England, Switzerland and the Netherlands Football Teams Qualifies For UEFA Nations League Finals

The inaugural Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Nations League Finals is a knockout tournament that will take place in June 2019, involving the four group winners of the top-ranked League of the world; the teams that qualified are Portugal (who will also host the event), England, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

England has marked their place at the UEFA Nations League finals by the Knocking out Spain and Croatia to win Group 4 nations league. Harry Kane helped England to snatch a dramatic 2-1 win over Croatia. Italy, Poland and Portugal all expressed interest in hosting the inaugural finals before the deadline in March 2018. As they were all in Group A3, the winner of that section was always in line to host. First and foremost this fetching 71cm-tall sterling silver trophy. The prize money on offer is 7.5 million Euros for the Winners, 6.5 million Euros for the Runners-up, 5.5 million Euros for the Third place and 4.5 million Euros for the Fourth place. That winning your Nations League group ensures the state team to get a Euro 2020 qualification for play-off, whereas in case you fail to qualify automatically. The four best teams in each of the Nations Leagues A-D will play each other over two semi-finals and a final, resulting in four qualifiers for Euro 2020. As well as giving successful Nations League teams a second chance to make it to the European Championship, it also ensures that one of Europe's lesser nations will be at the finals (Georgia and Belarus, for example, will be in the League D play-offs). That Along with the England, Switzerland has also tasted a bowl of glory by knocking out Belgium to make it to the top spot in League A Group 2, applauds to a stunning 5-2 win in Lucerne. Portugal topped Group 3, whereas promoted from League B to the top tier for the 2020/21 Nations League are Ukraine, Bosnia and Denmark. That when it comes to the squad, each national team that has qualified has to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If in case a player becomes injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he will be replaced by another player.

By: Anuja Arora                                                  

Content: https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2018/nov/19/football-weekly-podcast-england-nations-league-irish-pain-switzerland-belgium