PORTO, Portugal: Still something of a novelty, UEFA's inaugural Nations League tournament reaches its final stage with a four-team mini-competition in Portugal this week, which will be short and sharp and looks to be a wide-open contest.
Designed to replace lukewarm friendly internationals, the competition, played between September and November last year, featured all 55 of Europe’s national teams divided into four divisions - Leagues A to D - which were themselves split into four groups. The finals format is quick and simple - two semi-finals, with Portugal and Switzerland meeting in Porto on Wednesday followed by England and the Netherlands in Guimaraes on Thursday, and the final in Porto on June 9.Hosts Portugal start as slight favourites with Ronaldo, their all time leading scorer and most-capped player, eager to make up for what by his extraordinary standards could almost be described as a lacklustre first season at Juventus.
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