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0:00And we are back. Welcome to my previews
0:02and predictions for the final day of
0:04match day five of the UEFA Nations
0:06League. Before we start today's video,
0:08plenty to get through. Firstly, if you
0:10missed yesterday's video, you still have
0:12time to view that available at the top
0:14of your screen right now covering all 10
0:16matches taking place today on day two of
0:19the Nations League. Secondly, due to the
0:22very quick turnaround of these Nations
0:23League fixtures, you have just 24 hours
0:26to have your say on the opening day of
0:28match day six of the Nations League,
0:30that video will be coming for you
0:31tomorrow. Community polls were posted
0:33last night after the conclusion of the
0:35opening day of match day 5. So, as
0:37always, link in the description and in
0:39the pinned comment of this video so you
0:41can head over to the community page and
0:42have your say on the opening days of
0:44match day six, which of course will be
0:46tomorrow morning's video. As for today
0:48though, we have got eight more matches
0:50to round off match day five of this
0:52nation's league. So before we get into
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1:19still got all of match day six to cover
1:21of the Nations League over the course of
1:22the next few days and then we'll be
1:24heading back to club football for the
1:26next few months. As for today though,
1:29these are the final eight matches to
1:31round off match day five of this UEFA
1:34Nations League. So without any further
1:36ado, let's get straight into it.
1:38Incredibly, 34 of the matches taking
1:42place on Saturday are made up of League
1:44B matches. So, I'm going to begin with
1:46the opening game from group two, and
1:49that sees Georgia taking on Hungary with
1:51these sides currently sat fourth and
1:53second, respectively in League B, group
1:55two, where Georgia come into this
1:57without a single win in the competition
1:59so far. And Hungary come into this off
2:01the back of back-to back wins, which
2:03means that for Georgia, it is simply
2:05must win just to keep any slim chances
2:08of promotion alive. Whereas for Hungary,
2:10anything but a defeat will secure
2:12Hungary in League B for the next
2:14campaign. But ideally, they'll want to
2:16win this one as well, so they could set
2:17up a top of the table decider with
2:19Northern Ireland in match day six. For
2:22Georgia on match day four, they were
2:24able to pick up their second point of
2:26the Nations League campaign so far
2:28against the league leaders in Northern
2:29Ireland away from home. However,
2:31unfortunately, they still failed to
2:33score a goal. Incredibly, their record
2:36so far from the opening four matches is
2:38no goals scored, but also incredibly
2:41just the two goals conceded as both
2:43points they've got so far have both been
2:45from nil nils. This one was all about
2:47their defensive display though as
2:49despite having almost twice the
2:50possession as Northern Ireland. and they
2:52failed to create a single genuine
2:54opportunity in the match whilst facing
2:56several from their host including a
2:59penalty late on which Liverpool
3:00goalkeeper Mama Dashilly was able to
3:02save to preserve that clean sheet and
3:04that allimportant point for Georgia.
3:06However, if they're going to avoid
3:07playing in that relegation playoff,
3:09they're going to find need to find a way
3:11to score their first goal of the
3:12tournament in this one. As for Hungary,
3:15they actually scored more goals in match
3:17day four than they did in match days 1,
3:19two, and three combined. But that wasn't
3:22too difficult a task as they only still
3:24scored two goals on the night to beat
3:26Ukraine in Slovakia and they won it by
3:28two goals to one. A relatively even game
3:30throughout which kind of burst into life
3:32in the second half when Bournemouth
3:34midfielder to gave Hungary the lead.
3:36From there, they tried to hold out, but
3:37when Ukraine equalized with just 7
3:39minutes left. That sparked Hungary back
3:42into life, though, and when they needed
3:43the goal, they got it straight away as
3:45Singer was there to make it two goals to
3:47one and send Hungary up to second in the
3:49group and give the momentum to probably
3:51make them favorites ahead of this game.
3:53In terms of the team news, obviously the
3:55massive news for Georgia is the ACL
3:58injury to Carver Rat Skeleia, which
3:59would obviously see him miss both of
4:01these games and the remainder of the
4:03actual football season. Also coming into
4:05this, Kokarashilli is going to be
4:07suspended for the home side for Hungary.
