In a tournament that had so much build up but gave little, this years summer tournament was a competition of the underdog, grit and great defending. Not a competition that will go down in the folklore but it will be the competition that Ronaldo, Bale and Greizemen stamped their mark as one of the best in the world and shoe in's for the Ballon D'or.
As it was a very well hyped tournament where the best offensive players were looking to be the leading lights. Very few lit up the competition but Greizmen, Bale and Nani who had a up and down club career really were danger men of the tourniquet. My hats of to Portugal who really were never convincing through out the whole Euro 2016 who became the victors, prove you don't need to play the best football to win silverware, over the resolute defending and Ronaldo's great leadership just goes to show, team spirit, fantastic leadership and hard work will take you far in football.
The new tournament was meant to make the competition more exciting and give smaller nations a chance. But for me and many neutrals. The new format was as inspiring as watching paint dry, too many teams came to defend being content that a 3rd place will take them through, which made the football negative. But also gave many nations like Iceland and Wales who were teams of the tournament a great tourniquet. I just hope the World Cup has a better showpiece and is more entertaining.
Words by Ayo Balogun
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