Euro winners Spain held in Nations League

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Spain were held by Serbia in the UEFA Nations League on Thursday in their first game since winning Euro 2024.

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Eight of Spain's starting line-up in their Euro 2024 final victory over England almost two months ago were on the field at kick-off against Serbia in Belgrade.
Among them was Lamine Yamal, with the Barcelona prodigy just one of the Spain players to be denied by home goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic.
Luis de la Fuente's team are also the reigning Nations League champions having won the most recent edition of the tournament last year.
They will now hope to register their first victory in League A, Group 4 when they travel to face Switzerland in Geneva on Sunday.
The Swiss lost 2-0 to Denmark on Thursday, with Patrick Dorgu and captain Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scoring late goals for the home side in Copenhagen.
Switzerland finished the match with nine men as both Nico Elvedi and Granit Xhaka were sent off in the second half.

Scotland lost 3-2 to Poland at Hampden Park, with the visitors grabbing the victory thanks to a 97th-minute Nicola Zalewski penalty. Poland had been 2-0 up as Sebastian Szymanski gave them an early lead and captain Robert Lewandowski added a penalty just before the break.
However, Billy Gilmour pulled one back for League A newcomers Scotland moments after the restart, and Scott McTominay equalised before Roma's Zalewski sneaked his spot-kick under Angus Gunn deep into stoppage time.
Elsewhere, there were wins for Slovakia and Northern Ireland in League C, while Sweden - now being coached by Jon Dahl Tomasson - beat Azerbaijan 3-1 away in Baku with Newcastle United's Alexander Isak netting twice.
History was made in League D as San Marino, the world's worst team according to the FIFA rankings, beat Liechtenstein 1-0 to claim their first ever competitive win. The tiny country of barely 30,000 people, surrounded by Italy, came into the match at their San Marino Stadium looking for a first win of any sort since beating Liechtenstein in a friendly in 2004.
Liechtenstein had a goal disallowed for a tight offside in the first half before San Marino pounced on a defensive error to grab the winner in the 53rd minute through Nicko Sensoli. Aged 19, he had not been born when the team who sit 210th and last in the world rankings last won a game. Friday's Nations League action includes France hosting Italy in Paris.

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