The open goal. Igor.StevanovicThere are two ways of viewing the fact that a record 24 teams are competing to lift the Henri Delaunay Cup at Euro 2016. Some regard UEFA’s decision to include nearly half of its 55 members as a move to leverage football’s ability to bring people together in a celebration of sport and national identity.
The more cynical argue that inflating the scope and scale of the tournament is driven more by financial motives than sporting or political ones. The steady rise from the four teams who contested the inaugural finals of 1960 through the years of …read more
Source: The Conversation