The hype of Euro 2008

Euro 2008 is about to unfold and I know that there are many ardent lovers of football who are eying to watch the magic of the so called beautiful game. It's also referred as mini world cup. The main contenders for this year tournament are Portugal, Spain, Germany, Italy, France and the Netherlands. It is going to be jointly hosted by Switzerland and Austria. The 16 teams has been divided into 4 groups. As always in the tournament the Group of death is the Group C: which comprises of team France, Netherlands, Italy and Romania.

Also it's time for some young and upcoming players to show some skills as well as star player to shine for their countries. The most talked about player this time around is the prolific winger Christiano Ronaldo. Other players include Torres, Fabregas, Henry, Benzema, Modric, Ballack, Robben, Van Persie, Nistelrooy, Ibramovich, Luca Toni, Buffon, Cech.