Michel Platini: Ukraine's Success is Extraordinary
KYIV, Ukraine, March 21, 2012 The President of the Union of European Football Associations Michel Platini noted the progress Ukraine made in preparations for the European Football Championship EURO 2012. According to Platini, modernization plans have been 95 percent implemented. "Difficult births often lead to beautiful babies," is how Michel Platini referred to the project. Michel Platini reckoned that the organization of EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine was a complicated and difficult adventure, reports AFP. The upcoming football tournament played a key role in developing the much-needed infrastructure in the host countries. Ukraine has built new airports, hotels and roads, taking its infrastructure 30 years into the future. Such legacy of the UEFA football championship will last, said Platini. In 2010, Michel Platini urged Ukraine to intensify the preparations for the football championship: "The championship is 2012, not 2030." But in 18 months Ukraine dispelle