The Eurocopa is the second biggest soccer competition, after the World Cup. It happens every 4 years and many European national teams go through though qualifiers to get to the actual competitian. This year it will be held in Austria and Switzeraland. I myself am looking foward to this competitian because it substitues the World cup for me. The biggest surprise was that England, with players like Beckham, Terry, Lampard, Gerard did no qualify. I will be cheering for Portugal and Italy because they are my favorite European National team. The favorite team to win this competition is probably Italy because they are the deffending world cup champions. Also because they have players like Totti, Cannavaro, Buffon, and Pirlo. The other reason I will be cheering for Italy  is because my cousins are Italian and because I Like the soccer team.Portugal although has the third best player in the worl Cristiano Ronaldo,who recently led his team to the UEFA champions league Championship. This competition is a major competition mainly because its in Eurpe but the truth is that the cup is one of the hardest prizes to get because of all the countries in Europe.The qualifiers started about 3 years ago and it took a break during the World cup. I can’t wait for it to start and I think this will be a great year for the cup, the reason being both countries worked really hard to make it possible. Recently FIFA the international futbol federacion located in France built its home base in Switzerland. I am glad to see these small countries gaining attention., and I think unlike other famous soccer countries they will not take it for granted. The cup will start june 7 and will go until the beginning of July, because after that we have the long awaited Olyimpic games in China. But thats another topic thanks for reading.