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UEFA Nations League finals

Days after the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul on June 10, the European football season will draw to a close in the Netherlands, with the finals of the Nations League staged across two venues in Rotterdam and Enschede.

Croatia, Italy and Spain will join the hosts in competing for the crown of a tournament that has slowly become a familiar fixture of the international match calendar, but runs the risk of becoming just another tournament given all the calendar congestion. There is

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