Two months before the World Cup in Qatar, vice-champion England was relegated from the A-League in the Nations League. France had previously at least just avoided early relegation.
In the new edition of the European Championship final, the Three Lions lost 0-1 (0-0) in Italy on Friday evening (September 23, 2022) and are four points behind in Group A3 before the last game on Monday against the German national team last place.
438 days after the Wembley final, Milan wasn’t about the title, it was about relegation. In the end, the English were only disappointed, only the Italians were celebrating: Giacomo Raspadori scored the decisive goal for Italy (68th) after a long pass from Leonardo Bonucci.
England captain Harry Kane had great chances shortly thereafter, only he failed twice at goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (77th). It was nothing with the balance.
France avoids early relegation
France had previously won its Nations League game in St. Denis against Austria by team boss Ralf Rangnick 2-0 (0-0) on Thursday and can hope to stay in the A-League again after the first win of the season.
super star Kylian Mbappe (56.) and Oliver Giroud (65.) shot the French to win against the Austrians, where Marko Arnautovic completed his 103rd international match and drew level with record player Andreas Herzog. Previously, defending champions France had recorded two defeats and two draws at the start of the Nations League in June and thus already lost their chances of the final tournament in 2023.
Relegation decision next Sunday
In group A1, the Team Tricolore (five points) now Austria (four points) in last place. The decision about relegation will be made next Sunday when France travels to Denmark and the Austrians meet Vice World Champion Croatia.
Two months before the start of the World Cup in Qatar (November 20th to December 18th), Deschamps had to go to a goalkeeper Hugo LlorisKarim BenzemaPaul Pogba, N’Golo Kante as well Kingsley Coman and Lucas Hernandez from Bayern Munich.
Poland is defeated by the Netherlands, Belgium defeats Wales
The Dutch national football team is about to advance to the finals of the Nations League. The Bondscoach team won in Warsaw Louis van Gaal 2-0 (1-0) against Poland for world footballer Robert Lewandowski. In the final prestige duel against the neighbors from Belgium on Sunday (8.45 p.m.) Elftal is enough for one point for the group victory and the associated qualification for the final tournament.
Cody Gakpo (13th), who was courted by numerous top clubs in the summer, gave the guests the lead in the first round. Arkadiusz Milik missed the best chance for Poland’s equalizer in the 52nd minute, the Juventus striker firing over the goal from close range. Steven Bergwijn (60th) punished the missed shot a few minutes later with the 2-0.
Afterwards, the Dutch brought the result safely over time. centre-back Matthijs de Ligt by the German record champions Bayern Munich was not used.
Belgium defeated Wales 2-1. In Brussels, star playmaker De Bruyne (10th) from Manchester City first scored the lead and later made it 2-0 through former Dortmund player Michy Batshuayi (37th). Kieffer Moore (50th) shortened for the Welsh.
Kuntz manages promotion to Group B with Turkey
The former successful German U21 coach Stefan Kuntz and Turkey managed early promotion to League B despite a poor 3: 3 (2: 2) against Luxembourg. The outsider from Luxembourg took the lead three times, in the end Ismail Yüksek saved briefly the happy point before the end.