Euro 2016: "The decision to expand the finals to 24 teams was right" (Gianni Infantino, UEFA)

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"The qualifying competition has shown conclusively that the decision to increase the number of teams to 24 (compared to 16 previously)for the 2016 final tournament was the right decision," said Gianni Infantino, the UEFA general secretary, on 18/10/2015.

"A series of surprising results underlined the unpredictable nature of many of the...

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