still
7:05have a very good chance of getting
7:07something from this game. But I'm still
7:09going for Slovakia and I'm going for a
7:1121 victory for them. On to League C
7:16group one then and the opening game sees
7:18second place Albania taking on bottom
7:21side San Marino for the home side
7:23following back-to- back wins. They get
7:25off to the perfect start once again away
7:27in Finland on Saturday night with Nyash
7:30scoring from a corner to put them both
7:32one nil ahead and ruining my nil nil
7:34prediction for that game. Then came the
7:37big moment of the match though as
7:39goalkeeper Berisha was sent off for
7:41Albania following a challenge outside
7:44the area that prevented a goalc scoring
7:46opportunity. He's got himself sent off
7:48and then from the resulting free kick
7:50sub goalkeeper Sherry basically just let
7:52the ball go under his body for Finland
7:54to level at 1-1. From there 10 versus
7:5811, it was always going to be a very
7:59tough pass, especially away from home.
8:01And unfortunately for Albania, they were
8:04unable to hold out with Finland getting
8:06their winner with 20 minutes to go. And
8:08it was yet another direct free kick that
8:10I think Sherry should have done better
8:12with. But genuinely, they deserve big
8:14credit for their efforts in that match
8:16cuz even with 10 men, they ended the
8:19game with more shots and more shots on
8:21target. And they actually even had more
8:24touches of the ball in the opposition
8:25box. That's not a stat I'd normally
8:27throw around, but when you've got 10 men
8:29to have more ball in the opposition box,
8:32it's kind of a staggering stat. So, fair
8:34play to them, even though they ended up
8:36losing the game. As for San Marino,
8:39well, you know the drill by now. It's
8:42three defeats out of three for them and
8:44another four goals conceded for them
8:46away to Bellarus in Hungary on Saturday
8:49night. And the big worry for them as
8:50well, still no goals scored either. as
8:53good as they were in League D to get
8:56their promotion to League C a couple of
8:58years ago. It's clear that the world's
9:01lowest ranked side is not yet well
9:03equipped to deal with this level of
9:05opposition. In terms of the team news,
9:07Berisha is obviously going to be
9:08suspended for Albania following that red
9:11card. Nanny is going to be suspended for
9:13San Marino having picked up two yellow
9:15cards over the first three match days.
9:17In San Marino last week, Albania won it
9:20by three goals to nil. It was 5-nil the
9:23last time San Marino visited Albania
9:25after they conceded four away on
9:27Saturday. I could easily see it being at
9:29least that amount again here, if not
9:32more. I'm just going to go for the same
9:34score line though and I'm going to go
9:36for 4-nil to Albania. But honestly, this
9:38could end up being anything the way San
9:41Marino have played so far in this
9:42competition. The other game from League
9:45C Group One then sees us return to
9:47Hungary once again as Bellarus play
9:49their second official home game of the
9:51Nation's League and they're going to be
9:52taking on Finland in this one. For
9:54Bellarus on Saturday, it was their first
9:56goals. It was their first points and it
9:58was their first win as they beat bottom
10:01of the table San Marino 4-nil thanks to
10:03goals from Kongesty, Shimanssky and
10:06Bong. But even with their big margin,
10:09they did give up a fair few
10:10opportunities at the other end of the
10:12pitch. And on another day, San Marino
10:14actually could have leveled the game at
10:161 nil before Bellarus ended up making it
10:18two, three and four. To their credit
10:21though, they did survive that mini
10:22onslaught after going 1 nil ahead. And
10:24they in fact come into this game against
10:26Finland with back-to back clean sheets.
