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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Butler

‘Did you see that?!’ Why the Nations League is our new favourite thing

There were heady celebrations like this all over Europe last night.
There were heady celebrations like this all over Europe last night. Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP

SCENES!

Sundays – especially those that are not branded by our TV satellite overlords as Super Sundays during these international breaks, have always given Football Daily the scaries. When the feeling of impending doom over another working week is not interrupted by the afternoon offerings of the usual Premier League kick-offs, Toby Carvery gravy and MOTD2’s ‘2 Good 2 Bad’, this particular tea-timely email starts getting a little jittery when the Sunday sun goes down. Yesterday, reader – with the weekend disappearing over the horizon faster than a Bobby Baggio penalty – Football Daily needed saving. We just didn’t think the thing to save us would be the Nations League.

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