⚽UEFA Nations League 2024/2025⚽

[slaman29]

I also noticed that Spain weren't that bothered that they lost to Portugal. To me it's as if they were even glad that it was to a team like Portugal and not either France ot Germany because Portugal team are much fierce than those two combined.
Both teams have won this tournament one apiece but it looked as if Portugal needed the win more than Spain and I don't really know why, maybe for bragging rights or to add more trophies to their chest, I dunno but it's a good thing that Portugal and Ronaldo especially were able to lift a trophy, since I doubt that he did get anything at Saudi Arabia. At least a trophy to crown his new age isn't a bad thing after all.

What does that tell you about Nations League then? If this was any cup worth winning, you would get players angry, you would get coaches fired, you would get all kinds of drama.

People should remember this is a friendly, 100% and nothing changes my mind about it.

Ronaldo saying he did his job for this competition is just meaningless, sorry to disappoint you.

[BlackBoss_]

What does that tell you about Nations League then? If this was any cup worth winning, you would get players angry, you would get coaches fired, you would get all kinds of drama.

People should remember this is a friendly, 100% and nothing changes my mind about it.

Ronaldo saying he did his job for this competition is just meaningless, sorry to disappoint you.

Nations League is not an important league for national teams but it is still a trophy and a team can not win it if they are not strong enough. I don't overvalue this trophy but Cristiano Ronaldo actually had his contribution on Portuguese national road to the title. I disagree with any statement that he had zero contribution for this national team especially in this trophy that is a second time he has won UEFA Nations League with the team.

With this friendly instinct, it's surely that the trophy has less value than Euro, World Cup or Copa America titles but is not like a zero-value one.

[Akbarkoe]

What does that tell you about Nations League then? If this was any cup worth winning, you would get players angry, you would get coaches fired, you would get all kinds of drama.

People should remember this is a friendly, 100% and nothing changes my mind about it.

Ronaldo saying he did his job for this competition is just meaningless, sorry to disappoint you.

Nations League is not an important league for national teams but it is still a trophy and a team can not win it if they are not strong enough. I don't overvalue this trophy but Cristiano Ronaldo actually had his contribution on Portuguese national road to the title. I disagree with any statement that he had zero contribution for this national team especially in this trophy that is a second time he has won UEFA Nations League with the team.

With this friendly instinct, it's surely that the trophy has less value than Euro, World Cup or Copa America titles but is not like a zero-value one.

Even though this trophy is not equal to other trophies such as the Euro or Copa America, I think there is no match or competition that can be considered unimportant, the UEFA Nations League trophy has its own meaning for the players and also the nation that wins it. There is no competition that is not important because to win the trophy still requires effort, strategy, and real contribution from the players to be able to win it. And precisely in a tournament like this we can see the consistency and champion mentality of a team.

regarding the Portuguese mega star, and it is true, Cristiano Ronaldo has indeed made a major contribution to Portugal's journey to win the title, and he even became the top scorer in the competition. So, it is unfair to consider this trophy trivial or say that his contribution is non-existent. All trophies are a form of achievement, and all matches are an opportunity to prove quality.

[Volgastallion]

Nations League is dificult to suit in the grade of how much value its have, having two tournament as a main is impossible so Eurocup is the king of europe and Nations League is a b series, but still the best teams there so what kind of tournament is this? Pretty difficult to know.

But a lot of teams plays the first stages like is more friendly, and only in this semifinals/final stages play seriously.

[Joca97]

Nations League is dificult to suit in the grade of how much value its have, having two tournament as a main is impossible so Eurocup is the king of europe and Nations League is a b series, but still the best teams there so what kind of tournament is this? Pretty difficult to know.

But a lot of teams plays the first stages like is more friendly, and only in this semifinals/final stages play seriously.

I think this competition is pretty useless,not much the meaning of it just to replace some friendly matches. Also with the nations league they get to group the best nations to match them togheter so there are intresting matches like the ones we seen in semi final and final. But overall its not popular like euros and world cup,not even close.

