This is why you don’t put too much stock in the group stage
by Sam Fels from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5KKCR)
It wasn't so long ago that the European Championships were kind of perfect, in that it all made sense. Only 16 teams made it, which is just about the same amount of European teams that make the World Cup, so rarely were there true no-hopers in the draw. Four groups of four meant teams couldn't duck each other, and...