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Alive and kicking
UEFA European Championship, jL. now popularly known just as EURO, has never become the rival' of the FIFA Wbrld Cup. it has turned into a huge success and is established as one of the world's major sporting events. The championship's birth half-a-century ago. however, was more difficult than might be expected.
The idea of introducing a European competition for national teams surfaced late compared to other continents. There had been various reasons for it. one being the fear that such a competition might threaten the status of the FIFA World Cup itself
ORIGIN
When the UEFA was born in 1954. the impetus for a
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EVOLUTION
Each EURO has had its tactical benchmarks and the 2008 edition will doubtless give us fresh and fascinating insights into the way the modern game is played, as it never stops evolving.
For the first EUROs in the 1960s, the old 2-3-5 formation -- featuring two fullbacks, two wing-halves, a centre-half, two wingers, two inside-forwards and a centre-forward -- was making way for increasingly sophisticated tactics. Rather than focus on scoring goals, there came a new emphasis on not conceding.
Individual positions also evolved. Italy's 1968 champions featured not only the customary’ solid defence and stealthy attackers, but also a fullback of considerable
trend was towards strong, almost impregnable defensive blocks, the "flooding'' of midfield by teams perhaps playing a 3-5-2 system, and a dearth of wingers which was compensated for by hardworking wide players or overlapping fullbacks. Counterattacking, often by strikers with pace, and individual brilliance was needed to destabilise tough defensive blocks. A defensive midfielder also helped contain counterattacks. Goalkeepers needed to become footballers after changes to the backpass rule.
In the Netherlands and Belgium in 2000, the tactical talk was of the diamondshaped midfield -- a defensive midfielder, two normal' midfielders and a central player supporting the strikers. Lone strikers made their mark.
European championship came from the distinguished French sports newspaper L'Equipe.
Adding to the French drive for such a tournament was Henry Delaunay, first UEFA general secretary and former French national association general secretary. Few men have left such a distinct mark, by the sheer force of their personality’, on such a universal activity' as football as Delaunay.
In 1927, he had already submitted a proposal to FIFA, in conjunction with the great Austrian official Hugo Meisl, for the creation of a European cup, to run concurrently with the World Cup. which would involve a qualifying competition every two years.
The Frenchman wrote after UEFA's inaugural Basle assembly in 1954 that the idea was for a competition open to all of the European associations. He insisted on limited number of matches so it should not harm the World Cup.
The new competition, when it came to life, was named the Henri Delaunay Cup in recognition of his outstanding services to European football.
attacking potential in Giacinto Facchetti who helped redefine his position. Playmakers came into fashion like the brilliant Gunter Netzer, a member of
A two-man screen of defensive midfielders helped bolster other rearguards against danger and footballers increasingly needed to be complete players -- tactically mature, versatile, adaptable, flexible and quick-thinking as well as phenomenally fit.
By the 2004 finals, the marriage of skill and speed was essential as the game became even faster. The collective, massed defensive block held sway, which required opponents to break out and counterattack at speed to outwit their
West Germany’s splendid 1972 champions. If the playmaker was able to score goals on a regular basis, either from open play or through deft freekicks, you were really in business --in 1984, France's Michel Platini finished as leading scorer in the tournament with nine goals in five matches on home soil.
In the 1970s, the libero' or
opponents. Slow buildup, combination play and ball circulation proved somewhat ineffective against such systems, but there was a welcome resurgence in wing play as teams tried to get around the massed rearguards. Set-plays also provided the key for many of the goals in Portugal. Exceptional tactical discipline, organisation and team spirit gave Greece the chance to become unexpected champions.
TROPHY
Whichever captain climbs
The inaugural tournament was entered by around half of UEFA’s member associations, 17 in total, and one more than the minimum required. The Republic of Ireland were eliminated by Czechoslovakia in a qualifying play-off. The first championship match proper was held on September 28, 1958 in Moscow’s Central Stadium — the USSR beating Hungary* 3-1. with the home side's.Anatoli Ilyin scoring the first goal after four minutes --and the inaugural competition took place over 22 months between 1958 and 1960.
'sweeper' was born. This fluid position could feature a purely defensive libero' stationed behind his defence to sweep up opposing breakthroughs --and was given a new slant by the elegant German Franz Beckenbauer, captain ofWest Germany's 1972 team, who used his skill and vision to move forward out of defence and kick-start his team's attacks.
The game has become increasingly sophisticated in tactical terms over the years with defences proving even harder to break down.
the stairs at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion to accept the winning trophy from UEFA President Michel Platini after the 2008 final, they will be achieving a notable first.
The new trophy is 18cm higher and 2kg heavier than the original designed by’ Arthus Bertrand in 1960 and named after Henri Delaunay. The upper part of the trophy is based on the original and is also made out of sterling silver. The new trophy, created by Asprey London, has however retained its historical name.
From small acorns do great