Any thoughts?
I think the group phase has been spoilt a bit by the increase to 24 teams. With 16 teams, the tournament was short and sweet.
Hopefully I won't be accused as an England fan of sour grapes but there was something unedifying about the way Slovakia celebrated finishing 3rd in the group. They've got potentially one of the most dangerous players in the competition but I hardly heard his name mentioned on Monday. The same has happened in the last games for most of the groups. Apart from Wales!
My view is that 16 was the ideal number of teams for the tournament. But if the decision was made to increase then we should have gone to 32 and had 8 groups of 4. Then you get the jeopardy of 2 teams missing out and hopefully a bit more adventure.
I think the group phase has been spoilt a bit by the increase to 24 teams. With 16 teams, the tournament was short and sweet.
Hopefully I won't be accused as an England fan of sour grapes but there was something unedifying about the way Slovakia celebrated finishing 3rd in the group. They've got potentially one of the most dangerous players in the competition but I hardly heard his name mentioned on Monday. The same has happened in the last games for most of the groups. Apart from Wales!
My view is that 16 was the ideal number of teams for the tournament. But if the decision was made to increase then we should have gone to 32 and had 8 groups of 4. Then you get the jeopardy of 2 teams missing out and hopefully a bit more adventure.
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