Winner: Greece
Thanks to Vangelis Pavlidis' late goal in injury time, Ivan Jovanovic's team achieved Greece's historic victory against England. The win also brought some much-needed joy to Greek football, which had been mourning the loss of defender George Baldock.
The 2004 European champions finally put down an exclamation marker in football for what feels like the first time in an eternity. The last time they beat a football giant was the Netherlands in 2016 (3-1) - in a friendly match.
But the triumph at Wembley wasn't the end of their success. Three days later, they went one better with a 2-0 win over Ireland and, with twelve points after four games, are now on the verge of promotion to League A. A point in the second leg against England in front of a home crowd could see them clinch promotion.
Loser: Erling Haaland
First a brace, then nothing: Erling Haaland should have been one of the winners of the week. With his brace against Slovenia, he scored his 33rd and 34th goals in a Norwegian shirt - and thus overtook the country's all-time record goalscorer, Jorgen Juve.
But on Sunday came the disillusionment that has been a pattern throughout the burly striker's national team career. An individual high was followed by a collective fall with the 5-1 defeat against Austria in Linz. After four games, they now have seven points to their name - just like the OFB team and Slovenia.
This means that with two games to go before the end of the group stage, the team is in danger of being relegated.
Haaland, who received a weak 6.2 from Flashscore, is of course also measured by successes with the national team. And after missing out on qualification for the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 European Championship, the next disappointment now looms.
Winner: Marko Arnautovic
Where there are losers, there are of course also winners on the other side. And one of them is Marko Arnautovic. The former Stoke player was initially forced to sit on the bench for 62 minutes against Kazakhstan but earned his starting spot against Norway after coming on and bagging an assist.
Arnautovic immediately repaid Ralf Rangnick's trust in him with a brace and a player rating of 8.3, making him the highest-rated on the pitch - and could become a record goalscorer in the near future. The 35-year-old is five goals short of equalling Austria's all-time top scorer, Toni Polster (44).
After a bumpy start to the Nations League, Austria are now back on track: "This is the best national team Austria has ever had," enthused Arnautovic after the game.
Loser: Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk will do well to forget the Nations League match against Hungary (1-1) last Friday as quickly as possible.
The 33-year-old received his first yellow card for complaining when the score was 0-1 in the second half. Three minutes later, he was sent off with a second yellow card for a foul. The captain will therefore miss an important match against Germany on Monday evening.
After the game, van Dijk commented on his first sending-off in the national team with annoyance: "They say that only the captain is allowed to speak to the referee. Yes, I approach him with increased speed. But not in an unpleasant way, not at all. Very respectfully (...). If even the captain can't say anything... then it's going to be difficult."
Liverpool have four games in ten days in the Champions League, Premier League and EFL Cup starting on 20 October, including a top-of-the-table clash with RB Leipzig.
Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo
Three goals in three games. After Portugal's bitter exit in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024, many fans and experts saw Cristiano Ronaldo at a crossroads in his career in the national team jersey. However, according to the legend of the sport, retirement was never an option.
At least in the Nations League, the 39-year-old has now impressively shown that he can still perform in Europe.
In September against Croatia and on Saturday against Poland, he scored important goals to make it 2-0, and even scored a late winner against Scotland last month. The second leg against the Bravehearts is coming up on Tuesday - and Ronaldo will certainly be doing everything he can to score again.
Loser: Switzerland
Switzerland were regarded as one of the positive surprises of Euro 2024, delighting fans and pundits alike with their impressive football and maturity, knocking out Italy in the round of 16 and unfortunately losing on penalties to eventual finalists England in the last eight.
The Nations League season of the "Nati", on the other hand, is going anything but well. After three games, they are bottom of League B Group 4 without a point. After defeats in Denmark and at home to Spain in September, the next setback followed on Saturday: Granit Xhaka and Co. delivered what was probably their weakest game of the year against arch-rivals Serbia (0-2).
The Swiss will have their next chance on Tuesday at home against Denmark. However, they must deliver in St. Gallen. Because if they lose again and Serbia beat Spain at the same time, they will be relegated to League B after just four games.