[BlackBoss_]

Even though this trophy is not equal to other trophies such as the Euro or Copa America, I think there is no match or competition that can be considered unimportant, the UEFA Nations League trophy has its own meaning for the players and also the nation that wins it. There is no competition that is not important because to win the trophy still requires effort, strategy, and real contribution from the players to be able to win it. And precisely in a tournament like this we can see the consistency and champion mentality of a team.

It is not like a traditional friendly match or tournament as you can see both Spain and Portugal used many star players in this final as well as in previous matches. That means this UEFA Nations League is more important than pure friendly matches or tournaments, then a champion of this tournament is strong and deserved t to be respected enough.

It's not logic to look down on any champion of any tournament after they went through many competitors for lifting a title. Portugal did this to win this trophy and it's time for them to enjoy it as well as think of long term plans for World Cup 2026 next summer. That World Cup will be very likely as last World Cup Tournament for Cristiano Ronaldo.

[Ambatman]

What does that tell you about Nations League then? If this was any cup worth winning, you would get players angry, you would get coaches fired, you would get all kinds of drama.

People should remember this is a friendly, 100% and nothing changes my mind about it.

Ronaldo saying he did his job for this competition is just meaningless, sorry to disappoint you.

Lol I like Ronaldo but he wasn't really impactful. Mendes was the light that shined in.
The final showed the fact that he has really gotten old.


Yeah the nation's Cup is a glorified friendly but atleast it's still a silverware.
It hurts more to be nearly but a plus is better than nothing
So yeah I consider it worth celebrating. I believe morata feels bad despite how low many would take the silverware.

[Swordsoffreedom]

It is not like a traditional friendly match or tournament as you can see both Spain and Portugal used many star players in this final as well as in previous matches. That means this UEFA Nations League is more important than pure friendly matches or tournaments, then a champion of this tournament is strong and deserved t to be respected enough.

It's not logic to look down on any champion of any tournament after they went through many competitors for lifting a title. Portugal did this to win this trophy and it's time for them to enjoy it as well as think of long term plans for World Cup 2026 next summer. That World Cup will be very likely as last World Cup Tournament for Cristiano Ronaldo.

It is an honor to be the champions of the UEFA Nations League. Portugal proved that they are one of the best teams in Europe. And in the UEFA Nations League we saw that every team played with their best XI. Every team tried to be the champion.

The champions were Portugal. However, throughout the match we saw Spain's players play well. I would say that Spain was unlucky in this match. At the same time, their defense was a bit weak. I expected a better performance from Williams and Yamal. Although Yamal played a bit better, Williams' performance was not good.

[Zackz5000]

France after being defeated by Barcelona with a score of 5-4 but in last night's match France really played very well and they managed to beat Germany with a score of 0-2 and the goals were scored by Mbappe and Olise. now because France has managed to beat Germany now France has finally become the 3rd champion and of course this can still be said to be good than not finishing in 3rd place at all. but what I like is Mbappe he is really always great when competing and always scores goals and now France must be very proud to have a player like Mbappe.

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but actually Germany also performed well even though they ended up losing. because in that match Germany really had time to make France overwhelmed and if there had been no violations like when Deniz scored a goal maybe the score would have been 1-2 but unfortunately at that time there was a violation so the goal was invalid which ended up being 2-0 for France's victory. now France's struggle has finished here and of course they have to be satisfied with finishing in 3rd place and Germany also has to be satisfied with finishing in 4th place. but fortunately in that match I bet on France's victory, what about you? but the scene that I liked in that match was when Olise scored a goal and there you can see the German goalkeeper fighting alone. Do you also like that part?

