UEFA Nations League Showdown: Key Matches and Stakes

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00:00Let's switch to the UEFA Nations League, the stakes are also high, teams battling for quarter-final

00:08spots and also fighting to avoid relegation.

00:11Let's start with League A, where the top teams are vying for a place in the next stage while

00:15others are struggling to maintain their place in the top tier.

00:19Let's break it down group by group, starting in Group A1, Portugal faces Poland and Scotland

00:24takes us on Croatia.

00:26Portugal is in good position, they just need to avoid a heavy loss to Poland to secure

00:30their quarter-final spot.

00:31Meanwhile, Croatia can qualify as long as they beat Scotland, which should be an intense

00:37match-up.

00:38Scotland on the other hand, Francisco, risk relegation if they lose to Croatia and Poland

00:43gets a positive result.

00:45So many great scenarios, I mean, that's in Group A1.

00:48But now moving on to Group A2, Belgium against Italy, France versus Israel.

00:53This group is a true showdown because Italy is in a pretty good position to make it, they

00:57just need a win or a draw against Belgium and they're through to the quarter-finals.

01:01France, they also need to avoid a loss against Israel to keep their quarter-final hopes alive.

01:07Israel, however, is fighting to stay out of relegation, they need a good result against

01:12Belgium but I don't see that happening to be honest.

01:15What an interesting group.

01:16Let's move on to Group A3, we got top tier competition here, Germany has already secured

01:21their quarter-final spot but the Netherlands and Hungary are still battling for that second

01:26spot.

01:27They'll face off directly, which is very exciting.

01:29Both teams needing a win to advance, so you know this is going to be one of the fiercest

01:33match-ups of the matchday.

01:35Meanwhile, Bosnia and Herzegovina can only stay in contention if they pull off an offset

01:40over Germany and hope for a draw between Netherlands and Hungary.

01:43That might happen because Germany might come in relaxed because they already advanced to

01:47the next, they might send a big team, you know, you never know.

01:51How about one of their other favorites, Spain, España, they've already qualified, they're

01:55good to go, so they're still in a heated spot for the second spot in that group.

01:59We talked about Denmark will be facing the Spaniards, they need a win combined with a

02:04Serbian loss to secure their quarter-final place.

02:07Serbia, however, can only advance if they win against Switzerland and Denmark fails

02:11to beat Spain.

02:12Switzerland, in the meantime, is fighting to avoid relegation and they need a win to

02:16stay in League A.