The current playoff format has introduced chaos rather than provide a method to lessen the predictability of championship outcomes found in European soccer.

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It says something about how short the life cycle of success can be when Spain became the first team in international soccer to win three major tournaments in succession when they retained the European Championship this past summer.

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