# UEFA Euro 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [June 14, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885 "2024-06-14T18:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/501 "2024-07-20T06:05:44Z")
28? I must’ve missed something! Last time I checked it was 58. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/502 "2024-07-20T13:15:45Z")
It was a reference to my own NT 28 year dry spell, that ended on July 2021. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/503 "2024-07-20T21:13:13Z")
Ah I see, well in that case… pah! 28 years?! Is that all?! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/504 "2024-07-20T21:18:47Z")
Let me tell you: shorter is better. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/505 "2024-07-20T23:06:22Z")
It was pure torture because I (born in 1978) watched my first world cup in 1986 when God Himself raised the trophy, and then in 1990 we reached the final, then we won 2 back to back Copa Americas (1991 and 1993), for me it was inconceivable that we could participate in a tournament and not reach the final at the very least. Then… nothing, for years, then we had Messi, surely the MESSIah would take us were God had taken us… only to lose final after final after final… it was sheer torture. And then… well, you know. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/506 "2024-07-21T09:44:33Z")
I don’t know how you’ve coped with only 6 (?) trophies in 46 years. How awful. 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/507 "2024-07-21T14:31:22Z")
It’s hard, but we try our best to carry the burden of being the best national team of the last 50 years with incredible humility and modesty… ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/508 "2024-07-21T14:36:45Z")
That’s the reason everybody loves you. That, and being World Champions of Psychotherapy. So endearing! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/509 "2024-07-21T14:45:25Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > and being World Champions of Psychotherapy And inflation! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/510 "2024-07-21T14:48:13Z")
And chimmichuri. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/511 "2024-07-21T14:48:22Z")
But does it work? [![](https://www.semana.com/resizer/TK8xYxaHRQJkNOR7S6Rhi5qvVnw=/1200x646/filters:format(jpg):quality(50)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/semana/5P4EFGJIHJGRZASJAVPX3UBPE4.jpg) ](https://www.semana.com/resizer/TK8xYxaHRQJkNOR7S6Rhi5qvVnw=/1200x646/filters:format(jpg):quality(50)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/semana/5P4EFGJIHJGRZASJAVPX3UBPE4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/512 "2024-07-21T14:49:51Z")
I’d give that title to Spain personally. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/513 "2024-07-21T14:52:49Z")
I have to admit from personal recollection and bitter experience that Spain has been the best national team in the world only for about 20 years, not 50. And that period includes enormous disappointments like the World Cups in Russia and Qatar, where la Roja was just ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/514 "2024-07-21T14:54:04Z")
In trophies won there is no comparison. Argentina: 3 World Cups, 4 Copa Americas. Spain: 1 World Cup, 3 Euros. But it can be argued that the Spain NT that won the 2010 WC was the better team in other, harder to qualify, measurements. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/515 "2024-07-21T14:54:30Z")
Hmm. What’s the assertion? That the current Argentina iteration is the best team out of any team in the last 50 years, or that the federation won more? I was considering the former. ETA - I see the assertion was actually the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/516 "2024-07-21T14:54:59Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Spain: 1 World Cup, 3 Euros. Four Euros, please. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/517 "2024-07-21T14:55:05Z")
AHHHHHH 😱 _crosses himself_ ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/518 "2024-07-21T14:55:30Z")
Not in the last 50 years, the first one was in 1964. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/519 "2024-07-21T14:56:00Z")
OK, granted. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885/520 "2024-07-21T14:56:05Z")
If they played 2 Euros a year like they do Copa, Spain would probably have even more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-euro-2024/1002885.md?page=27)