Co-hosts expecting a real Euro party
Published 6/1/2008 by soccernet.com at ESPNsoccernet
With every ticket sold and five million visitors expected, Euro 2008 organisers said on Sunday they were confident of maintaining a party mood even if co-hosts Austria and Switzerland were to go out early.
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