Why, in 1960, when the European Championship was born, did almost no one want it? Can a football tournament come into existence because a referee swallowed his whistle? What do the European Union, Eurovision, and the European Nations Cup have in common? Why did Franco and Khrushchev fight in 1964? Was there a crown and letters on the coin used in the draw that gave the Italians the qualification for the final in 1968? If the Germans always win in the end, why have they had so many years without winning the Euro? Did Panenka really take penalties like Panenka? Was Platini more decisive for the French in 1984 or Zidane in 2000? What role did football play in the Yugoslav civil war? Was total football more spectacular or ramp-jump football? Is there a disco owner who won the Euro? Was Mario Balotelli crazier or Paul Gascoigne? What was the greatest prophecy of the wise Otto Rehhagel? Was the Greek National Team that won Euro 2004 the best Greek National Team of all time? And what do Nikos Anastopoulos, Theodoros Zagorakis, Antonis Nikopolidis, and Georgios Karagounis remember from their participation in the Euro finals? And why is the Euro more difficult than a World Cup?

Antonis Karpetopoulos does not promise the right answers to all of these questions and many more. He simply invites you to take a journey through the history of Europe over the last sixty years, under the pretext of football.