4:10After recent injury concerns, it looks
4:11like Soishly is going to be available
4:13for this match. On match day three in
4:16the reverse fixture, it was Hungary who
4:17picked up the 1-0il win at home. In a
4:20group that has been very devoid of goals
4:22so far in this nation's league, I don't
4:24see this one being much of a thriller
4:26either. But with Georgia needing to go
4:28for it, hopefully that does lead to a
4:30much more open game. Personally, I still
4:32don't see that happening though. For me,
4:34it's either another nil nil or what I'm
4:36actually going to go for is a third
4:38straight Hungarian win. I'm going for
4:40the exact same score and it was on match
4:42day three and that is a 1-0il win to
4:44Hungary. The late game from League B
4:47group two is Northern Ireland and
4:49Ukraine then where for the home side
4:51incredibly they still come into this top
4:53of the table with two wins, two draws
4:56and not one single goal conceded, four
4:58consecutive clean sheets. Whereas for
5:00the away side, they come into this with
5:02just four points following back-to-back
5:04defeat, which means that if Northern
5:06Ireland can get at least a point from
5:08this match, they are guaranteed to
5:10finish in the top two. Whereas for
5:12Ukraine, they have to win it, not only
5:14to stay in with a chance of getting
5:15promotion, but also because failure to
5:17do so could leave them very vulnerable
5:19to dropping into that relegation playoff
5:21should they end up losing on match day
5:23six. Back on match day four. As already
5:25mentioned, it was a fourth clean sheet
5:28in a row for Northern Ireland as Pierre
5:30Charles was once again a standout
5:32performer for Northern Ireland in net.
5:34But he's going to feel somewhat
5:36disappointed by the players at the other
5:37end of the pitch. They had the real
5:39opportunity to repeat the trick that
5:41they did against Georgia in the first
5:42game against them, which was score late
5:44on. Penalty awarded in the final few
5:47minutes of the match. Price with the
5:49opportunity to put Northern Ireland out
5:50of sight in this group. But
5:52unfortunately hit his penalty straight
5:54at the goalkeeper and nil nil it
5:56finished. But again, if they can make it
5:58five clean sheets in a row here, it will
6:00be a minimum promotion playoff spot. But
6:02realistically, a real opportunity for
6:04them to end up topping the group at the
6:06end of match day six. As for Ukraine, I
6:09think it's fair to say their home from
6:11home in Slovakia has not served them
6:13very well so far in this nation's league
6:15as they suffered their second
6:16consecutive defeat as they lost this
6:18time against Hungary. And to be honest,
6:20they probably could have done better
6:22themselves with the chances that they
6:23had, but they were only able to get one
6:25of them on target as Yorchuk scored from
6:27a corner. But that was already after
6:29conceding the opening goal of the game
6:31early on in the second half. And then
6:32immediately from kickoff, they basically
6:35just switched off, conceded to Hungary
6:37once again. And with that little time
6:39left, they were unable to get themselves
6:40back up off the floor, find a second
6:42equalizer. And unfortunately, it was yet
6:44another defeat. And that also means
6:47coming into this game, they've only
6:48scored two goals in their four matches
6:50so far. So going now away to a side that
6:53hasn't conceded in the entire
6:55tournament, you do fear that Ukraine are
6:57going to struggle to get much from this
6:59match. In terms of the team news, as far
7:01as I could find, no major issues for
7:03either nation since the previous
7:04international break. So, I'd be
7:06expecting similar, if not identical,
7:08lineups for these two sides this time
7:10around. In the reverse fixture, it
7:12really was an incredible performance and
7:14victory for Northern Ireland 3. They
7:17beat Ukraine in Slovakia. But even with
7:19that result, I'm still not fully
7:22convinced they're going to repeat that
7:23level of victory this time around. I
7:25still think they'll hold out for another
7:27clean sheet. I don't think Ukraine are
7:29going to offer too much threat at that
7:30end of the pitch. But after the Northern
7:32Ireland's previous two games at home
7:34have both finished nil nil. I'm not
7:37ruling that one out either. I'm still
7:39going for Northern Ireland to just about
7:40nick it. And as with the opening game,
7:42it's just going to be a one-goal one for
7:44me. I'm going for 1 nil for Northern
7:46Ireland. The earliest kickoff of the day
7:49comes from League B group three where we
7:52have Kosovo, the side second in this
7:54group, hosting the side currently rock
7:55bottom in Israel. To be fair, that
7:58doesn't really tell the whole story of
7:59this group because despite Kosovo being
8:01in second, they haven't won a single
8:03match since match day one. They have
8:05drawn their last two, which means
8:07despite being bottom of this group, if
8:09Israel can go to Kosovo and get the
8:11victory here, they will leaprog Kosovo
8:13and Republic of Ireland into second
8:15before Ireland then have to travel to
8:17Austria. So there is plenty still to
8:19play for for both of these sides here.
