2) International football isn’t dead.
The expansion of the Euros to 32 teams has been ridiculed, rejected and reviled since its inception, but over the last few days we’ve seen what UEFA’s “week of football” concept really means. A week of football. Sure it’s a cynical decision to get more games onto TV, but who cares? Now you get to watch all of the manic glory of the home nations and their fight for qualification rather than England grinding 1-0 wins away in Latvia.