Netherlands v Spain, Italy v Germany, Greece v Scotland, and extra: Nations League – dwell | Nations League
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Key occasions
13 min: Bulgaria 1-0 Eire. The Irish had began moderately confidently, till Bulgaria scored with their first assault of the match. Now they’re wanting nervous, and Despodov glides in from the left earlier than aiming in direction of the highest proper. He doesn’t get sufficient whip on his shot and it’s a superb declare by Kelleher.
GOAL! Italy 1-0 Germany (Tonali 9)
A lot for Germany’s first rate begin. Barella strokes a go down the appropriate to feed Politano, whose low cross is barely half cleared. Racing in from the left, one in every of Newcastle’s hoodoo-busting heroes, Sandro Tonali, who hammers dwelling. A effective few days’ work for Tonali all proper.
GOAL! Netherlands 0-1 Spain (Williams 9)
Ronald Koeman seems to be on, carrying a face, as Hato is robbed within the left-back place. The ball’s labored proper to left by Spain in direction of Williams, who spins elegantly six yards out and slots. Verbruggen no probability. Hato undressed.
GOAL! Bulgaria 1-0 Eire (Petkov 6)
Krastev, his again to purpose on the sting of the Irish D, backheels cutely to Petkov, who threads a forensic first-time shot throughout the flat-footed Kelleher and into the underside proper.
4 min: Italy 0-0 Germany. The Germans on prime in these early phases. A nook in from the appropriate. A free kick in from the left. The Italian defence does what Italian defences have completed for therefore lengthy. Straightforward sufficient.
3 min: Netherlands 0-0 Spain. The Dutch reply via Gakpo, who has seemed awfully unfit in Liverpool’s current defeats to PSG and Newcastle, however seems a bit sharper already tonight. In from the left he zips, and goals a roller in direction of the highest proper. At all times extensive, all the time excessive.
2 min: Netherlands 0-0 Spain. The primary shot on the right track in Rotterdam comes courtesy of Pedri, who slaps it straight at Verbruggen. A straightforward declare.
2 min: Greece 0-0 Scotland. … however they get the ball again and win a free kick out on the appropriate. It’s swung in and half cleared, however when McGinn makes an attempt to whistle the ball via a crowded field, the whistle goes for an excessive amount of Caledonian pushing and shoving. A confident-enough begin by the Scots, although.
And we’re off! Scotland kick off in Greece, and lose the ball throughout the first six seconds. Onwards and upwards.
Piraeus, Rotterdam, Milan, Plovdiv … everyone’s speaking about Pop Musik! … the groups are out! Throughout Europe, we’ll be off as soon as the anthems are completed.
Heimir Hallgrímsson makes seven modifications to the Irish beginning XI after the 5-0 thumping at Wembley. Six of them are enforced: Liam Scales and Jayson Molumby are suspended, whereas Sammie Szmodics, Callum O’Dowda, Mark McGuinness and Festy Ebosele are injured. Evan Ferguson drops to the bench. In come: Mikey Johnston, Robbie Brady, Troy Parrott, Matt Doherty, Ryan Manning, Finn Azaz and Jason Knight.
Steve Clarke talks to BBC Scotland: “Come into the stadium and also you’re buzzing already … was tempted to go to a again 5 however determined to stay with the 4 … the 4 over the group stage labored properly … we created a bit bit extra … extra midfield gamers on the pitch … it’s a very fast begin on a Thursday … the one time I had all of the gamers on the pitch was on Wednesday simply earlier than we flew to Greece so we didn’t have a number of time to vary the system … so we caught with what we labored on for the earlier six video games.”
Steve Clarke sticks to 4 on the again … by the seems to be of it, given how the returning Kieran Tierney is on the bench. There are simply two modifications to the group that began the dramatic 2-1 win in Poland final November: Lewis Ferguson and Che Adams step up with Ben Doak and Lyndon Dykes lacking out altogether.
Greece v Scotland groups
Greece: Tzolakis, Rota, Mavropanos, Koulierakis, Tsimikas, Siopis, Mantalos, Masouras, Konstantelias, Tzolis, Ioannidis.
Subs: Vlachodimos, Mandas, Vagiannidis, Retsos, Zafeiris, Pelkas, Fountas, Pavlidis, Mouzakitis, Hatzidiakos, Karetsas, Giannoulis.
Scotland: Gordon, Ralston, Souttar, Hanley, Robertson, Gilmour, McLean, McGinn, McTominay, Ferguson, Adams.
