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Nations League, group draws: Azzurri find France and Belgium again

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France, Belgium and Turkey will be Italy&#8217s opponents in Group 1 of League A regarding the 2026-2027 edition of the UEFA Nations League. The Azzurri, who have already met France and Belgium in the last edition, climbing all the way to the quarterfinals and losing in the double-header against Germany, will start their journey in the group between Sept. 24 and 26, 2026, and go on to conclude it between Nov. 15 and 17 (the schedule is being finalized). The format is identical to that of last year’s edition: first two to the quarters, third to the playoff not to relegate and fourth directly to League B.

As for the other rounds, defending champion Portugal has been placed in Group 4 along with Denmark, Norway and Wales, while finalist Spain will be in Group 3 with Croatia, England and the Czech Republic.

Finally, in Group 2 will be Germany, along with the Netherlands, Serbia and Greece. The quarterfinals, to be played over the 180-minute distance, are scheduled in 2027, with first leg between March 25 and 27 and return a few days later, between March 28 and 30. Single-seat Final Four in June 2027.

Francesco LuciveroMonica Bertini, from Traversetolo to the big TV studios: the career and photos of the sports journalist

Monica Bertini was born and raised in Traversetolo, in the province of Parma, in a family that runs a restaurant.
"TV was my babysitter", says the journalist who as a child watched television while her parents worked.

In seventh grade she writes in an essay about her dream: to become a sports journalist on television.
He graduated in Communication Sciences from IULM and joined the'register of publicists in 2010.
He takes his first steps in the local broadcasters of Emilia, where he learns the craft between studio, live broadcasts and gavetta.

Between 2013 and 2014 he landed at Sportitalia, where he leads Sportitalia24 and programs dedicated to Serie B and soccer market.
In 2014 he joined the team of Sky Sport and leads Sky Sport 24 and Campo Aperto Serie B.
The turning point comes in 2016 with Mediaset: he becomes one of the faces of Premium Sport and then of Italia 1.
He hosts programs such as Serie A Live, Casa Premium, Tiki Taka and the specials dedicated to the Champions League.
Since 2021 he has been at the helm of Pressing, aired on Italia 1 and Rete 4, and he hosts Coppa Italia LIVE.

Becomes the face of national competitions, from Coppa Italia to the Italian Super Cup.
In 2022, he also led the special dedicated to the Ballon d'Oro, consolidating his role in sports journalism.

The League B groupings are also four: in Group 1 there are Scotland, Switzerland, Slovenia and North Macedonia; in Group 2 Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia and Northern Ireland; in Group 3 Israel, Austria, Ireland and Kosovo; and in Group 4 Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania and Sweden. The dates of the group stage are the same as for League A, as are the dates of the play-offs for promotion to the top division and for relegation to the lower league, League C.

The dates of the play-offs for promotion to the top division and for relegation to the lower league, League C, are also the same.

Talking precisely about the third series, Group 1 features Albania, Finland, Belarus and San Marino, Group 2 Montenegro, Armenia, Cyprus and the winner of the playoff between Latvia and Gibraltar, Group 3 Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Faroe Islands and Moldova, Group 4 Iceland, Bulgaria, Estonia and the winner of the playoff between Luxembourg and Malta.

The fourth and final series, League D, will feature only two rounds at the start: Group 1 with the losers of Latvia-Gibraltar and Luxembourg-Malta who will keep company with Andorra, and Group 2 with Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. At the end of the tournaments, the play-offs between League C and League D teams will be played well after the conclusion of the tournament in March 2028.

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