8:21On match day four, Kosovo, in my
8:23opinion, got their best result of the
8:25Nations League so far as they were able
8:26to get a 1-1 draw at home here against
8:29Austria. However, they're going to be
8:31absolutely gutted. It wasn't all three
8:33points because despite not having the
8:35majority of the ball in the match, they
8:36created more chances and better chances,
8:39led with 20 minutes to go thanks to a
8:42brilliant finish from Aslani. But then
8:44immediately after scoring, they missed a
8:46clear 1v1, shot off the post, and from
8:49there they kind of then sat back on that
8:52one-goal lead, invited the Austria
8:54pressure, and the defense was unable to
8:55hold out and it finished 1-1 with
8:57Austria equalizing with 5 minutes left.
9:00Despite that though, it's still a very
9:02good result. But nevertheless, it also
9:03still means three games without a win.
9:06As for Israel, it was yet another
9:09neutral stadium for them as they faced
9:10the Republic of Ireland in Serbia where
9:12initially they were once again the
9:14architects of their own downfall as a
9:16combination of goalkeeper and defender
9:18brought down an Irish player in the
9:20penalty area. That penalty was scored to
9:22put Ireland ahead. At the start of the
9:24second half though, they came out firing
9:26and it was Perez who leveled just 70
9:28seconds into that second half. And from
9:30there, realistically, they should have
9:32gone on to win it, but two clear-cut
9:34opportunities ended up hitting the post
9:36before the full-time whistle and 1-1 is
9:38how it finished. But to be fair, on the
9:40balance of both halves, a draw was
9:42probably the correct result. now an
9:44official away ground whereas that was an
9:46away game at an unofficial away ground.
9:49I do think they're going to have a
9:50potentially tougher test against Kosovo
9:53here. In terms of the team news, no
9:55major issues for either side, but keep
9:56an eye out for young Israeli youngster
9:59Goran who could be in line to make his
10:00debut as the Barcelona youngster has
10:02been having a few bit part appearances
10:04for Barcelona over the past couple of
10:06weeks. On match day three, it ended nil
10:09nil between these two sides. Again,
10:11obviously that was on neutral
10:12territories. Israel cannot play in their
10:14home ground at the moment. Now, back in
10:16Kosovo with that home field advantage, I
10:19think we will see a slightly more open
10:21game here and one that I would expect
10:23Kosovo to end up winning with both sides
10:25needing to get the victory. I'm
10:26expecting to see a much more open game
10:28with a fair few more goals than the nil
10:30nil we got a few weeks ago. I'm still
10:32going for the home win though and I'm
10:33going for a 2-1 win to Kosovo. The late
10:37kickoff in League B group three then
10:39sees the league leaders Austria taking
10:41on the Republic of Ireland where once
10:43again both of these sides have drawn
10:45their last two matches due to how this
10:46group has played out over the past two
10:48match days. But it is Austria who come
10:50into this eight points out of their
10:52possible 12 and they can also guarantee
10:55automatic promotion with the victory
10:57over the Republic of Ireland here who
10:59sit just three points behind them. But
11:01that also means if Ireland can get the
11:03victory here due to the superior
11:04head-to-head record, they would go into
11:06the final match day top of this group
11:08and it would set up a very mouthwatering
11:10final day with so many teams so close in
11:13regards to points. For the home side,
11:15their unbeaten streak in the Nations
11:17League almost went away against Kosovo
11:19on match day four. To be honest, they
11:21didn't really make any significant
11:23chances in the entire match. And after a
11:25few missed chances from Kosovo, they
11:27found themselves 1 nil down with 20
11:30minutes to go. That kind of changed the
11:32mindset of Austria though who had been
11:34sort of very slow buildup play up until
11:36that point, but that sort of led them to
11:37then start going a lot more direct, get
11:39it into the big forwards, and then from
11:41a long throw, it found its way to Lang
11:43at the back post who scored a brilliant
11:45long range header. Like I'm talking 10
