"Italian-German-British-Hungarian" constitutes the next European League of Nations "Super Death Group"

In the early morning of December 17, Beijing time, UEFA conducted a group draw ceremony for the 2022-2023 Europa Nations League (hereinafter referred to as the UEFA Nations League) at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. At the highest level of A-class, the new European Championship champions Italy formed a "super death group" with Germany and England.

According to the format, the 16 teams competing in the A division are divided into four stages according to the ranking of the last UEFA Nations League, with France, Spain, Italy and Belgium in the first bracket. As a result, Italy did not sign well, and they entered the third group with Germany (second gear), England (third gear) and Hungary (fourth gear). The Spanish team also encountered fierce opponents, they are in the second group with the first UEFA Nations League champions, Portugal led by C Ronaldo (second gear), will stage the "Iberian derby", and the same group will be Swiss (third gear) and Czech Republic (fourth gear). The last champion, France, was the best -seeded team to sign, with Denmark, Croatia and Austria in the first group. Belgium, along with the Netherlands, Poland and Wales, was placed in the fourth group.

Results of the 4-tier UEFA Nations League 2022-2023 season.

"It's a great, very watchable group." After the group draw was revealed, Mancini said in an interview with UEFA's official website through video that the most concerned in the football world has always been a strong dialogue, and Italy has previously had a wonderful confrontation with England in the European Championship final, and the "Italian-German war" is also a set of classic duels.

England manager Southgate is also very much looking forward to playing against the two top teams, saying: "My first reaction [after the group was revealed] is that there are several games to look forward to. Solskjaer believes that in the fiercely competitive European League, each group will have at least two strong teams of equal strength, "in the World Cup year against Italy, Germany and other strong teams, it is exactly what we need, high-level competition can help us improve, such a game can let us learn a lot." ”

According to the schedule, the first 6 matchdays (group stages) of the 2022-2023 UEFA Nations League will take place from June to September 2022. Teams from the A-class group will play semi-finals in June 2023 and finals in September 2023.