10:29So it could be a tough ass for the top
10:31side in this group to get another
10:33victory here. As for Finland, it was a
10:36shocking start to their game on Saturday
10:38when they conceded from Albania's first
10:41attack of the match and they left the
10:42goal scorer completely unmarked from a
10:45corner. Then, incredibly, for the third
10:48time this week, a dogzo red card
10:51resulted in a free kick still being
10:54scored anyway with Walter's effort
10:56beating the substitute Albanian
10:58goalkeeper following the first choice
11:00being sent off. From there, Finland
11:02actually should have done way better
11:04than what they did as they genuinely
11:06struggled playing 11 against 10 as they
11:08still found themselves giving away
11:10multiple chances to Albania that
11:12thankfully for them they ended up not
11:14converting. Then came Walter once again.
11:17Another free kick. This one from way
11:19further out, but he still found a way to
11:22bend it into the bottom leftand corner
11:24and secure Finland all three points and
11:26get them to the top of the National
11:28League table. But then genuinely will be
11:31some concern from the Finland
11:32perspective given how poor they were
11:34playing against 10 men. In terms of the
11:37team news, no fresh concerns for
11:39Bellarus heading into this one, but
11:41Finland are going to be without Kairen
11:42and he picked up his second yellow card
11:44on Saturday afternoon. Is going to be
11:46suspended for this game. Back on match
11:49day two, it actually ended in a nil nil
11:52draw between these two sides in Finland.
11:56So again, best believe Bellarus have a
11:59genuine chance here of getting a result
12:01in this fixture. Even though I still
12:03believe Finland to be the favorites for
12:05this match. Personally though, after
12:07that performance against Albania and
12:09drawing against Bellarus at home, I'm
12:12not confident enough to give Finland the
12:14win. So I'm going to go for a draw once
12:16again and I'm going to go for 1-1. But I
12:18still believe that if there is going to
12:19be a winner, it would be Finland. On to
12:23the final group from League C then and
12:25this is group four and we'll start off
12:27in Estonia as the two unbeaten sides in
12:30this group are going head-to-head here.
12:32Estonia are second on five points at the
12:35halfway mark with Iceland top on seven
12:38on Saturday. Estonia were able to secure
12:40their first win of the Nations League
12:42and that was by beating Luxembourg 1 nil
12:44at home with the winner actually coming
12:47right at the start of the match when
12:48Kite's initial effort was saved right
12:51into the path of right wing back Petson
12:53whose deflected effort went in off the
12:55underside of the crossbar from there
12:57Estonia did give up the majority of the
12:59possession but they were very dangerous
13:01on the break and especially from set
13:03pieces and could have very easily
13:05doubled their lead from the amount
13:07attempts they had against Lux
13:08Luxembberg. But despite having less of
13:10the ball, ultimately it was another
13:12solid defensive display, meaning that
13:14they remain unbeaten at the halfway mark
13:16and have only conceded one goal from
13:19their opening three games. That one goal
13:22did come against today's opponents
13:24Iceland though, who since their game
13:26against Estonia have gone on to score
13:28another six, beating both Luxembourg and
13:31Bulgaria by three goals to nil with
13:34young Rail Siad forward Oscarsen at the
13:37absolute heart of it. He has contributed
13:39five of the six goals that Iceland have
13:42scored and he was included in all three
13:44goals that they scored against that they
13:46scored against Bulgaria on Saturday,
13:48scoring two and then assisting the final
13:50one for Alertson in the match. He
13:52actually should have had a hat-tick, but
13:54he ended up missing a penalty. However,
13:56that did not dampen the mood and what
13:57was another very dominant performance
14:00and another emphatic win for Iceland,
14:02giving them a big boost ahead of the one
14:04side they haven't beaten yet in this
14:06group. In terms of the team news, Mets
14:09is going to be suspended for the home
14:10side following his second yellow card of
14:12the tournament on Saturday. He'll be
14:14joined in suspension by Ellson,
14:16Iceland's third goal scorer, as he was
14:18booked during their game at the weekend
14:20as well. Back on match day one, Estonia
14:23surprised everyone by actually being the
14:25better team away in Iceland and coming
14:28away with that 1-1 draw. However, since
14:30then, given how good Iceland have been
14:33in their last two fixtures, I actually
14:35think they're probably bigger favorites
14:37coming into this game than they were in
14:39the home game just last week. Still
14:41think it's going to be an incredibly
14:43tough game for them. I don't see them
14:45getting the 3-0 results they were
14:46getting against Luxembourg and Bulgaria
14:48here. But I am still going to go for
14:50them to end Estonia's unbeaten start.