11:4712 yd header looping over the goalkeeper
11:50into the far corner to spare Austria's
11:52blushes and allowing them to maintain
11:54not only their unbeaten record but also
11:56maintain their three-point lead at the
11:58top of the table. As for the Republic of
12:01Ireland, due to the political unrest
12:03between themselves and Israel, they
12:04opted to have their game played in
12:06Serbia on neutral territory. And
12:08unfortunately for them, they were made
12:10to pay for that choice because without
12:12those homefield advantages, they ended
12:14up only drawing the game 1-1.
12:16Realistically, they should have had the
12:17game wrapped up in the first half,
12:19though, missing plenty of big chances.
12:21But they needed that man again, Troy
12:23Parrot, to spare their initial blushes
12:25as he scored from the penalty spot just
12:26before Halime. In the second half
12:28though, it was all about Israel as they
12:30capitalized on a mistake in the Republic
12:32of Ireland defense just 70 seconds into
12:35that second half to make the score line
12:371-1. And to be honest, I think they were
12:39really lucky not to end up losing the
12:40game after the amount of chances they
12:42gave up to Israel. But again, as
12:44mentioned in the other fixture, for me,
12:45a draw seemed about right. Ireland
12:47missed plenty of chances in the first
12:48half. Israel missed plenty of chances in
12:50the second half. So realistically,
12:52neither side deserve to win the game.
12:54Now away the league leaders, though,
12:56they're going to need a serious step up
12:57in performance if they're going to have
12:59any chance of hanging on to slim hopes
13:01of making automatic promotion. In terms
13:03of the team news, once again, no major
13:05issues for either of these sides, but
13:07the big news for the Republic of Ireland
13:08is James Collins is back and available
13:11for them. In Ireland, Austria came back
13:13from 2-0 down to draw it 2-2. Now, with
13:16homefield advantage, I'd expect them to
13:18run away with the victory this time
13:20around. Take all three points and
13:21guarantee that automatic promotion to
13:24League A. I'm going for a 3-1 win to
13:27Austria. The final matches on match day
13:30five from League B come from group four.
13:32And we have to start by saying that this
13:34match between Romania and Poland is an
13:36absolute must win. As for Romania,
13:40failure to get a victory in this match
13:41guarantees that they will be finishing
13:43bottom of this group and will have to
13:45play the relegation playoff. Whereas for
13:47Poland, failure to win for them means
13:49that they would have to hope that Bosnia
13:50lose to Sweden and they would then have
13:53to go on and beat Sweden on match day
13:55six just to have any chance of finishing
13:57in the promotion playoff. So, it really
13:58is a must-win game for both of these
14:01sides. The reason why the stakes are so
14:03high, especially for the home side, is
14:05because they come into this after losing
14:07all four nations league matches so far,
14:10which of course includes on match day
14:11four where they were here at home to
14:13leaders Sweden. I guess the only
14:15positive you can take from that game is
14:17that they had their best defensive
14:19showing of the tournament so far,
14:21conceding just one, where they had
14:23averaged more than two per game in the
14:25opening three games. But the cost of
14:27being more defensively solid was that
14:29they didn't create a single big chance
14:31in the entire match, meaning that they
14:33have blanked in two of their four
14:35nations league games so far. And when
14:36you consider that Sweden still missed
14:38multiple big chances in the match as
14:40well, it's arguable to say that Romania
14:42were very lucky they didn't end up
14:43losing that one by more. As for Poland
14:46that they were away to Bosnia and
14:48outside of the first 10 minutes and the
14:50last 10 minutes, they were absolutely
14:52dominant in the match, but unfortunately
14:54for them, they were unable to score in
14:56those 70 minutes of dominance. And in
14:58the final 10 minutes where Bosnia got
15:00back in control, it was them that ended
15:02up taking the victory. Yan Bednerk
15:05wrestling down a Bosnian forward who was
