Fiery confrontations in the European Nations League
The matches of the fifth round of the UEFA Nations League will start on Thursday, with (8) matches for levels one to four, while the matches of the round will be completed in the following two days. The German national team is looking to secure the lead in Group Three in the first level, when it hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday in the matches of Group Three. The German national team is at the top of the group standings with (10) points, five points ahead of its pursuers, the Netherlands and Hungary. The German national team seeks to win this match in order to ensure qualification to the quarter-finals as the first in its group, regardless of the result of its match in the last round against Hungary or the result of any other match in the group, while the Bosnian national team occupies the fourth and last place with one point. On the same day and the same round, the Dutch national team faces its Hungarian counterpart in a match that does not accept division by two in search of booking the second qualification ticket to the quarter-finals, as the Dutch national team occupies second place with five points, outperforming its competitor by goal difference. In the second group competitions, the Belgian national team seeks to achieve its first victory over its Italian counterpart since May 1972, when they meet on Thursday. Belgium are keen to win in order to maintain their chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals, especially since they are in third place with four points, five points behind the runner-up France. The task of the Belgian team will not be easy against their Italian counterparts, who are performing well in the tournament and have not lost in any match so far. They lead the group with 10 points and can secure their qualification if they beat the Belgian team. The fifth round of Group A will kick off on Friday, with the Portuguese team seeking to win against their Polish guest in order to secure qualification for the quarter-finals, while the Croatian team will seek to win against Scotland in order to qualify as well. The Portuguese team is at the top of the standings with 10 points, while the Croatian team is in second place with 7 points, followed by the Polish team with 4 points, while the Scottish team is at the bottom of the standings with one point. In Group D, the Spanish team is looking to secure its qualification for the quarter-finals when it faces its Danish host on Friday, while the Serbian team is seeking to maintain its chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals when it faces its Swiss host on the same day. Spain are at the top of the group with 10 points, three points ahead of Denmark, while Serbia are in third place with four points, and Switzerland are in fourth and last place with one point. In Group 2 of the second level on Thursday, England will meet host Greece, while Finland will host Ireland. Greece leads the group with 12 points, while England are in second place with 9 points, Ireland is in third place with 3 points, and Finland is in fourth and last place with no points. Today will also be the matches of the fifth round of Group 3 of the second level, where Kazakhstan will meet Austria and Slovenia will meet Norway. Austria is at the top of the standings with 7 points, followed by Norway, in second place, and Slovenia, in third place, with the same number of points, while Kazakhstan is in fourth place with one point.In Group 1 of Level 2, Georgia will host Ukraine, while the Czech Republic will host Albania on Saturday. The Czech Republic tops the group with 7 points, one point ahead of Georgia and Albania, who are in second and third place respectively, while Ukraine is in fourth place with 4 points. Group 4 of Level 2 will be held on Saturday, when Wales hosts Turkey, while Montenegro meets Iceland. Turkey tops the group with 10 points, while Wales is in second place with 8 points, 4 points ahead of Iceland, while Montenegro is in last place with no points. In the fifth round of Level 3, Armenia will play the Faroe Islands, North Macedonia will play Latvia, Cyprus will play Lithuania, Romania will play Kosovo, Luxembourg will play Bulgaria, Northern Ireland will play Belarus, Azerbaijan will play Estonia, and Sweden will play Slovakia. San Marino will play Gibraltar, and Moldova will play Andorra in Groups 1 and 2 of the fourth level.