IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE
Picture : New Record for Erling Haaland !
Statistics on Nations League games of 10 October
*Greece have beaten England (2-1 away) for the first time ever, after 2 draws and 7 defeats in all previous games of this rivalry.
*Greece celebrated their first ever Wembley goals (both scored by Pavlidis).
*This is also the first ever victory for Greece visiting a team that has been world champion.
*With a brace vs Slovenia (3-0), Erling Haaland extended his tally in national team to 34 goals. Thus, the old national record of Jørgen Juve (33 goals) has finally been beaten.
This Norway’s record stood from 1934; it was oldest worldwide amongst all nations.
*Haaland became the first European player to score 34 goals in his first 36 matches for national team since Gerd Müller who scored 42 goals having played as many games for Germany in March 1972.
*Italy (2-2 vs Belgium) have scored in the 1st minute of play (Andrea Cambiaso) for the first time since 11 June 2013, in a friendly against Haiti (scorer: Emanuele Giaccherini).
*Italy have drawn an home match by a leading position of 2 goals for the first time since 8 February 1978 (2-2 vs France; Graziani scored first a brace for the Azzurri, Bathenay and Platini equalized for Les Bleus).
*France (4-1 away win vs Israel) have last scored so many goals as visitors on 11 June 2019 against Andorra.