Internationals November (Nations League / Euro 2021 play-offs / Friendlies)

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Euro 2021:

Play-off finals (12 November)
Path A: Hungary v Iceland (20:45 CET)
Path B: Northern Ireland v Slovakia (20:45)
Path C: Serbia v Scotland (20:45)
Path D: Georgia v North Macedonia (18:00)


Nations League:

MATCHDAY 5
Saturday 14 November
D1 Malta vs Andorra (15:00)
D2 San Marino vs Gibraltar (15:00)
C1 Azerbaijan vs Montenegro (18:00)
C1 Cyprus vs Luxembourg (18:00)
D1 Latvia vs Faroe Islands (18:00)
A3 Portugal vs France (20:45)
A3 Sweden vs Croatia (20:45)
A4 Germany vs Ukraine (20:45)
A4 Switzerland vs Spain (20:45)

Sunday 15 November
B2 Slovakia vs Scotland (15:00)
C2 North Macedonia vs Estonia (15:00)
A1 Netherlands vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (18:00)
B3 Turkey vs Russia (18:00)
B.4 Bulgaria vs Finland (18:00)
B.4 Wales vs Republic of Ireland (18:00)
C2 Georgia vs Armenia (18:00)
C4 Albania vs Kazakhstan (18:00)
C4 Belarus vs Lithuania (18:00)
A1 Italy vs Poland (20:45)
A2 Belgium vs England (20:45)
A2 Denmark vs Iceland (20:45)
B1 Austria vs Northern Ireland (20:45)
B1 Romania vs Norway (20:45)
B2 Czech Republic vs Israel (20:45)
B3 Hungary vs Serbia (20:45)
C3 Moldova vs Greece (20:45)
C3 Slovenia vs Kosovo (20:45)

MATCHDAY 6
Tuesday 17 November
A3 Croatia vs Portugal (20:45)
A3 France vs Sweden (20:45)
A4 Spain vs Germany (20:45)
A4 Switzerland vs Ukraine (20:45)
C1 Luxembourg vs Azerbaijan (20:45)
C1 Montenegro vs Cyprus (20:45)
D1 Andorra vs Latvia (20:45)
D1 Malta vs Faroe Islands (20:45)
D2 Gibraltar vs Liechtenstein (20:45)

Wednesday 18 November
C4 Albania vs Belarus (16:00)
C4 Kazakhstan vs Lithuania (16:00)
C2 Armenia vs North Macedonia (18:00)
C2 Georgia vs Estonia (18:00)
A1 Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Italy (20:45)
A1 Poland vs Netherlands (20:45)
A2 Belgium vs Denmark (20:45)
A2 England vs Iceland (20:45)
B1 Austria vs Norway (20:45)
B1 Northern Ireland vs Romania (20:45)
B2 Czech Republic vs Slovakia (20:45)
B2 Israel vs Scotland (20:45)
B3 Hungary vs Turkey (20:45)
B3 Serbia vs Russia (20:45)
B.4 Republic of Ireland vs Bulgaria (20:45)
B.4 Wales vs Finland (20:45)
C3 Greece vs Slovenia (20:45)
C3 Kosovo vs Moldova (20:45)

Friendlies:

WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER
  • Greece - Cyprus
  • Albania - Kosovo
  • ArmeniaPKuwaitP
    Match postponed - Postponed
  • Lithuania - Faroe Islands
  • Malta - Liechtenstein
  • Montenegro - Kazakhstan
  • Norway - Israel
  • Romania - Belarus
  • San Marino - Latvia
  • Bulgaria - Gibraltar
  • Turkey - Croatia
  • Albania - Gibraltar
    Match cancelled
  • Denmark - Sweden
  • Luxembourg - Austria
  • Belgium - Switzerland
  • Germany - Czech Republic
  • Italy - Estonia
  • Netherlands - Spain
  • Poland - Ukraine
  • Portugal - Andorra
  • Slovenia - Azerbaijan
  • France - Finland

THURSDAY 12TH NOVEMBER
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina - Iran
  • Moldova - Russia
  • Wales - USA
  • England - New Zealand
    Match cancelled
  • England - Republic of Ireland
FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER
  • Japan - Panama
  • Costa Rica - Qatar
SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER
  • Saudi Arabia - Jamaica
  • Mexico - South Korea
SUNDAY 15TH NOVEMBER
  • Guatemala - Honduras
MONDAY 16TH NOVEMBER
  • USA - Panama
TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER
  • South Korea - Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia - Jamaica
  • Japan - Mexico
 

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SuperiorXI said:
Pickford and no Greenwood, Southgate shooting himself in the foot.
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To be fair Mason doesn't really deserve to be on the squad ahead of any of the other forwards.

And if anyone has shot themselves foot, it's Mason.
 

