EURO 2012 begins today...who ya got?
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"Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win." - Some dude once.
Geographically, just because of how massive Russia is, you might consider it to be in Asia. But major cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg are very close to what we'd call Europe. So, culturally speaking, you might say it's European. I suppose it's in both.<div>
</div><div>But none of that really matters. As far as FIFA's continental zones, there are a few anomalies. Australia, for example, requested to be part of the Asian zone a few years ago. And it's certainly not in Asia. And Guyana and Suriname, geographically in South America, compete in the North/Central America and Caribbean zone.</div>
</div><div>But none of that really matters. As far as FIFA's continental zones, there are a few anomalies. Australia, for example, requested to be part of the Asian zone a few years ago. And it's certainly not in Asia. And Guyana and Suriname, geographically in South America, compete in the North/Central America and Caribbean zone.</div>
Yet the borders of Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are somewhat arbitrary, as the primarily physiographic term "continent" can incorporate cultural and political elements.
I always thought a country would have hard-fast boundary lines and were part of either one continent or the other. Apparently Russia doesn't play the game like that.
Learn something new everyday.
I always thought a country would have hard-fast boundary lines and were part of either one continent or the other. Apparently Russia doesn't play the game like that.
Learn something new everyday.
I fully expect to see Balotelli urinating on the trophy at midfield after the Azzurri win it all.