Quote from: AndySt on June 24, 2022, 11:04:10 PM

Quote from: fuguebtc on June 24, 2022, 01:23:29 AM

Actually, I don't think any team cares about these matches. Yes, they lost to a team by 0-4. So? This tournament is just basically a few national-friendly matches. So, I don't think anything is going to take this tournament seriously at all. For any team to have any kind of bad performance here is not going to have any effect on the world cup performance, you know. These are just some friendly matches and the players are treating it like one.

Oh, that's interesting already. I would like to know your opinion, how, for example, a performance at the European Football Championship can affect a performance at the World Cup?! For your information, the UEFA Nations League is a completely official independent tournament that is held by UEFA, and the FIFA World Cup is another independent tournament that is already held by FIFA. Also regarding the supposedly friendly status of this tournament, I would like to remind you that a successful performance in the UEFA Nations League can help later if the national team failed to qualify in the qualifying tournaments for the European Championship and the World Cup.

I would definitely say that no experienced player would claim the UEFA Nations League means as much to them as either the EFC or the WC. What I do think though is that players who still need to prove their quality really appreciate that tournament a lot and perceive it as a massive chance to finally make it into the team. Honestly, take any player who made it to the Champions League final, played something like over 60 games the season, someone from Liverpool or Madrid, or even Mbappe who actually lost earlier with PSG, do you really think they are eagerly looking forward to the UEFA Nations League instead of going on vacation? Mbappe knows 100% that he is going to play the World Cup. He doesn't need to prove anything. And then you are convinced he is totally excited for the UNL games?

I don't think so...