We know, it would take an achievement for the Red Devils to look upwards in this Nations League. First beat Italy, then hope that this same Squadra is beaten by France.
Last October’s performances don’t leave one very optimistic, but after all, a victory this Thursday and the machine can be restarted. But in any case, we will need a 6/6, and hope that Italy then loses against France, so as not to compete in the play-offs to remain in the Nations League A.
These play-offs would be played next March, in a round-trip format, and would therefore pit Belgium against a runner-up in League B. This leaves some particularly tricky options for our Devils, because high-level teams play in “European D2” and want to find the elite.
Potential opponents of the Red Devils
In Group 1 of the Nations League B, everything is still open: the 4 teams in the pool can finish second – Czechia, Georgia, Albania and Ukraine. None would be a sinecure, none would be a huge piece, even if we saw at Euro 2024 that we had to be wary of the Ukrainians…
THE big player who seems well on his way to competing in the play-offs is of course England, second in their group 2, 3 points behind Greece, who are causing a sensation. A duel against the Three Lions to stay in League A is certainly the worst nightmare for Domenico Tedesco and the Belgian Union.
In group 3, there are three teams with 7 points (Kazakhstan is eliminated): Norway, Austria and Slovenia. The latter two caused a sensation at Euro 2024, and Austria even caused big problems for the Devils in qualifying; Haaland’s Norway wouldn’t be a gift either.
Finally, in group 4, it will be either Turkey (10 points) or Wales which will compete in the play-offs. Wales are not doing well for us, and Turkey also showed good things in Germany last summer. In short: we will have to remain solid to stay in League A…