14:53Don't rule Estonia out though. They
14:55prove their credentials on match day
14:56one. But I am going to go for a very
14:58narrow 1 nil win to Iceland. The final
15:03game from the entirety of League C now
15:06then is of course the other game in
15:07group four between Luxembourg and
15:10Bulgaria. A battle of the bottom two in
15:12this group with the home side coming
15:14into this with one win and two defeats
15:16and the away side coming into this with
15:18just a single point from one draw and
15:21two defeats. For Luxembourg, they once
15:23again put on a decent passing display
15:26against Estonia on Saturday, but they
15:28were never really able to create any
15:30sort of clear-cut chances in the match.
15:32They basically spent the entire match
15:34playing from behind as well as in the
15:36opening five minutes of the match,
15:38although the defender was very unlucky
15:40with how he attempted to block the ball.
15:42His block from the Estonia shot could
15:44only deflect the ball over the
15:45goalkeeper and in off the underside of
15:47the bar. From there, like I say, they
15:49controlled the possession, didn't really
15:51create anything, and they actually ended
15:53up having double the amount of shots
15:56faced against them than they had going
15:58forward, which is kind of strange when
15:59you consider how much of the ball they
16:01ended up having in that match. And now,
16:04due to that lack of cutting edge,
16:06they've lost on match days two and
16:07three. And on top of that, haven't
16:10scored in either of those matches
16:12either. As for Bulgaria, despite their
16:15best efforts on Saturday, they were just
16:17simply outmatched by Iceland. To be fair
16:19to them, they had a fair few good
16:20offensive moments in the match and could
16:22do nothing about the first two goals
16:24that Iceland scored. If anything though,
16:26their biggest highlight of the match was
16:28actually when goalkeeper Namov saved a
16:31penalty from Iceland, but that was only
16:33a short reprieve as Iceland then got
16:35their third just a couple of minutes
16:37later. Again, they tried their best, but
16:39they simply weren't good enough to
16:40handle Iceland. And it is very worrying
16:42signs from them now heading into this
16:45one. Bottom of the group with just a
16:47single point. In terms of the team news,
16:50center back Makumovic is going to be
16:52suspended for Luxembourg following his
16:54second yellow card of the tournament on
16:56Saturday. Velovski and Pepcov are also
16:59going to be missing this one for the
17:00away side for the same thing. Two yellow
17:03cards in the first three match days. In
17:05the reverse fixture, Luxembourg picked
17:07up a surprise 2-1 away win in Bulgaria.
17:10However, it should be noted that two
17:12years ago in this competition, Bulgaria
17:15did win away here. Momentum in my
17:18opinion still slightly rest with the
17:19home side coming into this one and I'm
17:21backing them to get the result once
17:23again here. Don't forget though with
17:25both sides blanking on multiple
17:27occasions so far in this tournament that
17:29nil nil is certainly not off the cards,
17:31but I am going to go for Luxembourg to
17:33sneak the victory and I'm going for a 1
17:36nil win for them. Now we move into
17:39League B for the final time then and
17:41group one is the final group in action.
17:43So let's begin in Scotland as they
17:45welcome Slovenia to Hampton Park on
17:47Tuesday night. This is actually third
17:50versus second in this group with both
17:51sides on four points from their opening
17:54three fixtures. For Scotland, Saturday
17:56saw them get their first win and also
17:58their first goals of this Nations League
18:00as Kieran Bowie got them ahead early on
18:02against North Macedonia with a brilliant
18:04touch turn and then strike from outside
18:07the box into the far corner. In the
18:09second half, it was all about penalties.
