Euro cup will be contested by 24 teams

Euro cup draw

In 1960 the first Euro championship was contested by only 4 teams. Gradually it increased, 8,16 and now it's 24. In 2016 it will be  contested by 24 teams. The qualifying draw took place at the Palais des Congres Acropolis in Nice on 23 February 2014. The big bulk of Euro cup would need to be overflowing but it turns into a controversy in the football world.

With 24 teams UEFA brought a big change in the tournament. Opera stretched across six nights on each “week of football”, from Thursday to Tuesday. Instead of 20 or 30 matches in a day 8 or 10 matches will be held. It was done as a profitable agreement with television channels. England football coach Roy Hodgson guessed the situation will be not good for the players. He said also to Sky Sports, 'I concerned for Thursday's matches. There will have matches on Sunday of Premier league. We can't practice before Tuesday. There won't have opportunity for preparation'.

Chris Colaman the coach of Welsh also remarked this kind of opinion. In this situation players can face injury more. He said also, ' When footballers come to play in the national team, then we remain very careful. Because we know they are not our players, we just borrow them from clubs. And we should send back them with fit'.