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How many bad teams are there in European football? Who exactly? The one who can give the most accurate answer is the UEFA Nations League - starting with San Marino s recent goal difference

11:11pm, 17 October 2025Football

In the transitional season, it was a joke that you had to lose to avoid relegation. Now, the game between San Marino and Romania has not started yet, so it is not yet known whether they will take advantage of the rules. But it has to be said that even if San Marino enters the play-offs, with their strength, it is impossible to enter the World Cup. After all, there are two games in the play-offs. Will they get two miracles in a row? Moreover, allowing a UEFA Nations League D-level team to enter the World Cup will really increase the already excessive level of the World Cup. If you ask how many losers there are in European football, who exactly are they? So the one that can give the most accurate answer is the European League of Nations. The UEFA Nations League is divided into 4 levels. A-level teams are basically strong teams, and B-level teams occasionally have strong teams, but most of them are second-tier teams with good strength. C level is a bit worse. But no matter what, ABC Level 3 has a total of 16 teams in 4 groups. Only when it reaches D level, the scale begins to shrink, because there really are not that many teams in Europe. In the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, there are only two groups in Class D, and there are only 3 teams in each group, a total of 6 teams. Therefore, the D level of the UEFA Nations League is aimed at the weakest teams in Europe. Next we list these 6 queues. Group A, San Marino, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein. Group B, Moldova, Malta, Andorra.

In fact, fans who are familiar with European football are not too unfamiliar with them, because whenever there is a big score, you can usually see their names. And once they appear, they give people a refreshing feeling of having a goal difference. San Marino is so weak, but can still take the first place in this group, which is indeed the best among them. Of course, Europe is constantly changing. If a team can keep improving, it can leave the D level and move to a higher level. For example, Luxembourg was a weak country before, but in recent years they have done quite well. Therefore, Class D is fluid, and whoever is here is the loser. But I have to say that in places like Liechtenstein, Malta, Andorra, Gibraltar, and San Marino, the smell of fish belly seems to be impossible to get rid of.

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