Tuesday night’s kickoff to the 2024–25 Nations League was a hectic one for fans of international football.

Five players from Manchester City’s roster participated in three national teams’ matches, with four of them going up against one another.

This occurred during Portugal’s 2-1 victory over Croatia, with Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol starting for the latter team and Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva starting for the former.

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And it was the home team that emerged victorious after seven minutes thanks to a brilliant finish from inside the box by Diogo Dalot, who broke the goalless draw.

Cristiano Ronaldo extended their lead with just over ten minutes remaining in the first half when he finished off a pass from Nuno Mendes and into the roof of the net.

However, their two-goal lead was short-lived, as Dalot cut Croatia’s deficit in half seven minutes later by turning into his own net.

But that was the last game of the match, as Roberto Martinez’s team finished with three points to begin their Nations League campaign.

Manuel Akanji participated in the entire ninety minutes of Switzerland’s 2-0 loss against Denmark on the road.

In the first half, there were few opportunities, and Kasper Dolberg forced visiting custodian Gregor Kobel to make a great save to his right.

Soon after the half, Nico Elvedi’s yellow card was upgraded to red thanks to VAR for a tackle that was considered dangerous, leaving Switzerland with just ten players.

When Jonas Wind found the net but moved into an offside position, the hosts believed they had taken the lead.

With Akanji’s assistance, Murat Yakin’s team played valiant defence and appeared to be on the verge of earning an unexpected point as the clock approached the 80-minute mark.

But before there were more turns in the story, Patrick Dorgu’s goal in the last moments of play gave Denmark the lead.

Granit Xhaka was sent off for Switzerland soon after when receiving a second yellow card before Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s effort from the edge of the box found the bottom left corner to extend Denmark’s lead.

In this match, Akanji has 96% Accurate passes, 100% Tackles won, 5 Recoveries, 3 Clearances, 2/5 Duels won, 4 Passes into final third