Just reading about the format for the 2016 Euro Finals. Christ, what a bloated mess it looks... 24 teams, 51 games, 31 days. The last tournament was 16 teams, 31 games, 23 days.
2 years of qualifying to reduce the pool from 53 to 24 teams, then 36 group games to get from 24 teams to 16.
I fail to see how this improves the tournament in anyway other than increased TV revenue - although I realise that is of course the primary aim!
Nice one Platini. I look forward to 2020, when presumably you'll invite guest teams from other federations and we can expand the tournament to 37 teams of something equally brilliant.