France wasn't defected by Barcelona but Spain, it was Spain who won France 5-4 in their semi finals, actually France is a football nation but unfortunately they got knocked out by Spain in a dramatic way.
It was a thing of Joy they came out 3rd position by beating Germany 2-0 this also show they did well in this competition, most gamblers will definitely place for France to win Germany considering their previous game against Spain where they came from behind to almost make the scoreline 5-5, my most exitment yesterday night was to see Cr7 winning the this pretigeous tittle for Portugal the second time which no player has achieved.

[Igebotz]

Nations League is dificult to suit in the grade of how much value its have, having two tournament as a main is impossible so Eurocup is the king of europe and Nations League is a b series, but still the best teams there so what kind of tournament is this? Pretty difficult to know.

But a lot of teams plays the first stages like is more friendly, and only in this semifinals/final stages play seriously.

It's a gloried friendly games and only got heated from the quarter finals - I'm really finding it difficult to understand reasons behind the tournament - just stressing the players unnecessarily.

Portugal seems to be the only country putting more efforts in this Nation league of thing. Ronaldo love it so much. 

[Republikcoin.com]

my bet was on Portugal and in fact they won, but when there is a final and Cristiano Ronaldo plays, you can be sure that they will surely win it, this man at his age has achieved a historic feat, he was there as if he was winning his first career award, this is what differentiates him from the champion, he is a legend

Cristiano Ronaldo is also still able to become the top scorer in the 2025 Nations League competition because he was able to score eight goals in the nine matches he played during the competition. That is a very extraordinary thing for a player who is already forty years old because at a fairly old age he is still useful when he is a main player in the Portuguese squad. This is a tireless legend so I also have quite a lot of respect for him who is still able to achieve extraordinary things at an old age.

[reagansimms]

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There will always be reasons for teams that fail to win, and it is natural, one of them is because they do not accept defeat or they do not accept their team has to lose. People say, the winner will celebrate and the loser will explain and that is true.

In terms of the game, there is nothing wrong with Spain, but as you said, Portugal is currently in a good situation and it is proven that they managed to win even though they were behind twice. Penalties are a matter of luck in my opinion, so it is very difficult to predict. I am not trying to say Portugal was lucky because in terms of their game they are also good even though statistically they are not better.

There is no need to make excuses and no player needs to be blamed after suffering a defeat because anyone can lose in a penalty shootout. This time Spain had to admit defeat to Portugal in a penalty shootout drama 5-3 (2-2). This was Spain first defeat in their last 20 matches.
I was a little confused by the tactics used by De La Fuente, he seemed nervous and inexperienced when forming the line up when facing Portugal. Danj Olmo, Fermin Lopez and Cubarsi, who have shown impressive performances at club and national team level, were not played at all in the UEFA Nations League final, instead choosing to play several players who caused Spain to lose dramatically in this competition.

[bangjoe]

Nations League is dificult to suit in the grade of how much value its have, having two tournament as a main is impossible so Eurocup is the king of europe and Nations League is a b series, but still the best teams there so what kind of tournament is this? Pretty difficult to know.

But a lot of teams plays the first stages like is more friendly, and only in this semifinals/final stages play seriously.

I think this competition is pretty useless,not much the meaning of it just to replace some friendly matches. Also with the nations league they get to group the best nations to match them togheter so there are intresting matches like the ones we seen in semi final and final. But overall its not popular like euros and world cup,not even close.

It is quite useful to increase the number of matches and also train and only the scope of Europa, it is impossible for such a big competition to be useless, this competition is one way to see who is the best in Europa, without having to rely on other leagues.

It is only natural that the Europa Nations League is not so well known because it was created not long ago, namely 2018 while the Euro was founded in 1958, of course from historical records it will be different and it is only natural for the Euro to be very popular compared to competitions that have only been built for 7 years.

What does that tell you about Nations League then? If this was any cup worth winning, you would get players angry, you would get coaches fired, you would get all kinds of drama.

People should remember this is a friendly, 100% and nothing changes my mind about it.

Ronaldo saying he did his job for this competition is just meaningless, sorry to disappoint you.

