Nation's League 26/27

[The Rising Sun]

Matchday 1: England v Spain

7.45pm BST, Saturday 26 September 2026

Matchday 2: Czechia v England

7.45pm BST, Tuesday 29 September 2026

Matchday 3: Croatia v England

5pm BST, Saturday 3 October 2026

Game to be played behind closed doors due to UEFA sanction

Matchday 4: England v Czechia

7.45pm BST, Tuesday 6 October 2026

Matchday 5: England v Croatia

7.45pm GMT, Thursday 12 November 2026

Matchday 6: Spain v England..

7.45pm GMT, Sunday 15 November 2026

 

[dermott]

Tuchel calls up Trent. Based on what I'm not sure. That aside, as expected.

 

[SydneyChelsea]

So there's 3 weeks out to start the season, then not 4 weeks later there's another international break?

Every single one of those games has "score-draw" written all over it.

 

[The Rising Sun]

So there's 3 weeks out to start the season, then not 4 weeks later there's another international break?

Every single one of those games has "score-draw" written all over it.

Yeah another international break round the middle of November.

 

[dermott]

Guehi. Ouch.

 

[loz]

Guehi proving you can take the boy out of Chelsea but you can't take the Chelsea defending out of the boy!

 

[dermott]

Crikey. Torres. Should be 2-0.

 

[Mod]

Harry beat the keeper but not the crossbar! It makes you realise the power of the kick when it comes back off it that hard!

 

[dermott]

Beats me why Tuchel keeps subbing Gordon, the only hard working forward. Rogers was gash.

 

[Sconnie Blue]

Who besides Ronaldo cares for the Nations league?

 

[loz]

Who besides Ronaldo cares for the Nations league?

Probably the same people who rate our CWC win as more than a preseason warm up!

 

[dermott]

Who besides Ronaldo cares for the Nations league?

Presumably those who can use success as a stepping stone to qualification for the Euros and the WC.

 

[OTL]

I'm finding it difficult to enjoy watching England play international football.
I was planning to go all out for ballot tickets for the Euros but i had trouble watching the full 90 minutes last night.
I dont think the Nations League helps.

 

[bluedave]

I rarely bother watching England unless it's the knockout stage of a major tournament, but I caught the second half last night. Gordon looked lively so I was surprised to see him go off. It seemed like a fairly even match, but Spain were more dangerous and our defence were gash. A bit like watching Chelsea, really. Overall, probably a respectable scoreline against the world champions and England were somewhat unlucky to lose with Kane missing his penalty... if only Cole Palmer had taken it.

 

[dermott]

Joao Felix two goals in two games. Good lad.

 

[dermott]

I rarely bother watching England unless it's the knockout stage of a major tournament, but I caught the second half last night. Gordon looked lively so I was surprised to see him go off. It seemed like a fairly even match, but Spain were more dangerous and our defence were gash. A bit like watching Chelsea, really. Overall, probably a respectable scoreline against the world champions and England were somewhat unlucky to lose with Kane missing his penalty... if only Cole Palmer had taken it.

Kane missed a penalty, Spain missed two or three sitters. Should have had 4 or 5.

 

[Bob stark]

Probably the same people who rate our CWC win as more than a preseason warm up!

I like cwc but it is probably one of the weirdest "serious" tournament I have ever seen.

 

[WhiteWall]

I like cwc but it is probably one of the weirdest "serious" tournament I have ever seen.

Its only the money that makes it serious.

 

[just]

What a f**k up we made letting Lewis Hall go. Easy to argue that he is currently the best left-back in the EPL.

 

[Bob stark]

Its only the money that makes it serious.

Yes, bizzare tourney.
In this era of club basically want to control everything about player's physique, pep basically tell his player they can do whatever they want and just treat it like holiday pretty much invalidate the tourney.