{"id":149688,"date":"2024-02-09T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/09\/england-face-republic-of-ireland\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T17:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:30:46","slug":"england-face-republic-of-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/09\/england-face-republic-of-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"England face Republic of Ireland \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>England will face the Republic of Ireland in the fourth edition of the Nations League.<\/p>\n<p>Finland and Greece complete Group B2, with Wales drawn against Iceland, Montenegro and Turkiye in B4.<\/p>\n<p>The last competitive encounter between England and the Boys in Green was a Euro 92 qualifier where a Niall Quinn strike cancelled out Lee Dixon\u2019s opener at Wembley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 1995 friendly at Lansdowne Road had to be abandoned due to crowd trouble and the teams\u2019 most recent meeting was in November 2020, with the Three Lions claiming a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland were promoted to League A in the last edition and will take on 2019 champions Portugal, as well as Croatia and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Nothern Ireland are up against Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Belarus in the third tier of the Europe-wide competition.<\/p>\n<p>The league phase will be played between September and October before League A quarter-finals and promotion\/relegation play-offs take place in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Single-leg semis and the final will be played in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full Nations League draw below.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">League A<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Group One:\u00a0<\/strong>Croatia, Portugal, Poland, Scotland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group Two:\u00a0<\/strong>Italy, Belgium, France, Israel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group Three:\u00a0<\/strong>Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group Four:\u00a0<\/strong>Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Serbia<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Outrageous backheel volley from Szalai \ud83e\udd75<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationsLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMMCxHkExT\">pic.twitter.com\/IMMCxHkExT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EURO2024\/status\/1755603641589998036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>League B<br \/>Group One: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Albania, Georgia<\/p>\n<p>Group Two: England, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Greece<\/p>\n<p>Group Three: Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Kazakhstan<\/p>\n<p>Group Four: Wales, Iceland, Montenegro, Turkiye<\/p>\n<p>Read more: All the latest football news<br \/>League C<br \/>Group One: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia<\/p>\n<p>Group Two: Romania, Kosovo, Cyprus, Gibraltar or Lithuania<\/p>\n<p>Group Three: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, Belarus<\/p>\n<p>Group Four: Armenia, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Latvia<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationsLeague<\/a> final penalty shootout \u26bd<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udd9a\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OyTadJXVUb\">pic.twitter.com\/OyTadJXVUb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EURO2024\/status\/1755533743261893083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>League D<br \/>Group One: Gibraltar or Lithuania, San Marino, Liechtenstein<\/p>\n<p>Group Two: Moldova, Malta, Andorra<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England will face the Republic of Ireland in the fourth edition of the Nations League. 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