Euro 08 is getting closer
Less than 100 days to go until the most important sporting event of the year, Euro 08. At least for the two host countries, Austria and Switzerland, this soccer festival is of enormous importance.
With less than 100 days to go until the most important sporting event of the year, Euro 08, the importance of this football festival is enormous, at least for the two host countries Austria and Switzerland. When little Switzerland is at the center of international interest, everything has to be just right. So far, the preparations have gone smoothly. Now it has also been revealed what the French event agency Auditoire has come up with for the opening ceremony. Around 1000 performers will create the right atmosphere during a 13-minute show in St. Jakob Park in Basel on June 7. They will present the special features of the host countries and, according to Uefa, "present them in a creative, unusual and modern way", reported the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Thursday. The post of artistic director will be held by Martin Arnaud, a man with experience. The Frenchman was already responsible for the opening ceremony of the 1998 Football World Cup and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2004 Paralympics, and the official European Championship mascot song by Jamaican reggae star Shaggy was also presented at a media event on Thursday. "Like A Superstar" is the name of the song, which is intended to give the European Championship finals an acoustic brand.
In this country, the "old" World Cup song by Baschi is intended to achieve this. The young singer has given his track "Bring en hei" a more danceable guise for the European Championships.
Overall, the preparations are going very well, emphasized Martin Kallen, the managing director of Euro 08, who told Radio DRS that they are prepared for all eventualities and that the cooperation between the two countries is working very well.
For all those who are already worried about how they will be able to follow the matches as working people, an excellent solution has now emerged. As the Tages-Anzeiger further reports, the 31 matches of the final round will all be available to watch via the official website.
The service also includes news, information on the venues, interviews, blogs and a near-live cell phone service for fans on the move. The website will be launched worldwide in March and will be managed by Uefa subsidiary Media Technologies. No fewer than 130 journalists, cameramen, technicians and translators are behind the product. The site is available in ten languages.
In this country, the "old" World Cup song by Baschi is intended to achieve this. The young singer has given his track "Bring en hei" a more danceable guise for the European Championships.
Overall, the preparations are going very well, emphasized Martin Kallen, the managing director of Euro 08, who told Radio DRS that they are prepared for all eventualities and that the cooperation between the two countries is working very well.
For all those who are already worried about how they will be able to follow the matches as working people, an excellent solution has now emerged. As the Tages-Anzeiger further reports, the 31 matches of the final round will all be available to watch via the official website.
The service also includes news, information on the venues, interviews, blogs and a near-live cell phone service for fans on the move. The website will be launched worldwide in March and will be managed by Uefa subsidiary Media Technologies. No fewer than 130 journalists, cameramen, technicians and translators are behind the product. The site is available in ten languages.
