UEFA Nations League - Away against Portugal, Spain has no way out to advance to the quarter-finals

2022-09-27 15:55

UEFA Nations League - Away against Portugal, Spain has no way out to advance to the quarter-finals


In the 2022/23 season, the A2 group of the UEFA Nations League will usher in a fierce competition. The "Voyager" Portugal will play at home against Spain, and the "Matroador" has no way out in order to qualify for the top four.


In the last round of the group stage, Portugal beat the Czech Republic 4-0 away from home, while Spain lost to Switzerland at home. Therefore, Portugal currently ranks first in the group standings with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 10 points, and Spain is second with 2 wins, 2 and 1 loss with 8 points.


This means that in the final round of the group, Portugal need only be unbeaten to keep the top spot, but Spain needs to win to get a ticket to the top four.


In terms of the lineup of the two sides, Pepe withdrew from the national team due to injury, Guerrero, Fangte, Moutinho and Andre Silva were not in the team's squad for their own reasons, while Bruno Fernandez and Dallo Special and other main players will take on the task of scoring goals. In Spain, Ramos, De Gea, Laporte and Thiago were all out of the squad. And if Morata scores a goal, he can tie the 6th-ranked scorer in the history of the team and scored 27 goals.


In addition, this will also be the 40th time the two sides have played against each other in the history of the two sides. Portugal has only won 6 wins, 17 and 16 losses in the previous 39 games.


The other match in the same group is Switzerland at home against the Czech Republic. Switzerland is currently third in the group standings with 6 points, and the Czech Republic is at the bottom, so this game is also a very important relegation battle.