IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Jamie Leweling became vs Netherlands the first debutant to score at his debut for Germany under Julian Nagelsmann
Statistics on Nations League games of 11-15 October
*Netherlands, vs Hungary (1-1), have scored after receiving a red card (by Virgil van Dijk) for just the first time since 7 September 2005 when they beat Andorra 4-0 and found the net twice after Phillip Cocu’s red card.
*With an average age of 24 years 100 days, the Netherlands have fielded vs Germany (0-1) their youngest starting XI since May 2017 (23 years 324 days vs Morocco) and the youngest in a competitive match since September 2012 (24 years 59 days vs Hungary).
*Jorrel Hato became in this game the Netherlands’ 3rd youngest starter (18 years 221 days) in XXI century, behind only Matthijs de Ligt (17 years 225 days) and Jetro Willems (18 years 57 days).*
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*Jamie Leweling became vs Netherlands the first debutant to score at his debut for Germany under Julian Nagelsmann, and the first overall since Niclas Füllkrug who did it in 2022.
*Oliver Baumann became at 34 years 131 days the second-oldest Germany’s debutant (after Matthias Mauritz) in the post-war era and the oldest ever goalkeeper to make his debut in history of German national team.
*Norway, defeated 5-1 by Austria, conceded 5+ goals last time in September 2017, when they lost to Germany 0-6 in aWorld Cup qualifier.
*Gibraltar, after 1-0 win over San Marino and 0-0 draw vs Liechtenstein, have linked already 5 games without defeats; in all their previous history, they never remained unbeaten in more than 2 games in a row.
*Aurélien Tchouaméni became vs Belgium (2-1) the first France’s captain sent off since Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.
*Belgium is the first nation to have lost 3 matches against France in the same calendar year.
*Cristiano Ronaldo became after the game vs Poland (3-1) the first player in football history to reach the mark of 100 victories in official competitions for a national team.
*Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in football history to have scored 5 goals for a national team after his 39th anniversary.
*Cristiano Ronaldo has made vs Scotland (0-0) his 200th start for Portugal, 21 years and 4 days after his very first start vs Albania (11 October 2003).
*Isaac Price became vs Bulgaria (5-0) the youngest hat-trick scorer in Northern Ireland’s history (21 years 91 days).
He is also the first player to score a treble for the nation since David Healy vs Liechtenstein in March 2007.
*Spain have beaten Serbia (3-0) with more than 2 goals difference for the first time including the era of Yugoslavia.
*Alvaro Morata, one of the scorers of this game, became the first player in the history of the Spanish national team to score while representing 5 different clubs: Juventus (15 goals), Real Madrid (3), Chelsea (4), Atletico (14), Milan (1).
*Morata has missed the 4th of last 7 penalties he has taken for clubs and country (excluding shoot-outs).
Before that, he converted 9 of his previous 10 attempts in all competitions.