Euro 2012

optical communicationThe head of UEFA – Michel Platini – declared on Thursday that he is not worried about the stage of preparations for the European Championships in 2012, yet he added that Poland and Ukraine “should do more”.

- We are sure for 100 per cent but we need 120 – said the head of UEFA on Suisse-Romande (RSR) air.

Platini repeated that Poland and Ukraine have to guarantee that the stadiums in Warsaw and Kiev will be ready on time. He warned that organization of Euro 2012 without the capitals of these countries will not be possible in last November.

Former Poland forward Grzegorz Lato was voted president of the Polish FA (PZPN) on Thursday in an election called to avoid FIFA sanctions and the potential loss of the country’s right to co-host Euro 2012 with Ukraine.

Lato, top scorer at the 1974 World Cup, took 57 of 112 votes to win outright in the first round. He beat FA secretary-general Zdzislaw Krecina and government favourite Zbigniew Boniek, another ex-Poland forward, who got 36 and 19 votes respectively.

Lato said a successful Euro 2012 was one of his main goals along with improving relations with the government and repairing the tarnished image of the FA but local media have questioned his ability to deliver on his promises.

“I am counting on cooperation with the government, FIFA and UEFA. We all want the image of Polish football to improve and Euro 2012 to be a great success,” he said after being appointed.

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It Was the shortest football war of modern Europe. After a week’s clash with PZPN polish government capitulated.

The removal of the probation officer from the PZPN and instead of this a supervision of a special commission on election in the association, which in addition to this is going to bind itself to eliminate all the offences discovered by the ministerial control – that is the price which both sides had to pay not to let the ultimatum set by FIFA come into force. On wednesday, two days after the probation officer had been inducted to the PZPN the International Federation of Association Football threatened that it will suspend Polish football representation in selection matches for mundial. That would effect in canceling the matches with the Czech Republic and Slovakia planned fot 11th and 15th of October.

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Ukrainian paper “Gazeta 24″ alarms: Poland wants to take the Ukrainian part of Euro!

UEFA does not believe Ukraine can succeed. Poland gets ready for organizing the EURO 2012 final match, says the news.ru portal, referring to the article in “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “Więcej Euro a Polsce, a nawet całe?” (more Euro in Poland, maybe whole?). We informed there that UEFA considers organizing two and not three matches of three groups, both semifinals and final in Poland, not in Kiev.
Even Hryhorij Surkis, chief of Ukrainian Football Association, who rarely comments such news, took the floor: “I talked with Michal Listkiewicz about this fact – said Surkis to the portal “Gazeta 24″ – We both claim to play in one team. What the journalists do is putting a spoke in wheel of ours. We have already lost enough of time.

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Football. Administration of Wrocław on the opening New football stadium dreamt about a match Poland – Brazil. Chairman Michael Listkiewicz: We’ll try to bring Brazil to Poland but where they’ll play match – about that the PZPN will decide.

New football stadium in Wroclaw will be built at the end of 2010 year. It’ll seat 44000 spectators and will be one of the objects on which will be player Euro 2012 matches. Administration of city thinks about spectacular opening of stadium and making a party that All Poland will know about. A kind of spectacle could be duel of Polish and Brazil Representation. They want that match in April Or May 2011.

We dreamt About bring Brazil long time – Said Michael Janicki from City Office. President Dutkiewicz talked about it with chairman – Michael Listkiewicz. PZPN Has to come forward to brazil federation and FIFA with offer of organization the match – He says (read more…)

Let no grub spook Poles that if Lack us 300km of freeway ,they’ll Take from us organisation of Euro 2012.It’s a drool.If there won’t be Any disaster , nothing treaten us. – affirmed minister of sport and tourism – Miroslaw Drzewiecki.

Minister arrived to Pabianice for Cremony of opening the football field near band of Schhols no.2 .The field has an artifical pavement within the ‘Orlik 2012’ Project.He underlined that is the most important Project made by Donald Tusk, past the organisation of Euro 2012 .

In every commune will be a field with artifical Grass , Volleyball and Basketball field and building with inter alia changing room.All of the terrain will be compounded and lightened.Center such this will be about 2500.I know from UEFA agents that in no one country were accomplished the Project like this. Against infrastructure for children and youth Poland is very delayed and closing-up to other, higher developer countries and we don’t have Any reasons for which our youth Has worse conditions than colleagues from Germant Or Sweden – said Drzewiecki.

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