Seemingly, the only way was down for UEFA, after they had staged the immaculate and perhaps greatest ever European Championships four years prior in 1988.
This was a gloomy time for the European game, that lived in the day-to-day strife of hooliganism and still existed under the cloud of the Heysel disaster. Remaining within the confines of eight teams, there was probably the fear that having 25% of the tournament's field polluted with teams from the British Isles might soil the good name the competition had developed.
Could EURO ’88 live up to the hype?
00:00 – Introduction
00:45 – Road to West Germany
09:20 – Group A
15:30 – Group B
21:55 – Knockout Stage
31:10 – In Conclusion
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