Subs: Kelly, Slicker, Tierney, Conway, Wilson, Hendry, Porteous, McKenna, Nisbet, Hirst, Miller, Johnston.
Bulgaria v Rep. Eire groups
Bulgaria: Mitov, Popov, Atanasov, Alex Petkov, Nurnberger, Despodov, Krastev, Gruev, Lukas Petkov, Andrian Kraev, Marin Petkov.
Subs: Sheytanov, Plamen Iliev, Antov, Kirilov, Nikolov, Bozhidar Kraev, Shopov, Nedyalkov, Simeon Petrov, Minkov, Panayotov, Ilian Iliev.
Republic of Eire: Kelleher, Doherty, Collins, O’Shea, Manning, Knight, Cullen, Azaz, Johnston, Brady, Parrott.
Subs: Bazunu, Travers, O’Brien, Ferguson, Idah, Dunne, Sykes, Vata, Moran, Taylor, Armstrong, Abankwah.
The quarter-final groups
Croatia: Livakovic, Stanisic, Caleta-Automotive, Sutalo, Gvardiol, Modric, Kovacic, Perisic, Baturina, Kramaric, Budimir.
Subs: Kotarski, Ivusic, Pongracic, Moro, Mario Pasalic, Vlasic, Fruk, Jakic, Sosa, Ivanovic, Petar Sucic, Juranovic.
France: Maignan, Kounde, Konate, Saliba, Digne, Guendouzi, Tchouameni, Rabiot, Dembele, Muani, Mbappe.
Subs: Samba, Chevalier, Pavard, Upamecano, Camavinga, Doue, Olise, Kone, Zaire Emery, Barcola, Clauss, Hernandez.
Denmark: Schmeichel, Kristensen, Vestergaard, Andersen, Isaksen, Hjulmand, Eriksen, Norgaard, Maehle, Biereth, Lindstrom.
Subs: Hermansen, Jorgensen, Nelsson, Frendrup, Dorgu, Hojlund, Hogsberg, Skov Olsen, Wind, Tougher, Froholdt.
Portugal: Costa, Dalot, Dias, Veiga, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Fernandes, Joao Neves, Pedro Neto, Ronaldo, Leao.
Subs: Jose Sa, Rui Silva, Nelson Semedo, Antonio Silva, Joao Palhinha, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, Inacio, Quenda, Ruben Neves, Trincao, Jota.
Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Calafiori, Politano, Barella, Rovella, Tonali, Udogie, Kean, Raspadori.
Subs: Meret, Vicario, Buongiorno, Ricci, Maldini, Lucca, Frattesi, Ruggeri, Zaccagni, Casadei, Gatti, Bellanova.
Germany: Baumann, Kimmich, Tah, Rudiger, Raum, Gross, Goretzka, Sane, Musiala, Amiri, Burkardt.
Subs: Ortega, Nubel, Andrich, Stiller, Leweling, Undav, Adeyemi, Kleindienst, Mittelstadt, Schlotterbeck, Bisseck, Koch.
Netherlands: Verbruggen, Geertruida, van Hecke, van Dijk, Hato, de Jong, Reijnders, Frimpong, Kluivert, Gakpo, Depay.
Subs: Olij, Flekken, Simons, Koopmeiners, Brobbey, de Ligt, Taylor, Lang, Malen, Wieffer, Baas.
Spain: Simon, Porro, Le Normand, Cubarsi, Cucurella, Gonzalez, Zubimendi, Fabian, Yamal, Morata, Williams.
Subs: Raya, Remiro, Grimaldo, Merino, Perez, Olmo, Aghehowa, Mingueza, Huijsen, Garcia, Baena, Oyarzabal.
Preamble
Welcome to this Nations League version of our ever-lovable Clockwatch characteristic. There are two enormous quarter-final showdowns …
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Italy v Germany
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Netherlands v Spain
… plus the beginning of Scotland’s try to finish their Homeric League A survival bid …
… so we’ll be retaining shut tabs on all of these. However that’s not all, as a result of the opposite quarters are fairly tasty too …
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Croatia v France
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Denmark v Portugal
… and Eire are searching for to lock down League B soccer subsequent time spherical …
… so there’s lots to be getting on with tonight. All of the matches, that includes repeats of the 1982, 2010 and 2018 World Cup finals, kick off at 7.45pm GMT. It’s on!
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