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Originally Posted by Yorick
Latvia could win the Euro cup if someone like Greece can.
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And who's stopping them from winning the 16-team Euro cup???? Let them qualify and win. Are you saying a team can be good enough to make an upset and win the finals but this same team which supposedly can win the finals can't make it through the qualifying rounds if only 8 or 16 teams qualify?
The reason the "unfancied Turks and the unknown Russians" as you put it did so well is because there are only 16 teams!!! So they Turks and Russians actually had to play well in order to qualify.
I wouldn't mind a Latvia vs Finland match in a 16 or 8 team Euro. If they managed to qualify it means they are good. In a 24 team tourney the quality WILL drop.
I agree with johnny. There's simply not enough quality teams in Europe to create a tournament of 24 nations that will actually keep the people entertained.