There is another possibility!

Our National Football Team completely exhausted its chance of getting out of last place in the UEFA National A League Group 1 after a 2-1 defeat against Belgium. While the last group finishers have been directly relegated in every edition since the National League started, an exception brought specifically for this year could be a recipe for salvation for our star-studded team. Since the D League will be abolished and the National League will have 3 levels of 18 teams from next season, 2 teams each from the A and B leagues will be directly relegated this season. So, 2 of the last 4 groups have a chance to survive...

Play-off in March 2027

According to the status, the worst two of the four teams in the last place in the A League will be directly relegated. The other two remaining finishers, along with the two worst third-placed groups in League A, will play a double-header in March 2027 with the teams that will finish their groups in second place in League B. Those who outperform their opponents will remain in the A League. Even though our stars and crescents are scoreless, they are above another scoreless team, the Czech Republic, on average. If our nationals can beat France away in the last match, they will start waiting for the results of the matches of the other group finishers.

SCORES OF THE LAST GROUP IN THE NATIONAL A LEAGUE

Difficult but not impossible

The biggest rivals of our NATIONAL team on the way to stay in the league are Czechia and Serbia.... Czechia is in a worse situation than us in terms of average. Serbia is also scoreless, but the Balkan team's goal difference is 3 goals better. While Norway and Wales in the same group have 3 points each, both teams have a significant advantage in both goals and goal difference. Since we will be playing in a difficult away game like France in the last match, it is more likely that the Crescents will pass Serbia and Czechia at this stage.

NATIONAL B LEAGUE GROUP SECONDNESS SCORES

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If we make it to the play-offs, the possible opponents are in our hands.

"If 'Our Children' makes it to the play-offs, it will be paired with one of the runners-up of the UEFA National B League. One of the possible teams here is Hungary, whom we beat in the last National League play-off... Another possible rival is Kosovo, which we defeated in the World Cup qualifiers play-off. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia are other possible rivals.

KAVANAGH WILL MANAGE THE FRANCE-Türkiye MATCH

Chris Kavanagh from the English Football Federation will referee the sixth and final week match in which the National Team will host France in the UEFA National A League Group 1. Dan Cook and Ian Hussin will be Kavanagh's assistants in the match to be played tomorrow at the Matmut Atlantique Stadium in Bordeaux. In the match where Robert Jones will be the fourth referee, Darren England will serve as VAR and Michael Salisbury will serve as AVAR.