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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I think united was insinuating that Group C is the sole competitive one.
One thing I really dislike is this new fad of co-hosting nations. It seems to mean two teams get a free trip to the Euro, and in this case, two very weak ones. This tends to lend to a deserving team missing out for a pylon... in this case, England, Scotland, Bulgaria, Israel, Norway, Ukraine or one of the Irelands. Switzerland was gutsy yesterday, but they're definitely not at the level of a real Euro cup contender. Austria is ranked below even Canada.
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I'd agree with that, but Switzerland did make Euro 04 and WC 06, so I have less issue with them being in. Austria would probably have no chance of making it.
Next Euro is Poland-Ukraine. Same kind of scenario as this one. 2 average to bad teams get a pass.
Interesting stat, I looked at the history of the Euro, home teams have made at least the semi finals in EVERY TOURNAMENT!! In 2000, it was co hosted by Holland and Belgium, Belgium didn't do well, but Holland made the Semis. Looks like this year, that stat will end, I don't see Austria making the QTRS, let alone the Semis.