The decision to increase the number of teams for Euro 2016 has been justified with nearly all sides still able to qualify for the knockout stages and games proving closer than in previous tournaments, a senior UEFA official said on Monday.
Europe’s soccer governing body opted eight years ago to expand the European Championship from 16 to 24 teams as it sought to give a chance for some of the continent’s smaller nations to make it to the elite competition.
With the final group games concluding on Wednesday, only one fixture for the final 16 will be decided beforehand, leaving everything to …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
