This year’s Euro 2012, kicks off Friday in Warsaw, Poland,
when co-host Poland plays Greece at the National Stadium. Ukraine also will be
hosting games. With this in mind, we thought we’d ask your opinions on this game, the players and what you’ll be doing as the games get going.
With only 16 teams instead of 32, many believe the calibre
of play at the European Championship exceeds that of the World Cup, which gets
diluted by some of the slots apportioned to areas of the globe without strong
soccer traditions.
For Euro 2012, defending champion Spain – which also
won the 2010 World Cup – is the favourite to win.
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Spain’s possible win is accredited to two of the their players, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta, said to control the big plays. But there are other notables in the tournament.
The 16 teams in the championship – the two co-hosts and 14 other nations that made it through a two-year qualifying tournament – have been split into four groups of four. The top two in each group reach the
quarterfinals.
The final will be played on July 1 in Kyiv.
with files from the Canadian Press.
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