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[arwebb]

Not so much a "second" tier event, but an event that smaller nations can host without having to invest in massive stadium building programmes with the risk of mass white elephants afterwards.

[Quintana]

Portugal got left with 7 white elephants...

[KRATK]

My head says Italy... but my heart says Croatia-Hungary

[Rei]

do you think UEFA cares about what your heart says?? you know they're not exactly passionate people.

[Olympian2004]

cesco_82, on Sep 24 2006, 04:48 PM, said:

As we already discussed b4 here's coming out that EURO is a second level event, just for "little" States..i am not so sure about that, but it's an interesting point to discuss about.

It might be that the EURO is usually the chance for smaller nations to prove that they can host major sports events, too. But nevertheless, hosting the EURO should be a great honour also for the bigger nations. The recent EUROs were on a much higher (i.e. more offensive) playing level than the recent World Cups -- always when I watch some old videos from the EURO 2004 in Portugal I think, "Damn! Why haven't we seen a lot of that kind of football at the last World Cup?"

So, if you in Italy don't want the EURO -- we in Germany would take it gladly.

[arwebb]

Of course it's an honour to be chosen to host the European Championship. We in England still have fresh memories of Euro 96.

But, nations like Germany and Italy can host a World Cup whereas smaller nations like Hungary and Croatia cannot. So why not largely leave the Europeans to them?

[Rei]

Olympian2004, on Sep 24 2006, 09:40 PM, said:

So, if you in Italy don't want the EURO -- we in Germany would take it gladly.

I bet you would be much more glad to take 2010WC from south africa.

[Olympian2004]

Rei, on Sep 25 2006, 08:25 AM, said:

I bet you would be much more glad to take 2010WC from south africa.

Not really. Sure, it would be great if we had another World Cup in Germany as soon as possible. But I would not like the fact that we only got the 2010 World Cup as substitute and at the expense of the original host nation. It would certainly not be the nicest way to "win" the World Cup.

[RobH]

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The recent EUROs were on a much higher (i.e. more offensive) playing level than the recent World Cups -- always when I watch some old videos from the EURO 2004 in Portugal I think, "Damn! Why haven't we seen a lot of that kind of football at the last World Cup?"

Good point, and one I agree with. Euro 2004 was a great tournament and I enjoyed it much more than Germany 2006.

[cesco_82]

Olympian2004, on Sep 24 2006, 11:40 PM, said:

So, if you in Italy don't want the EURO -- we in Germany would take it gladly.

who said that? i do want it!

Rei, on Sep 25 2006, 08:25 AM, said:

I bet you would be much more glad to take 2010WC from south africa.

and maybe be lucky again 4 us...!!!!