Nations League draw live - Scotland learn playoff fate plus quarter-final ties featuring Spain and France
England aren’t involved in the draw after securing an immediate return to League A
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Your support makes all the difference.The Nations League came to a close this week in terms of the actual group action, but further fixtures yet lie ahead: the semi-finals and final as usual for those competing at the top end, but also further fixtures in yet another an expanded Uefa competition.
This time around we have play-offs for promotion and relegation spots, and instead of just a final four encounter, we’ve got quarter-finals to look forward to too.
Scotland and Republic of Ireland are both involved in the playoffs, the former after Andy Robertson’s last-minute heroics, while aiming for Nations League glory this time around will be the likes of European champions Spain, along with France, Germany and Netherlands.
All the build-up, as well as explanations, rules and when the matches will take place, will be detailed in our live blog below - follow the draw as it unfolds:
Nations League draw - live
Thankfully they’re not going to draw out semi-final balls to confirm that one will play the other in the final itself.
Italy/Germany/Portugal/Denmark will be the home team in the final, if you really want to know.
And that is all, with Uefa giving a quick rundown of the dates again - see earlier posts - and finally we conclude the Nations League draw and the international week as a whole.
Nations League draw - live
One draw remaining - to find out who the semi-finalists will be, depending on who wins those quarters of course. They’ll draw out match numbers of the quarters to determine it.
QF4 (Ita/Ger) v QF3 (Den/Por)
QF1 (Ned/Esp) v QF2 (Cro/Fra)
Nations League draw - live
As mentioned before, it’s runners-up out first, then the winners they’ll face.
Netherlands v Spain
Croatia v France
Denmark v Portugal
Italy v Germany
Nations League draw - live
There you go, Scotland will face two legs against Greece to remain in League A. As a reminder, the Greeks did beat England at Wembley not long ago - they finished behind Lee Carsley’s side on head to head in the end, but above Ireland and Finland.
And with that we move from the playoffs to the finals - the quarter-final draw coming up, then the fixture path for the semis.
Nations League draw - live
A/B playoffs:
Turkiye v Hungary
Ukraine v Belgium
Austria v Serbia
Greece v Scotland
Nations League draw - live
Like a John McGinn rocket, we’re speeding straight towards the A/B playoffs. Same format, so the B promotion contenders drawn out first, then the A survivalists.
Nations League draw - live
Here we go then, with the B teams who will all be drawn second so they are at home in the second leg, and firstly the C teams.
Kosovo v Iceland
Bulgaria v Republic of Ireland
Armenia v Georgia
Slovakia v Slovenia
Nations League draw - live
Quick as that we’re done and dusted with those at the bottom rung of Uefa’s ladder. Wasn’t that quick really, was it?
Anyway we’re on to the B/C playoffs which includes Republic of Ireland.
A Caoimhin Kelleher-inspired win ensured they’d finish third, but they were heavily beaten by England last time after a red card out so still improvements to come.
Nations League draw - live
Playoffs first and it’s C/D groups up - these won’t be played until 2026, if at all, remember.
Gibraltar v Latvia
Malta v Luxembourg
Nations League draw - live
A startlingly bold call from Johan picks out Euro 2024 winners Spain as ones to watch, with Lamine Yamal in particular a player he enjoys.
Roberto Martinez, Didier Deschamps, Ronald Koeman and more look on in rapt wonder.
Here comes the video explanation of everything we’ve just told you below, so the draw itself should be along shortly.
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