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[–] qu1x0t1cZ@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m sure when the Nations League was first announced UEFA said that it would eventually replace Euros qualifiers. Probably changed their minds in favour of more cash.

As an aside I hate how big the Euros has become. When I was a kid it was 16 teams representing most of the top 20 international teams in the world. Short tournament, high quality, good fun. Now it’s too diluted.

[–] moonski@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The euros was peak at 16. Almost no dead rubbers even in the groups, just a quality tournament all round.

[–] juve_merda@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

16 team euros was brutal, 1 bad game in he group and you could be out

now it just has a ton of filler, which on one hand is nice for the smaller nations that wouldn’t get to compete otherwise, but it always means some low stakes games