Uefa Nations League looks to be a qualified success

Few international tournaments can have been greeted with such a wave of apathy as the Uefa Nations League, writes David Shonfield

To most fans and most journalists, this writer included, it looked like an unnecessary complication in the football calendar. “Over-elaborate and irrelevant,” said Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport when the tournament format was announced — and the Gazzetta is normally guaranteed to be enthusiastic about any competition. The timing also seemed wrong, a matter of weeks after the World Cup.