Lol I like Ronaldo but he wasn't really impactful. Mendes was the light that shined in.
The final showed the fact that he has really gotten old.


Yeah the nation's Cup is a glorified friendly but atleast it's still a silverware.
It hurts more to be nearly but a plus is better than nothing
So yeah I consider it worth celebrating. I believe morata feels bad despite how low many would take the silverware.

Too many people underestimate this competition, even though in my opinion it is the same as other competitions, although it is like a friendly match but the format in this league is no less good, and maybe its prestige will rise even higher if every year it produces a very competitive competition, let alone giving birth to new superstars in this league, we just need to wait for it.

Whether a trophy is valuable or not depends on your point of view, but it must be known that the teams competing in this league are not teams below the FiFA class, so of course it is worth celebrating.

[AprilioMP]

It is an honor to be the champions of the UEFA Nations League. Portugal proved that they are one of the best teams in Europe. And in the UEFA Nations League we saw that every team played with their best XI. Every team tried to be the champion.

Congratulations to Portugal. Spain have a long way to go and have the chance to win this trophy many times in the future.

Winning the UEFA Nations League is a matter of pride for the competing teams. Portugal are one of the teams that are now in the most pleasant atmosphere by proving that they are a team to watch out for in bigger tournaments.
I'm actually trying to look at the other side of this tournament which makes me think that this tournament is not that important, it just makes players unable to rest.

[HajiBagi]

Some people are saying Spain lost because Rodri wasn't in play for the Spanish side and I wonder, when Spain was winning every game without the Manchester City midfielder nobody came out to say Spain would have scored more if Rodri was around, you know is funny, imagine Spain winning the finals yesterday I don't think some of the Spanish fans would say such as an excuse for losing the finals to Portugal. What do you guys think....?

When it comes to Football some fans will always complain when they get defeated, any Spain fans that come out and say it is because of Rodri that Spain lost the match to Portugal don't know football and he doesn't have anything to say, when Spain was defeating every country nobody complains about Rodri and even before the final against Portugal 80% of people believe that Spain is the favorite to win the match and take the trophy because Spain has Lamin Yamal and some qualify players.

Portugal was able to play well against Spain because they also have a good player and they defended well, Spain was depending on Yamal to perform his magic and yesterday was a bad day for him as Mendes did not allow him to perform well, let be honest Portugal good players and they have midfielders that can control the game more than Pedri, and that is why I said that if France has a good midfield Spain will find it difficult to defeat France in the semi-final stage.

[RaltcoinsB]

Nations League is dificult to suit in the grade of how much value its have, having two tournament as a main is impossible so Eurocup is the king of europe and Nations League is a b series, but still the best teams there so what kind of tournament is this? Pretty difficult to know.

But a lot of teams plays the first stages like is more friendly, and only in this semifinals/final stages play seriously.

The Nations League is generally seen as a friendly match anyway. When it comes to the finals of the tournament, of course every team will be on the field with their most serious squad. That's what we saw in the Spain-France match. All four teams here played with their magnificent squads. None of them played with an alternative squad like in the friendly match. Everyone wants to win the cup, but until that stage, we can say that the Nations League is a friendly match stage for everyone.

[Agbamoni]

The Nations League is generally seen as a friendly match anyway. When it comes to the finals of the tournament, of course every team will be on the field with their most serious squad. That's what we saw in the Spain-France match. All four teams here played with their magnificent squads. None of them played with an alternative squad like in the friendly match. Everyone wants to win the cup, but until that stage, we can say that the Nations League is a friendly match stage for everyone.

From what I saw on the final day and what I saw in other finals of the same competition, I can tell you the Nations League is not a friendly game. Teams earn points, promotions and they get relegated from level to level.

Also, the players take the games seriously, big players would want to win the trophy and bring it home to their country. You can clearly see the frustration of the Spanish players after they lost in the final, so that alone should tell you how important it is to them.

