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Euro 2012 preparations on schedule
Poland and Ukraine will present a report on Wednesday
to a meeting of UEFA officials on the state of preparations for co-hosting
the Euro 2012 championships. According to the co-host countries, everything's
on schedule
Poland's Minister of Sports and Tourism, Miroslaw Drzewiecki along with
Polish football league (PZPN) President Grzegorz Lato traveled to Ukraine
yesterday returning satisfied with the way the preparations are coming
along.
Minister Drzewiecki confirmed that preparations are going according to
plan adding that the key element to successfully hosting the event is
the building of the main stadiums in Warsaw and Kiev.
"The stadium in Warsaw is being built. We're even ahead of schedule,"
said Drzewiecki. "Preparations in other areas are also going according
to plan." He added that the Olympic Stadium in Kiev is also being
built, despite difficult conditions.
Preparations in Poland and Ukraine have been criticized by UEFA president
Michel Platini. Former UEFA president Lennart Johansson has also expressed
his disappointment in the way Poland and Ukraine are preparing for the
soccer championship.
"When we were granting you the right to organize Euro 2012, I was
convinced that you are able to do it, that it will be a great success.
We all believed that it is possible to organize a good tournament in the
Eastern Europe." he said.
According to Johansson, UEFA has been promoting soccer in Eastern Europe
for some time now, assigning "unthinkable amount" of money for
this purpose, which makes the former UEFA president even more disappointed.
Warsaw
Business Journal, 10th December 2008
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