Last night saw the start of a new Uefa competition: The Nations League, the brainchild of the European governing body designed to eliminate meaningless friendlies from here through to November

Their younger categories have won at the World Cup and European Championships, and their senior squad reached the semi-finals in Russia. It's an evolution...

AS editor Alfredo Relaño believes that Luis Enrique has the energy and desire to take charge of a team dedicated to renewing itself.

England and Belgium, two teams who had the biggest prize of all in their sights, now face off today with as good as zilch up for grabs.

Yugoslavia failed to win any major footballing honour and neither subsequently have any of the nations that emerged after the break-up of the former federation.