After a disappointing UEFA 2024 Euro, Italy are back and will debut their Nations League campaign in Paris against France to start a new cycle under coach Luciano Spalletti. Didier Deschamps's team was eliminated in the semifinals against Spain while the Azzurri were knocked out in a disastrous defeat against Switzerland in the round of 16.

Luis de la Fuente’s Spain are also the reigning Nations League champions having won the most recent edition of the tournament last year.

Tactical relationism was a tedious phrase of UEFA EURO 2024 with Rossi and Hungary trying to implement a formation-less system at the tournament and that ‘formation-less’ system, which is a 3-4-2-1, is expected to be deployed again. PREDICTED XI (3-4-2-1): Gulacsi; Balogh, Orban, Dardai; Bolla, A. Nagy, Schafer, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Sallai; Varga

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Euro 2024 champions Spain were held to a dour goalless away draw with Serbia in Nations League Group Four on Thursday, ending a nine-game winning streak and dropping their first points since March.

Spain get the defense of their UEFA Nations League title under way in Belgrade Thursday as they take on Serbia at the Rajko Mitić Stadium. Just a mere seven weeks since being crowned European Champions after defeating England in the final of Euro 2024,

These two sides had disappointing starts to their 2024/25 UEFA Nations League campaign with Switzerland being beaten by Denmark in Copenhagen, whilst Spain were held to a goalless draw by Serbia in Belgrade. KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Sunday 8 th September, 2024 - UK – 7:45pm / US ET – 2:45pm / US PT – 11:45am

A lmost two months on from Spain's UEFA Euro 2024 triumph, La Roja get back to business against Serbia for the opening game of their UEFA Nations League campaign at Rajko Mitic St

Spain kicked off their UEFA Nations League campaign with a dour draw in Serbia.Luis de la Fuente stuck with the majority of the same starting line up who won the Euro 2024 title in July.However,