Ben K.
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The problem is that 4 of the 5 best teams in Europe were in the same bracket due to the horrible tournament set up. Italy played Spain, a second place team, while Portugal, a third place team got placed in the bracket that had them favorites when they should not have even been in the knock out stages.
Portugal had a tougher route to the final than France. I would take ireland, Iceland and Germany all day over Croatia, Poland and Wales (last one could have been Belgium, but like so many top teams, they didn't show up regardless of the format).
Italy isn't a top 5 team btw, they over performed. I would say 3 teams in the other side of the brackets are better on paper.
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