“Expect Emotions”

UEFA officials had been very inspired when they choose the official slogan of the Euro 2008 football championship:

“Expect Emotions”

Some qualifier matches confirmed this, but now the draw for the group stages made it a reality.

The groups are somehow polarized, especially Group C, the “group of death”. Judging after the FIFA world rankings, the positions in Group C look like this:

1. Italy - 1498 pts
2. France - 1243 pts
3. Netherlands - 1170 pts
4. Romania - 1080 pts

That is pretty impressive, after all these are among the strongest squads in Europe, and most of their players are well known in UEFA Cup and Champions League.