UEFA could give red card to Ukraine for 2012 Euro-Cup
Ukraine needs to pull out all the stops in its preparations for the Euro 2012 football championship, writes Julian Evans.
As soon as the final whistle blew in the Euro2008 final in Vienna, anxious attention turned to the 2012 championship, scheduled to be held in Ukraine and Poland. The head of UEFA, Michel Platini, said Ukraine and Poland’s right to hold the next championship, in 2012, could be in jeopardy.
Platini, who headed out to Kiev in July, warned that delays in building stadia in Kiev and Warsaw could force UEFA to hold the tournament elsewhere. He said: “We’ll do everything we can to hold it in Poland and Ukraine. The only thing which would make me decide not to go is if there is no stadia in the capitals, Warsaw and Kiev. If there are no stadia there, no tournament.”
