Athletistic/ Football. Today, September 24, will take place the next matches of the group stage of the Nations League 2022/23. The duel between Spain and Switzerland promises to be interesting. There will also be something to see in the meeting between Serbia and Sweden.

Spain – Switzerland

Before the start of the fifth round of the A League of the Nations League, the Spanish national team were considered one of the three main favorites in the fight for the title with the Netherlands and Germany. For access to the “final four”, the Pyrenees are fighting in the second group, where they compete with geographical neighbors Portugal, as well as the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Now the Spaniards lead with eight points, the Portuguese are one point behind, while the Czechs and Swiss focus on the fight for survival with four and three points respectively. There are no teams in the quartet that are indifferent from a tournament point of view, so even for the top team against the last, the bookmakers offer rather tight odds. The Spanish national team from last year’s European Championship reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Italy in a penalty shootout. The team went through the qualifying round of the World Championship without “validol”, in the deciding round sending Sweden to an unsuccessful playoff with the Ukrainian team. Spain, which survived a generational change, in the current Nations League table play the main team with an eye on the future world championship in Qatar. Turns out Luis Enrique is pretty good. In the first two rounds, the Spaniards drew with the Czech Republic away and Portugal, then beat Switzerland and the Czech Republic at home. Switzerland almost knocked out the next opponent in the last European Championship qualifiers, so the courage of this team is enough for a desperate fight for points. Wards Yakin in the World Cup qualifier became the first team in the group, with North Macedonia, leaving Italy without going to Qatar. The Swiss failed miserably in the first round of the current Nations League, failing to score a single point in matches with each group representative. Another thing is that the last game in June highlighted the danger of the Swiss national team, which in its arena with a score of 1:0 returned the “debt” to Portugal for the away defeat with a score of 0:4. Over the past four years, the rivals have met five times. In neither case did the Spaniards get an easy victory and even get a two-goal advantage. Switzerland have nothing to lose on Saturday.

Serbia – Sweden

In the fourth group of League B of the Nations League, before the last two rounds, there is a clear favorite against Norway and a team with the highest probability of relegation against Slovenia. Meanwhile, the rivalry between Serbia and Sweden promises to be the most interesting of the quartet heading into the fifth round. The Balkan side have seven points to their name, with no serious risk of being relegated and no particular chance to move up the class. For the Scandinavian team on three points, there are much more risks in Belgrade. In the event of a defeat for the Swedes on Saturday and a success for Slovenia in a parallel match, the wards of Janne Andersson will “collapse” at the bottom of the standings. Serbia in recent years can be proud of itself. If in the last Nations League League B draw the team fought to stay in residence, then already in 2021 the Serbian team managed to win the FIFA Cup qualifying tournament. world, being in the same company as Portugal. Dragan Stojkovic’s wards started the current Nations League tournament with a defeat of the Norwegians, in which the Netherlands scored the game’s only goal. After a failure at home, the Serbs immediately corrected themselves with victories over Slovenia and Sweden, and ended the June series with an unfortunate draw against Slovenia. In Ljubljana, Serbia won the first half 2-0, but conceded two goals in the second and failed to score three points. The result of the last match indicates that not everything is so psychologically fluid for the Serbs. Sweden holds the tournament unsuccessfully. Together with players from Tottenham, Manchester United, Newcastle, Leipzig and other major European clubs, the “blue-yellow” won in the first round against Slovenia, after which they lost three times in a row. At the same time, Norway’s two defeats didn’t have much of a chance to win, even for a draw. This form of Swedish national team players is most likely a consequence of being eliminated from World Cup qualification at the playoff final stage. The Swedes are not planning a trip to Qatar, but they are unlikely to be relegated to League C either. In this regard, the team will certainly make efforts in Belgrade to achieve at least one draw. In the next game, the guests can comfortably play number two, which will increase their chances of success.