With the group stage competitions in the second edition of the European Nations Football League reaching the fifth to penultimate round, which matches during the next two days, most of the teams in the First Division League hope to reach the final rounds of the tournament scheduled for next year.

Tomorrow, Saturday, and the day after tomorrow, Sunday, the matches of the penultimate fifth round of the group stage will be held in the four divisions of the tournament.

Among the 16 teams participating in the First Division League, the Icelandic national team was the only one who left the tournament early, and its relegation to the Second Division was confirmed, while the rest of the teams were still in the competition circuit to qualify for the finals or at least remain in the first division league in preparation for the third edition of The tournament.

Most of the teams will participate in this round, as well as the final round on next Tuesday and Wednesday amidst many pressures and problems;

Because of the fatigue of players on the one hand, and the outbreak of the emerging coronavirus.

The Corona pandemic has directly caused pressure on matches during the current period, whether at the club or national team level, in light of the disruption of last season's activities for several weeks as part of the measures that have been taken in most countries of the world to limit the spread of new infections with the Corona virus.

The European Nations League was originally established to reduce the number of international friendly matches that the various European teams were involved in during periods of the international agenda.

However, the new tournament itself has become under pressure now, due to the large number of matches and the crowded schedule of players for official matches with their clubs and national teams.

"If we do not act as coaches with the utmost caution, we will have a big problem next year. We have not gone through any season like this one, and we hope that no similar season will pass before us," said Joachim Loew, coach of the German national team (Manshaft). .

Coronavirus infections and infections hit the preparations of many teams and their participation in the international friendly matches this week;

However, many teams still hold on to the hopes of qualifying for the final rounds through the last two rounds of the European Nations League group stage in the coming days.

In the event that the qualifying card for the finals is decided by the penultimate round tomorrow, the last round on Tuesday and Wednesday will become less important, which may push the coaches to give rest to the essential elements.

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Cristiano, who has scored against 41 countries, has never scored against France.

He has played against them 5 times (349 total minutes).

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The qualifying card from Group Three was confined to Portugal and France, who share the top of the group before their match tomorrow, and that the qualification card may be officially decided if the match ends with the victory of either team, especially since they tied in the first leg.

As for the end of the match in a draw, the decision to qualify for the last round is postponed, noting that both teams scored 10 points from their first four matches in the group, and the Portuguese team is better by goal difference only.

Either team can decide to qualify for the finals, which will be held in October 2021, in the event that they win any result in tomorrow's match in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, where the results of direct confrontations are judged first before the general goal difference in the group, in case two or more teams are equal. In the same points balance.

In the second game in the group, the Swedish national team (without points) meets its Croatian counterpart (3 points) in the struggle to escape from the relegation of the second division league, after the two teams missed their opportunity in the competition to qualify for the finals.

Contrary to the situation evident in this group, it is complicated in the rest of the groups.

In Group A, the Italian team, second-placed with 6 points, will host its Polish counterpart with 7 points on Sunday, while the Dutch team (5 points) will host its Bosnian counterpart (two points).

The Italian team (Azzurri) won a big 4-0 victory over its Estonian counterpart, Wednesday, in a match in which Roberto Mancini, the coach of the Azzurri, missed the leadership of the team from the stadium;

Because he was subjected to quarantine after testing positive for the emerging coronavirus.

It was not clear whether his absence from the stadium will continue in the team's match the day after tomorrow or if he will be on the stadium.

Mancini began the health isolation period since last Friday, noting that he did not show any symptoms of infection, while Shiro Immobili, winner of the Golden Boot award for best scorer in Europe last season, and Lorenzo Pellegrini were absent from the team in this friendly round;

Because they were infected with Corona as well.

The Polish national team prepared for this match by beating its Ukrainian counterpart 2-0 in a friendly yesterday, Wednesday, while the Dutch team prepared for its match against Bosnia by drawing a 1-1 friendly draw with its Spanish counterpart on Wednesday as well.

The Spanish team tops Group D with 9 points, two points ahead of their German and Ukrainian counterparts, while the Swiss team ranks last in the group with only two points.

But the victory of the Spanish national team against its Swiss host tomorrow, and the tie of their German and Ukrainian counterparts together in the same group, will not be sufficient to give Luis Enrique, the coach of the Spanish national team, the opportunity to give his players some rest in the last round, where he hosts the German national team, on Tuesday, next, especially that the national team The German will have the opportunity to snatch the qualifying card from this group with any victory over his Spanish counterpart after the first leg between them ended with a 1-1 draw in Germany.

The German national team (Manschaft) is also expected to return to relying on Bayern Munich players and prominent stars such as Real Madrid's Toni Kroos in tomorrow's match against his Ukrainian counterpart in Leipzig, Germany, after achieving a meager 1-0 victory over the Czech national team on Wednesday.

The Belgian national team tops Group Two, with 9 points, two points ahead of their Danish and English counterparts, before their scheduled match tomorrow against their English guests in the penultimate round.

In the second match in the group, the Danish national team hosts its Icelandic counterpart, who finished last in the group with no points.

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England coach Gareth Southgate is under pressure after Liverpool defender Joe Gomez suffered a serious knee injury while participating in the England team training, where the player underwent surgery yesterday.

Southgate, who led the team to a historic 3-0 victory over his Irish counterpart on Thursday evening, is aware of his responsibility and the need not to increase the burden on his players.

But he said that calling young players on the team roster distributes the effort and burden, which is better than increasing the pressure on the main and old players.