The Nations League will start in the last round: In the group finals the dice, what final tournament On the fall and descent is concerned. The DFB-Team will need to first of all hope of foreign assistance.
Belgium or Switzerland? Portugal or Italy? Spain or England? In three of the four groups of the A-League of Nations League must decide which Team will be the as table must first participate in the final round. Only in the German group the winner with the champion of France already in advance. The German Team won in three games, a point and must hope that the first participation in the Nations Cup ends with the descent into the B-League. A total of 44 games will be held in the next few days, then the preliminary round is completed. What comes then? And what can happen in the meantime? We answer the most important questions:
What is it about?
In the four leagues of the newly created Nations League, the respective To be from Thursday to Tuesday – and Relegated. The four group winners of the Top Division A will qualify for the final tournament from 5. to 9. June 2019, with the first title holder will be determined. The tournament will be held in the country of the winner of the group 3, either in Italy or Portugal.
You can reach the German team to the finals?
No. For the selection of national coach Joachim Löw, the inaugural on Monday against the Netherlands, it’s only the relegation in League A.
In the first leg in Amsterdam, there was a 0:3 -this time the Netherlands are to be beaten
However, the descent could be sealed on Friday, if the low-gain countries against world Champions France. The Netherlands and France are separated in a draw, the German Team, due to the poorer Torverhältnisses after the 0:3 defeat in the first leg, a win with at least four goals difference.
Which would mean a descent of the DFB-selection?
A descent in League B would mean to the historic preliminary rounds at the world Cup in Russia, a further significant loss of image. Furthermore, the allocation of pots for the draw for the Euro qualifiers 2020, the on 2. December in Dublin’s ranking takes place after the Nations League after the end of the group stage. Germany is a heavier group.
What are the promotion and relegation decisions have already been made?
Iceland and Poland are prematurely Relegated from the League A. The Ukraine will rise from League B. Georgia moving up in League C. Otherwise, tension is everywhere.
How are the reactions to the first edition of the Nations Cup?
Belgium-Coach Martinez is full of praise
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin sees the Nations League as a success. Even national coach Joachim Löw can be derived from the new competition – in spite of the weak results – something: “For me, as national coach, the Nations League is a good invention,” he says. Other national team coaches are also in his opinion. The final tournament, with the four group winners of League A will “move on to world class level,” says Belgium’s Coach Roberto Martinez, “because the four best Teams in the world Cup are all from Europe.” Many Stakeholders welcome the fact that instead of boring test of real competition games entered. “We don’t play for the Golden pineapple”, says the Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka, “it’s always something.” Especially the “football dwarfs” have fun at the Nations League also, because this opens you up to a EM a Chance. Gibraltar and Kosovo were in League D, the first duty game victories and celebrated like they won the world Cup. The club coaches with the enthusiasm a little different. The Nations League has not brought the games, but meant that top players will be less protected. Jürgen Klopp called, therefore, “the most pointless competition in the world”.
How is it after the preliminary round?
In March, the ordinary EM-qualification, which runs until November 2019 to start. The ten group winners and runners-up qualify for the pan-European European championship finals in 2020. The last four Tickets will be awarded in March 2020 via the Play-offs of the four best not-yet-qualified Teams from each Nations League Division (A to D).
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