{"id":2869,"date":"2021-12-16T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/england-handed-spot-in-remarkable-nations-league-group-of-death\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:31:21","slug":"england-handed-spot-in-remarkable-nations-league-group-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/england-handed-spot-in-remarkable-nations-league-group-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"England handed spot in remarkable Nations League Group of Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the 2022 Nations League was held a short time ago, with one group in particular having stood out above all others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Three Lions face tough test<\/h2>\n<p>This year\u2019s Nations League, the latest addition to UEFA\u2019s international tournament setup, was of course played to completion early in October.<\/p>\n<p>After France and Spain emerged from the two semi-final ties to take their place in the competition\u2019s showpiece, the former eventually emerged triumphant, joining Portugal as only the 2nd side with a Nations League crown to their name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? GOAL STANDS ?<\/p>\n<p>Could that be the winner? Kylian Mbappe finds the back of the net for France with less than ten minutes to play \u2013 and it still stands after a VAR review!<\/p>\n<p>?? Spain 1-2 France ??<\/p>\n<p>? Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UEFANationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UEFANationsLeague<\/a> Final live on Sky Football and Main Event <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xKN8SKOOy6\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xKN8SKOOy6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyFootball\/status\/1447299239525208079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Less than a year on from France\u2019s triumph, though, the NL is primed to get back underway.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in June 2022, Europe\u2019s elite will face off once more, in the competition\u2019s latest round of group stage fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>And, as alluded to above, the draw for precisely that was held a short time ago, with one 4-team collective in particular having since caught the headlines, as the latest \u2018Group of Death\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This comes in the form of League A, Group 3, which will see Gareth Southgate\u2019s England face off with long-time foe Germany, familiar faces Hungary and, perhaps most notably of all, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The Azzurri and Three Lions of course faced off just months ago, with the former having eventually emerged triumphant in the Euro 2020 finale, to deny Southgate and co. a first piece of silverware since 1966 at the final hurdle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?????????????<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThreeLions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThreeLions<\/a> have been drawn in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationsLeague<\/a> Group A3! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JQu14YM7Eo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JQu14YM7Eo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England (@England) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/England\/status\/1471539075928801281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Belgium vs Netherlands among ties<\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere in the draw, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland will vie it out with Ukraine and Armenia in League B, Group 1, Wales face a tough test up against the might of Belgium and the Netherlands, whilst holders France have been pitted against Croatia, Austria and Euro 2020 darlings Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022\/23 Nations League draw in full:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? 2022\/23 Nations League draw \u2705<\/p>\n<p>Most exciting group is ____ ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationsLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BT5F3scKPM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BT5F3scKPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UEFA Nations League (@EURO2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EURO2024\/status\/1471539201279725577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/chelsea-vs-everton-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Chelsea vs Everton live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/liverpool-vs-newcastle-united-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Liverpool vs Newcastle United live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The draw for the 2022 Nations League was held a short time ago, with one group in particular having stood out above all others. Three Lions face tough test This year\u2019s Nations League, the latest addition to UEFA\u2019s international tournament setup, was of course played to completion early in October. After France and Spain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-2869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}