18:12Firstly, a foul on Ganondoke was
18:14overturned on V, but to be honest, I've
18:17seen it a few times and I genuinely
18:20think it's still a penalty, but luckily
18:22for Scotland, they ended up getting
18:23another penalty just 10 minutes later.
18:26This one given by V as Bowie's shot was
18:29blocked on the goal line by a hand and
18:31upsteps John McInn to secure the first
18:34three points of the tournament for
18:36Scotland. As for Slovenia, they actually
18:39put up a far better fight than we've
18:41seen from either of the other two sides
18:43against Switzerland on match day three.
18:44And to on top of putting in a good
18:46performance, they actually did it away
18:48from home as well. And they started off
18:50in the perfect manner when Vipnik, much
18:53like Bowie for Scotland, had a brilliant
18:55first touch turn and finish to put them
18:581 nil ahead. Unfortunately though, their
19:00lead did not last long when an absolute
19:03calamity of errors led to Jansa scoring
19:06an own goal. And honestly, if you've not
19:08seen it, is one of the craziest own
19:10goals I've ever seen. And there must be
19:12like five players [laughter] at fault
19:14for this one. It's such a bad own goal.
19:16Then things got even worse for Slovenia
19:19when a tackle on the edge of the box put
19:21Swiss clean through on goal to get their
19:24winner. But genuinely, they were well in
19:26the game for the entirety of the match.
19:28Although the Swiss still did end up with
19:30more possession and more chances, but in
19:32my opinion, it puts Slovenia in
19:34goodstead heading into this one. In
19:36terms of the team news, Scott McKenna
19:38was sent off late for Scotland on
19:41Saturday, so he is going to be out of
19:43this game. No fresh concerns for the
19:44away side coming into it. Last week when
19:47these two sides met, it ended in a nil
19:49nil draw in Slovenia. But do not forget
19:52that Scotland were by far the more
19:54dominant side in that match. It wouldn't
19:56surprise me though if this one ended in
19:58a nil nil draw either. Both of these
20:00sides have struggled going forward and
20:02both of these sides have looked
20:03relatively strong defensively. I still
20:06think Scotland will just about get this
20:08but I still think Slovenia have a half
20:10decent chance as well. I'm going for a
20:12very narrow 1 nil win to Scotland. Then
20:16the other game in this group comes from
20:18Switzerland where the runaway leaders of
20:21this group host the bottom of the table
20:23North Macedonia. For the home side, they
20:25were stunned in the opening couple of
20:27minutes of the match as they conceded
20:28their first goal of the tournament 90
20:31seconds into it in their first home game
20:33as well against Slovenia. From there,
20:35they were the dominant force, but they
20:37needed an element of luck for both goals
20:39they scored in the match. Firstly, a
20:41bizarre own goal getting them level just
20:435 minutes after they went 1-0 down. And
20:46I guess following an own goal, they then
20:48got an own assist in their favor as a
20:51Slovenian tackle quite literally put
20:53Andoi through on goal. And he put it
20:55past the Slovenian goalkeeper to make it
20:572-1 for the Swiss. Not their best
21:00performance by any stretch of the
21:01imagination, but it was still three wins
21:03out of three to kick off a very good
21:06start to their nation's league. And now
21:08against the bottom side in the group, no
21:09doubt they'll be the massive favorites
21:11to take the victory once again. Speaking
21:13of North Macedonia, more lazy defending
21:16from them allowed Scotland to score
21:18early on in the game and things got even
21:20worse for them in the second half as
21:22they conceded a penalty. Yes, it was a
21:25completely accidental handball, but it
21:28sort of sums up the sort of luck they're
21:29having due to the lack of effort they've
21:32put in in these first three matches and
21:34that they didn't really close down the
21:35Scotland player taking the shot and it's
21:38sort of a lazy effort to block it as
21:39well. the hand comes up. He doesn't mean
21:41it, but he prevents a goal. So, it's a
21:43penalty. 2-0 to Scotland and that is how
21:46it finished. And I think the worst stat
21:48that can come out of it is that they
