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 The Spanish national team will visit Portugal this evening, Tuesday, at the “Municipal” stadium, in the sixth and final round of the group stage of the UEFA Nations League 2022-2023, where the match will be a direct struggle for the lead and qualification from the group. The date of the final rounds of the European Nations League was set at the international break in June 2023, and the competitions will be held in one country with a knockout system.
The semi-final matches will be held on June 14 and 15, while the third and final place match will be held on Sunday, June 18, 2023.

The most prominent results of Monday .. Italy, Croatia and the Netherlands to the semi-finals
Within the activities of the third group of the first level of the European Nations League competitions, the England team failed to achieve a valuable victory at home against its historical rivals the German team after an exciting draw by 3-3. In the same group, the Italian national team won an important victory against its opponent, the Hungarian team, by 2-0, so that the Azzurri qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament after deciding the top of the group, as well as the qualification of Croatia and Holland.

In the second level and within the activities of the third group, the group leaders Bosnia and Herzegovina lost to the Romanian team 4-1, while the Finnish team succeeded in snatching the second place in the group by winning against Montenegro 2-0. In the third level and within the activities of the fourth group, the Georgia team won against Gibraltar by 2-1 to enhance its lead in the group and its rise to the third level in the tournament, while the Bulgarian team won against North Macedonia by 1-0

An ongoing crisis between De Jong and Barcelona
A Spanish press report confirmed that Barcelona did not reach an agreement with its Dutch player, Frank De Jong, regarding a salary reduction with the team. Get rid of him, but they rejected the proposals of the Catalan team.

Arab football

Egypt's national football team, led by coach Roy Vitoria, will play its second friendly match against Liberia at the Alexandria Stadium at eight in the evening, as part of the Pharaohs' preparations for the qualifiers for the African Nations Championship in Cote d'Ivoire.
Vitoria seeks to experiment and give the opportunity to a new group of players, other than those who participated against Niger last Friday, where the trio coach gave Mohamed Salah, Mustafa Mohamed and Ahmed Fattouh a rest and exempted them from today's match.
 The closest formation for the Egyptian team today against Liberia is Ahmed El-Shennawy in goalkeeping, Ahmed Hegazy, Ali Gabr, Karim Fouad and Mohamed Hamdy in defense, Mahmoud Hamada, Imam Ashour and Tariq Hamed in the middle, Trezeguet, Mohamed Ibrahim and Koca in the attack.
 The Portuguese national team coach, Roy Vitoria, talked about the preparations of the Pharaohs to face Liberia, explaining that the technical staff respects the opponent and is well prepared for the match.
 
The Jordanian team won the friendly four-way championship after winning the final match over the Sultanate of Oman 1-0, which took place at the Oman International Stadium. The teams of Iraq and Syria also participated in the tournament

- The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced the start of the final sales phase of tickets for the Qatar 2022 World Cup matches, less than two months before the start of the whistle.