Thursday, June 23, 2016

Column: 24-team Euro 2016 a wacky success (The Associated Press)

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with teammate Nani, left, after scoring his side's second goal during the Euro 2016 Group F soccer match between Hungary and Portugal at the Grand Stade in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, France, Wednesday, June 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Bigger is proving better at the first European Championship with 24 teams. Only the most uncharitable would argue that tournament first-timers Wales, Northern Ireland, Albania and Iceland didn't more than earn their keep in the just-concluded group stage, with the last matches on Wednesday producing thrilling real-time fluctuations in who would play who next in the last 16. One moment England seemed paired up with Portugal, the next it got Iceland.


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