UEFA Nations League: Three Lions, Luxembourg, Les Bleus, Montenegro, Belgium, Gibraltar Come Out On Top On Saturday; Portugal Open Title Defense In Style

 The Europa Nations League continue with group-stage play on Saturday as nine games were contested.

LEAGUE A:

Group Two:

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

Raheen Sterling converted his penalty kick in the opening minute of second-half stoppage time as England defeated Iceland 1-0 on the road.

At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Jason Denayer (9') and Dries Mertens (77') each scored once as Belgium blanked Denmark 2-0 on the road.

Group Two Standings:

1. Belgium (GP: 1; GD: +2; PTS: 3)

2. England (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)

3. Iceland (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)

4. Denmark (GP: 1; GD: -2; PTS: 0)

Group Three:

At Porto, Portugal:

Joao Cancelo (41'), Diogo Jota (58'), Joao Felix (70'), and Andre Silva (90'+5) each scored once as Portugal opened their Nations League defense in style by domination visiting Croatia 4-1.

At Sonia, Sweden:

Kylian Mbappe scored the only goal of the match in the 41st minute as France got the best of hosts Sweden 1-0.

Group Three Standings:

1. Portugal (GP: 1; GD: +3; PTS: 3)    

2. France (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)

3. Sweden (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)

4. Croatia (GP: 1; GD: -3; PTS: 0)

LEAGUE C:

Group One:

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Gerson Rodrigues converted a penalty kick in the  73rd minute as Luxembourg knocked off Azerbaijan 2-1 on the road.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Stevan Jovetic scored twice (61', 74') as Montenegro blanked Cyprus 2-0 on the road.

Group One Standings:

1. Montenegro (GP: 1; GD: +2; PTS: 3)

2. Luxembourg (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)

3. Azerbaijan (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)

4. Cyprus (GP: 1; GD: -2; PTS: 0)

Group Two:

At Skopje, North Macedonia:

Successfully-converted penalty kicks from Ezgjan Aliosi (5') and Ilija Nestorovski (38') enabled North Macedonia to hole off visiting Armenia 2-1.

At Tallinn, Estonia:

Nika Kacharava scored the only goal of Georgia's 1-0 road victory over Estonia in the 32nd minute.

Group Two Standings:

1. North Macedonia (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)

2. Georgia (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)

3. Armenia (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)

4. Estonia (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)

LEAGUE D:

Group Two:

At Gibraltar:

In the lone Saturday League D match, Graeme Torrilla's goal in the 43rd minute carried Gibraltar past visiting San Marino 1-0.

Group Two Standings:

1. Gibraltar (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)

2. Liechtenstein (GP: 0; GD: 0; PTS: 0)

3. San Marino (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)