Where Does The "Anyone But Italy" Line Start?

If UEFA is serious about helping the game progress throughout Europe, than the only choice it can make is for Hungary and Croatia to co-host the 2012 Euros. Sure, their logo needs a little work, but who else are you going to award the hosting duties to? Poland/Ukraine, not so much.

Giving the Italians the right to put on the tournament would be nothing but a vote for continental stagnation. Peterjon Cresswell gives us some insight before the big vote next week.

Why Euro 2012 could go east [Guardian Sport Blog]

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Never heard of him?

I stumbled upon the name Ferenc Puskas when I first began watching soccer years ago, and he remains both a legend of postwar European soccer and an unknown in this part of the world. Puskas was the reason and the identity of an over-achieving Maygar team and a dominant Real Madrid.

A spell with Spain after a defection from Hungary didn't stop the Hungarians from loving their footballing hero. Even now, Puskas' face can be seen throughout Budapest, kind of like Samuel Beckett in Dublin, only in a sporting sense. With his death, after a long battle with Alzheimer's, we say farewell to one of the last remnants of an old soccer world. [Times Online]

Obituary: Ferenc Puskas [BBC Sport]

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