The September UEFA Nations League internationals at the moment are consigned to the historical past books after the ultimate spherical of matches on Tuesday.
There was nonetheless a lot to play for with Portugal and Spain battling for a spot in subsequent 12 months’s finals and Scotland holding out for promotion to League A.
Here’s your roundup of Tuesday’s motion.
Nations League A, Group 2
Spain left it late to leapfrog Iberian rivals Portugal in Group 2 and guide their place in subsequent summer time’s finals.
La Roja wanted all three factors to safe prime spot within the group, and acquired the consequence they wanted due to a late winner from Alvaro Morata.
Portugal spurned a number of probabilities to take the lead in Braga, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota and Bruno Fernandes all going shut.
Spain had been blunt for a lot of the sport however kicked into gear within the latter levels, and finally Nico Williams teed up Morata to offer the guests the win they wanted.
Switzerland fought off a second-half rally to relegate the Czech Republic from Nations League A.
A fast-fire double from Breel Embolo and Remo Freuler had the hosts cruising at 2-0 with half an hour on the clock.
However, Patrik Shick pulled one again for the Czech Republic on the stroke of half-time to offer the guests some hope.
Nico Elvedi gave away a penalty simply after an hour, however Tomas Soucek’s spot kick was saved by Yann Sommer and Switzerland held out to safe their security.
Nations League B, Group 1
The Republic of Ireland had their blushes spared after throwing away a two-goal lead towards Armenia, with Robbie Brady’s stoppage-time penalty saving the Boys in Green.
John Egan headed Stephen Kenny’s males right into a first-half result in settle the nerves on the Aviva Stadium, and Michael Obafemi doubled the benefit simply after the interval.
However, issues shortly turned bitter for Ireland as Armenia – who wanted a win to maneuver forward of Tuesday’s opponents and battle off relegation – scored twice in three minutes, with Artak Dashyan and Eduard Spertsyan firing the guests again into the competition.
But with Armenia needing a victory, they endeavoured at hand one to Ireland as a substitute. The hosts had been awarded a penalty for a handball and Hovhannes Hambardzumyan and Dashyan had been each dismissed for dissent.
After minutes of debate, Brady stepped as much as seal Ireland’s spot in Nations League B and relegate Armenia.
Scotland had been promoted to Nations League A after a hard-earned 0-0 draw with Ukraine in Krakow.
Steve Clarke’s males had been second-best for a lot of the night, however will go into the following Nations League marketing campaign because the highest-ranked British workforce following England’s relegation, whereas they’ve additionally secured at the least a play-off spot for Euro 2024.
Che Adams had an early strike deflected behind by Taras Stepanenko, earlier than Mykhaylo Mudryk’s cross by some means wasn’t turned in by Artem Dovbyk.
A collision between Adams and a few Ukraine defenders noticed the referee despatched to the VAR monitor, however he stood by his preliminary determination and the Scots had been denied a penalty.
Ryan Jack and Stepanenko each went shut earlier than the tip of the primary half however the two sides went into the break goalless.
In the second half, Mudryk introduced a flying save out of Craig Gordon and Ukraine maintained their dominance, however finally couldn’t discover a method by means of and Scotland held on to win promotion.
Nations League B, Group 2
Nations League B, Group 3
Serbia promoted to League A.
Sweden relegated to League C.
Nations League C, Group 2
Greece promoted to League B.
Cyprus despatched to relegation play-offs.
