IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - EUROPE'S NATIONS LEAGUE
Picture : France became yesterday the FIRST nation to win WORLD CUP (1998, 2018), EURO (1984, 2000), Confederations Cup (2001, 2003), Olympics (1984) and Nations League (2021) !
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE FINAL
*Theo (Milan AC) and Lucas (FC Bayern München) Hernandez became the first brother duo to win an official competition in the football History in France.
*Antoine Griezmann became 9th French player in the history with 100+ caps, along with Thuram, Lloris, Henry, Desailly, Giroud, Zidane, Vieira y Deschamps.
*Kylian MBappe and Karim Benzema were the French Goalscorers and match winners in the final against Spain.With this success, France became the FIRST team to win all three most important competitions for national teams - World Cup, Euro and Nations’ League.
*Apart from that, Griezmann continues his run of consecutive games for France. He didn’t miss a single game of last 57. This is unprecedented case for Les Bleux in their whole 117-year history.
*Roberto Mancini has won (2-1 vs Belgium) his 30th game as Italy's head coach. He have reached this milestone with the fewest matches (44) in the history of Scuadra Azzurra.
*Belgium lost 2 consecutive games for the first time under Roberto Martínez. The last time when Red Devils suffered 2 defeats in a row happened in 2016 (1-3 vs Wales, last game with Marc Wilmots as a coach, and 0-2 vs Spain, at Roberto Martínez debut).