The Biggest Controversies in the History of the Euros

We all love a good footballing controversy, don’t we? Except of course when the controversy involves your team losing out on something. Famously invented by and named after Andrea Del Contro Verso, a Florentine donkey merchant in 1526, controversies have usually found their place in World Cup folklore.

From the fat Italian dictator arranging games at the 1934 World Cup to England’s dubious goals in the 1966 World Cup Final, these incidents have left a somewhat nasty mark on football’s biggest competition. And so, with Euros fever in full swing, I wanted to take a look at the history of the Euros and its contentious moments. So, you are cordially invited to join me along this journey or you can go back to losing at Ultimate Team.

The early beginnings of the Euros were already proposed in 1927 when Henri Delaunay, the secretary general of the French Football Federation saw how much fun the South Americans were having with the Copa America and proposed a similar tournament in Europe. Sadly, Delaunay did not see his dream come to fruition as the first tournament was created in 1960.

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