Once again football is the talk of the world with the Euro 2008 kick off in Swiss- Austria. Those of you who are not football frenzy you should know that Euro championship is regarded as the strongest and best football tournament after the world cup as it is contested by the elite football poles of Europe. This time it is co hosted by Switzerland and Austria and I guess we can’t ask for more, I mean beautiful very competitive games in one of the most amazing cities in Europe.I guess those are enough reasons to be glued to our couches with all senses dedicated to the magical box (TV). Well that’s what is supposed to be but remember that thing called Globalization? Ya as good as it sounds it comes with negatives among which is the materialism wave which did not skip sports and as a result these days any major sport event is being covered and broadcasted by limited TV networks which are available at a fee. Euro2008 was no exception but thanks God its broadcasting rights were granted to Al Jazeera Sport for the Middle East. At least Al Jazeera is not as hungary for money not exploitative as others, you know which network am referring to remember the world cup which was covered by ‘a.r.t’. A.R.T went crazy and increased subscription fees forcing us to subscribe to packages consisting of channels regardless of your interest and we had to subscribe for a minimum time period. This is not the case with Al Jazeera which maintained its fee structure so we raise the hats to them and say Thank you for your professionalism.
The tournament started and so far it did not disappoint in terms of performance but perhaps some were disappointed by seeing Italy (world cup winners) being trashed by Holland and France (world cup finalist) too were sent packing by Holland. Holland got a destructive attack force with Robben, Van Persi, Snieder, Kuyt and at the tip of the spear Van Nistlroy. Who can stop them? Portugal on the other hand is in for nothing but winning with Ronaldo, Nani, Quarisma, to mention a few.
Well, I wish you all an exciting football season and may the best win (Holland, Spain :) ) .
Lastly, I wonder how much money was spent in preparing for Euro 2008 and how much is earned by the two hosts and FIFA???