[Hyphen(-)]

From what I saw on the final day and what I saw in other finals of the same competition, I can tell you the Nations League is not a friendly game. Teams earn points, promotions and they get relegated from level to level.

That’s true, national teams also get promoted on FIFA rankings, and all these are based on the team’s achievements. If a team wins trophies within short period of time, it clearly shows how good they are and they will be up in FIFA ranking, likewise if a team that is used to be very good dropped in terms of performance, they will also drop to in FIFA ranking, that is why players that wants individual recognitions are serious, and also the coaches to look serious so that the team will get good rating in general after all competitions.

Also, the players take the games seriously, big players would want to win the trophy and bring it home to their country. You can clearly see the frustration of the Spanish players after they lost in the final, so that alone should tell you how important it is to them.

Lamine Yamal was an example of what you are about to explain. He is a young talented player that is one of the favorites to win Ballon D Or this year, he will need the trophy to have easy votes from the voters because it is a great achievement for him and his team; however, Ronaldo is there with a lot of experience, and with his guidance the team succeeded to win the title which is very good for the players in general and the team.

Nevertheless, Lamine Yamal and his teammates did really well, they wanted to win, but they are not lucky to win the game despite all the performance to they put in the field.

[Unsoldier]

Some people are saying Spain lost because Rodri wasn't in play for the Spanish side and I wonder, when Spain was winning every game without the Manchester City midfielder nobody came out to say Spain would have scored more if Rodri was around, you know is funny, imagine Spain winning the finals yesterday I don't think some of the Spanish fans would say such as an excuse for losing the finals to Portugal. What do you guys think....?

When it comes to Football some fans will always complain when they get defeated, any Spain fans that come out and say it is because of Rodri that Spain lost the match to Portugal don't know football and he doesn't have anything to say, when Spain was defeating every country nobody complains about Rodri and even before the final against Portugal 80% of people believe that Spain is the favorite to win the match and take the trophy because Spain has Lamin Yamal and some qualify players.

Portugal was able to play well against Spain because they also have a good player and they defended well, Spain was depending on Yamal to perform his magic and yesterday was a bad day for him as Mendes did not allow him to perform well, let be honest Portugal good players and they have midfielders that can control the game more than Pedri, and that is why I said that if France has a good midfield Spain will find it difficult to defeat France in the semi-final stage.

This Portugal win meant a lot to me. Sure, Spain were the favorites with a strong squad, but it was the team with more character that won the final. Ronaldo once again led by example and got the equalizer. Then one moment in the shootout changed everything — Morata's miss. For me, Mendes was the standout player. His energy never dropped, and he fully deserved to be named man of the match. When Neves scored the winning penalty, I knew Portugal truly earned this trophy.

[Out of mind]

my bet was on Portugal and in fact they won, but when there is a final and Cristiano Ronaldo plays, you can be sure that they will surely win it, this man at his age has achieved a historic feat, he was there as if he was winning his first career award, this is what differentiates him from the champion, he is a legend

Cristiano Ronaldo is also still able to become the top scorer in the 2025 Nations League competition because he was able to score eight goals in the nine matches he played during the competition. That is a very extraordinary thing for a player who is already forty years old because at a fairly old age he is still useful when he is a main player in the Portuguese squad. This is a tireless legend so I also have quite a lot of respect for him who is still able to achieve extraordinary things at an old age.

Yes Cristiano Ronaldo is still a great legend who is still performing well at his old age. He is the top scorer in the UEFA Nations League which is a great achievement at such an age which is really impressive. He is one of the best and main players of the Portugal team this season he became the champion of the Nelson League, it is a tireless work which has really paid off. The way they won the trophy after beating a strong team like Spain was really incredible, most people were saying that maybe Spain would win this game. But it was completely different, this Portugal showed that they are capable of beating a strong team like Spain. Anyway Ronaldo has worked hard for this team and such a great performance at his age we definitely respect him he is a legend.