Serbia – Spain: Serbians Stall Sleepy Spain In League A Debut (0-0)

Serbia should have foreseen a baptism of fire in their first fixture in the top tier of the Nations League, welcoming the best country on the continent onto their turf. The battle for the ball went the way everyone expected. However, the hosts held onto a stalemate that befitted their spirit.

Tactical analysis and match report by Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere.

Seven and a half weeks after Spain stood on top of Europe again with their fourth EUROs title, their attention turned to another tournament. The road to the knockout phases of the Nations League began.

The Spanish squad sat on the margins of most people's contenders for silverware in the summer. Only a few of their individuals could claim to contest the class of previous players in the imagination of the public. But new leadership infused their signature style with a daring dynamic. Their triumph was historic. Luis de la Fuente forged a stable starting eleven, overseeing the first outfit in the history of the competition to win all seven fixtures on the way to the trophy. Who will be able to stop them?

Serbia struggled to set alight at the EUROs. The Balkan nation navigated their way to the tournament for the first time as an independent country but could not nail down a place in the Round of 16. After a

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