Platini lauds Poland
UEFA president Michel Platini on Wednesday lauded Poland's preparations for Euro 2012, and said concerns over fellow-host Ukraine's ability to get ready had largely subsided.
"I am a very happy president, because we have wonderful stadiums, and infrastructure which is ready pretty much everywhere," Platini said in the new national stadium in the Polish capital Warsaw, where the European Championships kick off on June 8, 2012.
Platini, who visited Ukraine last month, was this week on his latest inspection tour of Poland's four host cities: Warsaw, plus Wroclaw in the southwest, Poznan in the west, and the Baltic port of Gdansk.
"I can say that, after having seen the four cities, the four stadiums, the four airports and all the roads, that preparations for Euro 2012 are going very, very well," the former France international told reporters.
Two weeks ago Platini had delivered a similar message in the Ukrainian capital Kiev -- one of the country's four host cities along with Kharkiv and Donetsk and Lviv -- saying he felt "completely reassured" despite "small problems".
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