Kevin De Bruyne summed up how plenty of footballers likely feel about the UEFA Nations League this week.
"It is unimportant in my eyes, just glorified friendlies after a long and tough season," he said ahead of a quadruple-header of games for Belgium. "I'm not looking forward to it."
While most of Manchester City's players on international duty will be counting down the days until they can begin their summer vacations, one will spend the next few days preparing for arguably the biggest game of his season - maybe even his life. On Wednesday, Oleksandr Zinchenko put in a man-of-the-match performance as Ukraine defeated Scotland 3-1 in a World Cup play-off semi-final. Having won the match delayed by over two months due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, just 90 minutes stand between a suffering nation and a place at the 2022 World Cup.