15:07nowhere near the ball in the penalty
15:10area with just 5 minutes left giving
15:12away a penalty. Penalty converted. 1 nil
15:14is how it finished. And that means it's
15:16now a massive uphill task for Poland to
15:19catch Bosnia. And also with Bosnia
15:21having now the better head-to-head
15:22record going into these final two days,
15:24it also means that Poland realistically
15:26cannot even afford draws. They need to
15:29win this game and they need to win on
15:30the final game if they're going to stand
15:32any significant chance of getting into
15:34those top two places. In terms of the
15:36team news, Marin is going to be
15:38suspended for Bosnia and Bednerek is
15:40also going to be suspended for Poland
15:42who furtherly have Francowski and
15:44Zilinsky as injury doubts for this
15:46match. I'd say those absentees would
15:48make a significant impact for Poland.
15:50But when you consider that on match day
15:51three, Poland beat Romania 6nil at home,
15:55I think even with a couple of key
15:57players missing, I would still expect
15:59them to win here, especially when you
16:00consider how poor Romania have been so
16:02far in this competition. I think it's
16:04going to be a lot closer than the 6-nil
16:06we got on match day three, but I'm still
16:08going for a Polish victory. I'm going
16:10for 2-0 to Poland. The final game from
16:14League B then sees the top two of group
16:16four going head-to-head where it is
16:18Sweden at home and the task is simple.
16:21Beat Bosnia here and they're promoted
16:22straight back to League A. For Bosnia,
16:25their task is also simple. Don't let
16:27that happen. And also, if they are able
16:30to get the win here, they know that all
16:31they'd have to do on the final match day
16:33is beat bottom side Romania at home and
16:36they will guarantee themselves promotion
16:37with victory on match day six. So once
16:39again, plenty to play for between these
16:42two sides. For Sweden on match day four,
16:44they were away to Romania and it was
16:46that man once again, Victor Jockaresh
16:48who got them ahead and he has scored in
16:50all four Nations League matches in
16:52September and October. However, as good
16:54as that stat is, the fact that the
16:57combination of him and the other Swedish
16:59forwards missed six other big chances in
17:02that match makes you think that maybe
17:04they were a little bit lucky to hold on
17:06to all three points in that match. But
17:07to be fair, they didn't really offer up
17:09any chances for Romania. And even though
17:11it did only finish 1 nil, it was still a
17:14comfortable victory. And that's that is
17:16also significant because it was also
17:17Sweden's first clean sheet of the
17:19competition. Speaking of clean sheets,
17:21and it was back-to- back clean sheets
17:23for Bosnia against Poland specifically,
17:25who Bosnia were taking on on match day
17:28four as they maintained their unbeaten
17:30starts in the Nations League with a
17:311-nil victory at home to the polls. To
17:34be honest, it really should have been
17:36Poland that took that game given the
17:38amount of opportunities they had, but
17:39some incredible last ditch defending
17:41from Bosnia, including three clearances
17:43off the line, kept the score line at nil
17:45nil until the final 10 minutes of the
17:47match where Lucic was brought down in
17:49the penalty area. Bashes stepped up,
17:51converted the penalty, three points
17:53secured. But in my opinion, they're
17:54going to need a much better performance
17:56at both ends of the pitch if they're
17:58going to stand any chance of getting the
18:00win that they really need here to apply
18:02the serious pressure on Sweden going
18:03into the final day. In terms of the team
18:05news, Isak is back from injury for
18:08Sweden and could be starting in this
18:10game. Mherovic is suspended for Bosnia,
18:12who could be a big loss for them coming
18:14up against two fellow Premier League
18:16strikers. Back in Bosnia, it was a 1-1
18:20draw and that is the only game that
18:22Sweden haven't won so far in this
18:24Champions League competition. Now back
18:26on home soil, I think they are going to
18:28get the win and I think they're going to
18:29get a promotion alongside it as well.
