Man City and Belgium star Kevin De Bruyne recently made complaints about UEFA’s Nations League tournament.
After the 2021/22 club season ends, European football stars will immediately join the national team to prepare for the Nations League.
Of course, this tournament received a lot of opposition because it caused the players’ schedules to be extended instead of resting after a hard season.
Most recently, Champion and Best Player of the Premier League 2021/22, Kevin De Bruyne, said he was not interested in this tournament even though this was an opportunity for him to win his first international title with
Kevin De Bruyne is not interested in the Nations League at all
`Two more weeks of competition is really too long. I don’t look forward to this tournament at all because for me, the Nations League is not important at all. It’s just innocuous friendly matches.`
Although not satisfied with UEFA’s policy of `exhausting` players, De Bruyne believes that he and his colleagues can only accept it and cannot change anything.
De Bruyne returned to his hometown to participate in organizing the U15 tournament named after himself KDB
“We have had a long and difficult season, but all the complaints are in vain.
We are just players and can’t do anything to change that, even if we really want to rest.
Nations League 2022/23 will start next June with the first 4 matches taking place from June 1-15 and the final 2 matches taking place in September.
Nations League will return this June
Teams are divided into 4 divisions (A, B, C, D) to compete in the group stage (each division has 4 groups, 4 teams/group, especially class D has 2 groups).
In this year’s tournament, Belgium will share Group A4 with the Netherlands, Wales and Poland.
France is the defending champion of the Nations League
Nations League 2022/23 is the third season this tournament has been held.
Result of draw for Nations League 2022-23 Division A• Group A1: Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France• Group A2: Czech Republic, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain• Group A3: Hungary, England, Germany |
Kevin De Bruyne’s incredible 2021-22 season (source: DUGOUT)