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SuperiorXI said:
His punishment has been served now, surely.
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Nothing to do with that anymore. Greenwood hasn’t been in better form in recent weeks than the forwards Southgate has selected.
 

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I hope this will be a good dose of reality for Greenwood. Fingers crossed it'll help him understand his responsibilities in the long run.
 

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I have no idea why clubs don't group up to refuse players leaving for internationals when there's a large increase in reported cases of covid
 

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Sky put Scotland game on Pick and Northern Ireland game on Challenge TV.
 

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I can't believe friendlies are still going ahead.
Players already stretched as it is without frivolous additions to the calendar.

Nations League isn't much better mind.
 

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Wait it's just friendlies?

Then what's the point, seriously what? During this time, it's better to be safe than sorry considering many cases already happened of players getting positive after/during international games. Better to focus on competitions (club and international) only, not those friendly games. For once, scrap it.
 

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Sorry to rant, but it seems outrageous to have a third international break in eight weeks to play a bunch of glorified friendlies.

The world is in various stages of lockdown, our social lives are several restricted and one of the few regular hobbies we can enjoy is watching live football from our domestic leagues.

Instead we have to suspend it again to play some meaningless games which actually put the players at risk, due to the travel involved.

Who are we playing these games for? The 'England till I die' knuckle-draggers? The Fifa advertising lackeys? Whoever it is, the situation is ridiculous.

The sooner the clubs break away from Fifa and form their own governing body, the better.

Rant over.
 

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It's the same as October, one friendly followed by two nations league games. Also got euro 2020 play offs (although those could wait until March).

South America also playing two more WCQ games.
 

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The November international break is my favourite one. Because I know once it’s done there won’t be another one for four months..
Just one more week of pain and suffering and it’s over and we can rejoice..... until March.
 

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Shouldn't really play international games. It will probably be the reason football have to stop this season too.
 

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It’s insane that international teams are packing 3 games in 7-10 days with the fixture schedule this season.
 

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JohnnyKills said:
It really just shows how little Fifa care about the people who play or watch the game doesn´t it.
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I doubt that FIFA is responsible for Germany's test matches against Turkey last break and Czechia this week. It is more the contracts the German FA made with a TV broadcaster...
 

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Almost 7 years ago to the day Iceland played against Croatia in the WC play-off. This was the lineup:

Eiður Guðjohnsen has since retired but the other 10 are still there and I'd expect at least 8 of them to start. You will not see much intensity or power from the Icelandic team. Both of our CBs haven't played in a month and one of them is close to 40. Jóhann Guðmundsson has been struggling with injuries this season. Aron Gunnarsson struggles to finish 90 minutes. Bjarnason has not featured at all for Brescia. Finnbogason has struggled with injuries, 160 minutes this season for Augsburg. He's incapable of 90 minutes. 15 players in the squad that are 30 years or older. 2 are under the age of 25. Kolbeinn Sigþórsson still gets picked despite having scored 8 goals since he left Ajax 5 years ago. None of our keepers are playing football. I do not consider us favorites.

I don't know what you Swedes think of Hamrén but at least there will be the positive of him getting the sack if we don't win tomorrow. His managerial stint is best descriped as auto-pilot.
 

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Hopefully this marks a before-and-after in the way clubs deal with their FAs generally.

If we see clubs start to withhold their players (as they should), the whole international calendar will become less bloated.
 

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Sean_RedDevil said:
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Having Euros after the domestic season means it's impossible to not have an international break.

International managers need to work with their players in preparation for the tournament and you can't expect them to have just a few weeks for such a high stakes tournament.
 

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Slovenia vs Azerbaijan was one of the most boring matches in our NT history. First half went by without shot on target from either side.
 

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hasanejaz88 said:
Having Euros after the domestic season means it's impossible to not have an international break.

International managers need to work with their players in preparation for the tournament and you can't expect them to have just a few weeks for such a high stakes tournament.
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I dunno, maybe for player welfare they shouldn't have the tournament at all?

Anyone playing in that tournament will have played from the end of the lockdown break in June 2019 through til the end of the season in 2022 with little time off.

The only ones who'll have had any proper time off are the ones who've succumbed to injury during that period.
 

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hasanejaz88 said:
Having Euros after the domestic season means it's impossible to not have an international break.

International managers need to work with their players in preparation for the tournament and you can't expect them to have just a few weeks for such a high stakes tournament.
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They should have made two international breaks for 3 weeks with of course no friendlies......the coaches would have prober training sessions with the players in the first week, then three Nations League matches in the second week and then the international players would have a few days off before the league are starting again........and for example the group with England, Belgium, Denmark & Iceland should have all matches on Matchday 1+2+3 in England and on Matchday 4+5+6 in Belgium to reduce the risk for coronavirus.
 
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