...uality 90 minutes of their game, the Germans contributed their first 15 minutes and about 5 minutes in the second half. The final was much more one-sided than the result indicates.

Next time there will be probably 24 finalists. We call that the "lex England" for it increases the chances that England much needed from a financial angle might be able to qualify safely.

If that doesn't help we could learn from the Eurovision song contest how to ensure that the largest countries are all in the final.

Wolfgang