21:49didn't have a single shot on target at
21:53home to Scotland and Scotland ended up
21:55having 10. Now, they must travel away
21:58from home to the side that has won every
22:00single match in this group so far. So,
22:02you've got to fear for their chances of
22:03getting anything in this one either. In
22:05terms of the team news for this match, I
22:07would expect the Swiss lineup to remain
22:09as consistent as it has been throughout
22:11this group so far. They've made it three
22:13wins out of three following a double
22:15change in the first half from Sloski on
22:19Saturday. Who knows what he's going to
22:21do with this North Macedonia this time
22:22around, but as far as I can tell, no
22:24fresh injury or suspension concerns for
22:27them. Last week, the Swiss won it 3-0
22:29away in North Macedonia in a match that
22:32they really should have won by more. Now
22:34back at home, I actually think that's
22:36exactly what they're going to do. I'm
22:38going for a 4N win to Switzerland. And
22:42now finally, it is time for League A
22:45group three. And we'll start off with
22:46Croatia, who are the third place side in
22:49this group, hosting the league leaders,
22:51Spain, who have won three out of three
22:53so far in this nation's league. For
22:55Croatia, after winning on match day one,
22:58it couldn't have gone much worse for
23:00them. firstly losing to Spain in Spain
23:03on match day two before then losing 7
23:06nil at home to England on Saturday night
23:09and some of the defending from
23:10legitimate big club players like Vardial
23:13of Man City and Stannis of Bayern Munich
23:16it was just hopeless defending they were
23:18absolutely all over the place and
23:20genuinely if it wasn't for Levakovic in
23:22goal it probably would have been double
23:24figures from England they were simply
23:26that bad on Saturday and they're going
23:28to need a serious response purely to not
23:31suffer the exact same fate at the hands
23:33of Spain coming into this game and
23:35surely they are not favored to get
23:36anything from this match. As for the
23:39world champions, they made it three wins
23:41out of three and once again it was Jamin
23:43Yamal who opened the scoring but it took
23:46him a whole six minutes to score this
23:48time after scoring in the opening two
23:50minutes in the opening two games. I mean
23:52he might as well just retire. He's
23:53clearly washed up and finished. Six
23:55whole minutes to score a goal. Shocking
23:57by his standards. Then came the turn of
23:59the captain Rodri who made it 2-0. Then
24:02Spain's sudden dip in defensive form
24:05reared its ugly head again as Czecha
24:07were able to get themselves back into
24:09the match. They've actually now conceded
24:11more games in this nation's league than
24:14the entirety of the World Cup campaign
24:16including qualifying. So keep an eye on
24:19that. Spain do look a little bit more
24:21dodgy at the back. But then upst
24:24Mourinho to hand them their third goal
24:26and their third straight win. They are
24:28obviously still the favorites to take
24:29the win in this match as well. In terms
24:32of the team news, no fresh concerns for
24:34either side coming into this, but surely
24:36multiple changes needed from Croatia
24:38after their 7-0il defeat. And there'll
24:40likely be more rotation for Spain after
24:42they also made a fair few changes in the
24:44Czech match. At home, Spain took it by
24:47four goals to one last week. After
24:49Saturday, it could really be any score
24:52line here. I'm just going to bottle it
24:54and go for the exact same score line
24:55that it was last week, which is of
24:57course 4-1 to Spain. But if Croatia do
24:59respond, it could be a little bit
25:01closer. If they don't respond, Spain
25:03could win this by even more. And then
25:06last and certainly not least, we have
25:07England in second hosting Czecha in
25:10fourth at Wembley. And I'll actually be
25:12at Wembley for this one. On Saturday
25:15night, what a simply unbelievable
25:17display it was from England away in
25:20Croatia. Kane Bellingham Gordon Sacka
25:24Kane Sacka Rogers 7 nil away from home
25:30and it was genuinely some of the best
25:31football I've ever seen from England and
25:33some of the goals on display as well
25:35were really really good and after a