18:31I'm going for a 3-1 win to Sweden. The
18:35final group in action on match day five
18:38then is League A group four. And we'll
18:40begin with the early kickoff from this
18:41group which sees fourth host third as
18:43Norway take on Sweden with both sides
18:46coming into this on just three points
18:48from their opening three games. This
18:50time I will actually start with the
18:52head-to-head record between these two
18:53sides because Wales are above Norway due
18:56to the fact that Wales beat Norway 2-1
18:58at home which means that Norway simply
19:01have to win this game otherwise they run
19:02the risk of Wales ending up on the same
19:04points of them and then of course
19:06finishing above them and if they want
19:07any chance of making the quarterfinals
19:09they're just going to need to get that
19:10victory anyway. Similarly for Wales they
19:13cannot afford to rely on Denmark losing
19:15to Portugal. But ultimately they have to
19:17win this game as well because Portugal
19:19and Denmark are so many points ahead of
19:20both teams already. On match day four,
19:23Norway traveled to Portugal looking to
19:25bounce back from back-to-back defeat.
19:27And initially it looked like they were
19:29going to do exactly that when center
19:30back scored an absolute screamer on the
19:33volley from the edge of the box.
19:35However, literally straight from
19:37kickoff, they allowed Portugal to
19:38equalize and from there it was the
19:40Portuguese who took control. And
19:42eventually when Norway's resistance
19:43broke in the final 10 minutes, 2-1 is
19:46how it finished. And that now makes it
19:48three defeats in a row for a side that
19:50incredibly went unbeaten for 18 months
19:53prior to the World Cup. What has gone
19:55wrong for them over the last few weeks
19:57and months, we just don't know. As for
19:59Wales, it was yet another game where
20:01they lacked all forms of attacking
20:03quality. They actually had more
20:04possession in the match. They took on
20:06Denmark, but only created six shots, one
20:09on target, and only 0.2x 2xG in the
20:12match. So it was no surprise that
20:14Denmark went on to win the game as the
20:16quality of their chances they created
20:17created much more significant moments.
20:19To be fair, the Welsh defense held out
20:21very very well, but it was the Wales
20:23goalkeeper Danny Ward who gifted the
20:25ball to the Denmark forward. Followed it
20:27up by immediately wiping the forward out
20:30which gave Denmark a penalty. Penalty
20:32converted, one nil it finished and that
20:33is now three defeats from the opening
20:35four games for Wales as well joining
20:37Norway in that stat. In terms of the
20:40team news, no major issues for the home
20:42side coming into this game, but Wales
20:43will be without Cabango and Thomas, who
20:45are both suspended for this match. After
20:48losing in Wales, Norway know what they
20:50have to do here. It is simply win or
20:52basically face the prospect of going
20:54into that relegation playoff. Right
20:56here, right now, I think they have the
20:58quality and they have the experience to
21:00get the victory at home to Wales and I
21:02fully expect them to do that. But Wales
21:04have been somewhat resilient in this
21:05competition so far. I don't think
21:07they'll be bowled over too easy. Still
21:09going for the Norway victory, though.
21:10I'm going for a 3-1 victory to them. And
21:14then last and certainly not least, we
21:16have Portugal hosting Denmark, where for
21:18the Portuguese, they just have to not
21:20lose this game by two or more and they
21:22will guarantee themselves top spot in
21:24this group. Literally, they can lose by
21:26one and they will guarantee themselves
21:28top spot. Whereas with Denmark, they
21:30simply cannot afford to lose this game.
