FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League Final - Olympique de Marseille vs Atletico Madrid - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - May 16, 2018 Spain's King Felipe VI in the stands with UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin before the match REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
ZURICH (Reuters) - European soccer's new Nations League competition will give national team football a boost when it gets under way next month, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said on Thursday.
Ceferin said that friendly internationals failed to provide meaningful matches and that a new balance was needed between club and national team football.
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