Spain will meet its rival on Thursday in the 'Final Four' of the Nations League, which will be played in the cities of Milan and Turin in October 2021. The National Team will have Italy, Belgium or France as a possible rival in the semifinals, the other three countries ranked. The semifinals of the second edition of the competition will be played on October 6 and 7, 2021 and the final and the match for third place on Sunday the 10th of the same month. Just four days later, on December 7, Spain will enter the football drums again to meet their rivals in the qualifying phase for the Qatar-2022 World Cup, which La Roja will start in March.
Spain qualified first in their group after a brilliant win (6-0) against Germany and they will find an undefeated France in the qualifying phase, with an already consolidated Belgium and that has the best scorer of the competition, Lukaku with five goals in five games, and with a new Italy that has managed to make a good team after a long journey, as has happened to La Roja. As for the World Cup, Spain will be included as the European seed in Pot 1 of the FIFA qualification draw for Qatar 2022 along with France, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. The European qualification phase for Qatar 2022 will be played between March and November 2021. The top ten teams from each group will achieve the place directly.
UEFA will hold its last Executive Committee of the year this Thursday. In addition to the details on the 'Final Four' of the Nations League, after the meeting the host country of the final phase of the 'Conference League 2022', the third club competition that UEFA is going to put on, will be announced. March from next year and the host country of the 2023 European Under-21 Championship.