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This week has seen the news leaked out from Europe, that there are talks within UEFA to extend the invitation for the European Championships to Brazil, Argentina, Japan and Mexico.
UEFA has already extended the number of teams from 16 to 24 for the 2016 Euros to be held in France.
The question that arises here is whether UEFA wants to take away the limelight away from FIFA, and its showpiece event, the World Cup, which is FIFA’s main source of income.
Does UEFA want to rival the World Cup and bit into FIFA’s main source of income which was around two billion pounds during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa?
The total viewing has been estimated to be around 26 billion over the whole tournament.
With such gigantic figures, why wouldn’t UEFA not want to tap into this niche market.
With so much at stake, I want to now push these points aside and see from a fan’s point of view. What would a football fan’s preference be?
My love for the World Cup supersedes that for the ‘Euros’, to start off with.
I just love the one month of football festivities, where the world comes together to celebrate the beautiful game, every fan from countries whether small, or big, rich or poor has its own take in it.
The mixture of the different cultures, brand of football players, it’s all too good to ignore.
Contrary to my love for world Cup, there are those in Europe, who love the Euros more than the World Cup and that could also be a sentiment shared by many others in different parts of the world. They have an argument for this choice of theirs:
The World Cup is made up of both strong and weak teams, unlike Euros which has had 16 (now 24) strong teams.
There are boring games in the World Cup with weak teams from Asia or Africa participating and the overall consensus is that the World Cup lacks the spark and excitement for much of the intial part of the tournament.
Euros however, keep the intensity going throughout the tournament and there’re hardly any dull moments in the game.
As a fan, which tournament would you prefer and why and do you think that UEFA should drive itself to rival the World Cup?
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