21:32But after being three points ahead of
21:33the sides third and fourth, that means
21:35if they do get something from this
21:36match, they'll be in a great position to
21:38finish in the top two. Obviously, if
21:40they can win it by two or more, they
21:41still have a slim chance of finishing
21:43above Portugal as well. But ultimately,
21:45the top two both make it into the
21:47quarterfinals. There's not a massive
21:49urgency for Denmark to go out and win
21:50this game by that two goal margin. On
21:53match day four, Portugal started off
21:54their game pretty slowly against Norway.
21:57But when Norway got themselves ahead
21:58that sort of sparked Portugal into life
22:00and it was a brilliant goal from Xiao
22:02Canel from the edge of the area,
22:04volleying it into the top corner to get
22:06them level on 1-1. And from there, it
22:08was just a matter of when and not if
22:10they were going to go on to get the
22:11winner. To be honest, it did take them a
22:13little bit longer than I think even they
22:15expected as it took them till the final
22:1710 minutes to end up getting that
22:18winner. But it was Gonzalo Ramos who was
22:20there scoring yet another goal to add to
22:22his tally and that makes it four wins
22:25out of four for the Portuguese and a
22:27perfect start for the Nations League
22:29defending champions. As for Denmark,
22:31theirs was almost a game of missed
22:33opportunities. Whilst granted
22:34restricting their host Wales to
22:36absolutely nothing at one end of the
22:38pitch, they had missed four big chances
22:40at the other end before they ended up
22:42getting a penalty late on. Eaxton
22:44brought down by the Welsh goalkeeper
22:46upstep Rajas Handen to score for the
22:48Danes and secure their second win of the
22:51Nations League so far. But it still
22:52leaves them another six points behind
22:54Portugal going into these final two
22:56matches. In terms of the team news,
22:58Portugal are really struggling in the
23:00fullback region as Nuno Mendes and Nuno
23:02Tavvarez are out injured and Xiao Canelo
23:05is suspended which means Dio is going to
23:08have to play there and trust me nobody
23:09wants that right now. Furthermore, Conc
23:12Sao is suspended and Raphael Liao is
23:14also injured. So, plenty of players
23:16missing for Portugal. By contrast, no
23:19major issues from Denmark ahead of this
23:21game who may fancy their chances with
23:23that many players missing for the home
23:25side. Games between these two sides over
23:27the last couple of years have been full
23:29of entertainment and drama. in the
23:30reverse fixture in Denmark here. It was
23:3342 just last month and their last
23:35meeting on this ground was in the
23:37quarterfinal of this competition two
23:39years ago and it ended 52 to Portugal.
23:42So, we could be in for some more drama
23:44and some more goals here. I certainly
23:46hope so. Personally, I think Portugal
23:47are going to win this one once again
23:49with the absentees. I think it might be
23:51a little bit closer than what we saw a
23:53couple of months ago, but I'm still
23:54going for that Portugal home win. I'm
23:56going for 3-2 to the Portuguese.
24:00That is going to be it then for today's
24:02video. And that is also going to be it
24:03for the entirety of match day five of
24:05this UEFA Nations League. As always, a
24:07massive thank you very much for
24:09watching. Before I leave you, let's see
24:11what you guys have been saying over on
24:12the community page regarding these final
24:14eight fixtures. You have gone for the
24:17following. Close between Georgia and
24:19Hungary, but the majority have gone for
24:21the away win. Similarly, close between
24:23Northern Ireland and Ukraine, but the
24:24majority have gone for Northern Ireland.
24:26Vast majority think Kosovo are going to
24:28be Israel. Basically, everyone thinks
24:29Austria are going to be Ireland. Vast
24:31majority think Poland are going to beat
24:32Romania. Vast majority think Sweden are
24:34going to beat Bosnia. Basically,
24:35everyone thinks Norway are going to beat
24:37Wales. And basically, everyone thinks
24:39Portugal are going to beat Denmark. As
24:41always, let me know your thoughts down
24:43in the comments section below. Are you
24:45excited for the conclusion of this UEFA
24:47Nations League coming up for you over
24:49the course of the next couple of days?
24:50I'll be back same time tomorrow with my
24:53predictions for the opening day of match
24:55day six. So, as always, a final thank
24:57you very much for watching once again,
24:59and I'll see you very, very

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