The Underrated Euros: 1988

What if Football

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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