The most uneven lineup of participants from the League A groups of the Nations League has been formed in Group 2. The draw has identified two favorites here in the form of Germany and the Netherlands, as well as two outsiders who preliminarily look like Serbia and Greece. That said, the Germans' performance at the World Cup is fresh in memory, where they failed to advance beyond the Round of 16 of the knockout stage and to impress with a worthy level of play. This provides grounds to consider the Serbian and Greek squads as contenders for the third place only formally. A strong start and slips by one of the favorites could give them excellent opportunities to compete for a place in the playoffs. Serbia will begin the second consecutive edition of the Nations League in the competition's top division. Last season their team competed in a group with Spain, Denmark and Switzerland, finished third, and managed to prove its right to remain in the strongest league by winning the playoff ties against Austria. Then Serbia, away, drew 1:1 with the opponent, and at home proved its advantage 2:0. Greece, in the previous Nations League edition, played in League B, where they recorded five wins in six matches in a group with Finland, Ireland and England. To everyone's surprise, Greece's 15 points were not enough for first place, which England took, so on aggregate over two legs they had to beat Scotland in the playoff. Moreover, against this British team Greece won in Glasgow 3:0 after a home defeat 0:1. Neither Serbia nor Greece, in the Belgrade match, qualified for the World Cup in North America. Moreover, neither of them, finishing third in their qualifying groups, earned a place in the playoff qualifiers. In the latest friendly matches both teams were equally weak, which adds an element of additional unpredictability to predicting their upcoming meeting. Interestingly, Serbia and Greece have not played a single official match against each other. In friendlies these teams exchanged away wins in 2010 and 2014. Given that in 2026 neither opponent will have played an official match, one should hardly expect an open game and goal-rich football from them.