Arthur's Football Comments: July 2012

July 6, 2012

EURO 2012: Tournament of Broken Stereotypes


Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine is over. For the first time in history the reigning kings successfully defended their title, winning 3 major tournaments in a row. As statistics suggests, in the last 6 years we have seen the best ever national team of all generations. Congratulations to Spain!

As expected, there have been lots of bright moments. Recalling them is the only pleasure left after the cup was handed in to Iker Casillas. So let’s see what this European Championship could teach us.
First of all, each and every European Championship assumes maximum of 7 teams, which historically deserve to be called main favorites. These nations are England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

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