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22 March 2011 - 10:55 AMT

Platini calls selecting Ukraine as EURO 2012 host a mistake

UEFA president Michel Platini told French media that the decision to award Ukraine and Poland the Euro 2012 football championship will worry him until the final whistler is blown in the final match in June next year.

"But what else can we do? We gave it to [Ukraine]. It was perhaps an error to have given it to them, but we gave it to them,” he said. “That’s what we decided so now we must face the challenge.”

UEFA has criticized Ukraine, particularly, for its lack of progress in preparing stadia and infrastructure to hold the football championships, thenews.pl reported citing AFP.

Though worried about the preparations, Platini, added, “but everything will be all right and people who go to Ukraine for the championships will have fun. Contrary to 2010 World Cup in South Africa, it will be nice. So everyone can expect great holidays,” assured the legendary former French international.