SoccerAmerica.com: Articles - Euro 2008: Europe takes center stage - 06/01/2008
Switzerland is known for banks and bratwurst and Austria has Mozart and mountains, but soccer?You'd
have to go back 50 years or more to find a time when both teams would
have been considered legitimate international contenders.Austria
is arguably the least fancied team to ever host a major championship —
more than 10,000 fans signed a petition urging Austria to withdraw from
the tournament because it is so bad — and Switzerland has hardly
inspired confidence, losing to, among others, the USA at home last fall
in a tune-up game. Russia and Turkey will be two teams to watch at Euro '08.Coached
by the veteran Dutchman Guus Hiddink, Russia is loaded with young
talent from Zenit St. Petersburg, the enterprising UEFA Cup champion. After
finishing third at the 2006 World Cup, Turkey failed to qualify for
Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, but it is back with a team full of
promise.
Switzerland is known for banks and bratwurst and Austria has Mozart and mountains, but soccer?You'd
have to go back 50 years or more to find a time when both teams would
have been considered legitimate international contenders.Austria
is arguably the least fancied team to ever host a major championship —
more than 10,000 fans signed a petition urging Austria to withdraw from
the tournament because it is so bad — and Switzerland has hardly
inspired confidence, losing to, among others, the USA at home last fall
in a tune-up game. Russia and Turkey will be two teams to watch at Euro '08.Coached
by the veteran Dutchman Guus Hiddink, Russia is loaded with young
talent from Zenit St. Petersburg, the enterprising UEFA Cup champion. After
finishing third at the 2006 World Cup, Turkey failed to qualify for
Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, but it is back with a team full of
promise.
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