25:37shaky first couple of match days it was
25:39a real statement of intent from the
25:42three lions heading into the second half
25:43of this tournament. As for the away
25:45side, I still think this is going to be
25:47a really tough game for England because
25:49even though Czecha have actually lost
25:51all three of their matches so far in the
25:53Nations League in my opinion, they've
25:55played pretty damn well in all three
25:57games. But it's just been a slight lack
25:59of discipline and a little bit of head
26:01loss that has ended up costing them. And
26:03it was the exact same thing when they
26:05played Spain on Saturday. They went 2-0
26:07down in the match through two goals that
26:09they couldn't really do much about, but
26:11then they got themselves back into the
26:12game as Slammer made it 2-1 in the
26:14second half. But then the discipline
26:16went. Captain Kitsky got himself sent
26:19off when they were pushing for an
26:20equalizer. And even in the buildup for
26:22Spain's third goal, there was another
26:24horrendous tackle on the halfway line
26:27where the Czech players then just
26:28stopped assuming it was going to be a
26:30foul. Spain made it three goals to one
26:32and that is how it finished. But
26:34genuinely, I've been impressed with the
26:36performances they've put in against
26:37England, Spain, and Croatia so far in
26:40this group. So, best believe they are
26:41going to be up for a fight in this game
26:43against England as well. In terms of the
26:45team news, England are actually expected
26:47to make a whole host of changes for this
26:49game. Apparently, this was always the
26:51plan. They were going to make changes
26:52for the Czech at home games that could
26:54actually end up costing England if they
26:56don't get the team right. As for Czecha,
26:59Kretzki is obviously going to be
27:00suspended following his red card, but
27:02Salt is back following the red card he
27:04got against England last week. In that
27:06game in Czech, it ended 2-nil to
27:09England. With a shirt to fight for, I
27:12would expect England's second 11 to put
27:14on a very strong performance here like
27:16the first team did against Croatia last
27:18week. I still think in terms of
27:20performance, it's going to be very, very
27:22close, but I still believe on the score
27:24line, England should still take a
27:26dominant victory. So, I'm going for a
27:283-nil win to the Three Lions. That is
27:30going to be it then for all of the 10
27:32matches taking place today and every
27:34single match of every single Nations
27:36League game over this international
27:38break. As always, let me know all of
27:40your thoughts down in the comments
27:41section below. And before I leave you,
27:43let's see what you guys have already
27:45been saying over on the community page
27:47regarding these 10 fixtures. You have
27:49gone for the following. The majority
27:52think that Kazakhstan are going to beat
27:53Pharaoh Islands. But the faith in them
27:55is starting to wne. Basically, everyone
27:57thinks that Slovakia are going to win
27:59away in Muldova. Basically, everyone
28:01thinks Albania are going to win at home
28:03to San Marino. The majority think that
28:05Finland are going to beat Bellarus. The
28:06majority think Iceland are going to beat
28:08Estonia. The majority think Luxembourg
28:10are going to win at home to Bulgaria.
28:12The majority think that Scotland are
28:13going to win at home to Slovenia.
28:15Basically, everyone thinks Switzerland
28:17are going to beat North Macedonia.
28:18Basically, everyone thinks Spain are
28:19going to win in Croatia. and basically
28:21everyone thinks England are going to
28:24beat Czecha. A massive thank you very
28:26much for watching once again for all of
28:28this league campaign so far. As I said,
28:30we'll be doing this all over again in 6
28:33weeks time for match days five and six.
28:35And of course, another reminder to you
28:37that club football is returning this
28:39weekend. So, the next round of videos
28:41will be coming for you on Friday morning
28:43as we will go back to the Premier League
28:45and La Liga. So, I'll leave you with a
28:47final. Thank you very much for watching
28:48once again and I'll see you very very

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