UEFA
President Michel Platini sees great opportunities for its revolutionary
project, the final round of the European Championship 2020 discharge in
13 venues spread across the entire continent.Text: SID Image: SID-IMAGES/AFP/ELVIS Barukcic
Cologne - UEFA president Michel Platini sees great opportunities for its revolutionary project, the finals of the UEFA Euro 2020 be played in 13 venues spread across the entire continent. "My gut tells me that there is a large majority in favor of this plan. But we can not go into the details before the EXKO decided," Platini told the Bild newspaper (Friday edition).
The Executive Committee of the European Football Union takes on 6 December together. "Does the majority, it may soon be a decision. With DFB boss Wolfgang Niersbach and other presidents I've already spoken about this beautiful idea," said Platini.
Niersbach bestätigtete on Thursday night at a panel discussion in the Passau statements Platini. . "The trend is clear, it may be that the model is already decided this December," said DFB president and stressed: "This should not be a model for the ages." Official event will be the 60-year EM-existence in the year concerned. Platini had his plan but always based on the fact that the hosting of an EM in times of financial crisis is realizing more and more difficult for one country only.
As things stand, could at least three of the matches will be held in Germany. Should the German national team qualify, they should deal with their group games in Berlin. "The final weekend will take place in a city, the UEFA thinks of Istanbul," said Niersbach. Turkey had expressed an interest to host the 2020 European Championship in the usual mode.
Niersbach emphasized the uniqueness of the project and said he was "a supporter of the old model." He pointed out the problems for the fans, who would bring a host the tournament on the entire continent with it.
Meanwhile rejects Platini, the reintroduction of standing areas in European competitions, categorically: "I will accept as UEFA president never standing in the stadium For that I have experienced in football too many stadium disasters We have fought for the fences.. behind the goals to get away. But standing there will be no more under my leadership. "
Platini was in the final of the State Cup champions in 1985 in Brussels, which entered as Heysel disaster with 39 deaths in the story that made the 1-0 winning goal for Juventus against Liverpool.
The UEFA president also completed the introduction of goal-line technology again: "I have always been against the use of technology in football is why there will be in the European competitions no goal-line technology also for financial reasons.. If I technique importing in the Champions League and Europa League, it cost me now 32 million euros for 78 stages. In five years it will cost 54 million. "
Even the German Football League (DFL) had on Wednesday opposed the plans of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and excluded an introduction to the Torlinientechnik season 2013/14.
Cologne - UEFA president Michel Platini sees great opportunities for its revolutionary project, the finals of the UEFA Euro 2020 be played in 13 venues spread across the entire continent. "My gut tells me that there is a large majority in favor of this plan. But we can not go into the details before the EXKO decided," Platini told the Bild newspaper (Friday edition).
The Executive Committee of the European Football Union takes on 6 December together. "Does the majority, it may soon be a decision. With DFB boss Wolfgang Niersbach and other presidents I've already spoken about this beautiful idea," said Platini.
Niersbach bestätigtete on Thursday night at a panel discussion in the Passau statements Platini. . "The trend is clear, it may be that the model is already decided this December," said DFB president and stressed: "This should not be a model for the ages." Official event will be the 60-year EM-existence in the year concerned. Platini had his plan but always based on the fact that the hosting of an EM in times of financial crisis is realizing more and more difficult for one country only.
As things stand, could at least three of the matches will be held in Germany. Should the German national team qualify, they should deal with their group games in Berlin. "The final weekend will take place in a city, the UEFA thinks of Istanbul," said Niersbach. Turkey had expressed an interest to host the 2020 European Championship in the usual mode.
Niersbach emphasized the uniqueness of the project and said he was "a supporter of the old model." He pointed out the problems for the fans, who would bring a host the tournament on the entire continent with it.
Meanwhile rejects Platini, the reintroduction of standing areas in European competitions, categorically: "I will accept as UEFA president never standing in the stadium For that I have experienced in football too many stadium disasters We have fought for the fences.. behind the goals to get away. But standing there will be no more under my leadership. "
Platini was in the final of the State Cup champions in 1985 in Brussels, which entered as Heysel disaster with 39 deaths in the story that made the 1-0 winning goal for Juventus against Liverpool.
The UEFA president also completed the introduction of goal-line technology again: "I have always been against the use of technology in football is why there will be in the European competitions no goal-line technology also for financial reasons.. If I technique importing in the Champions League and Europa League, it cost me now 32 million euros for 78 stages. In five years it will cost 54 million. "
Even the German Football League (DFL) had on Wednesday opposed the plans of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and excluded an introduction to the Torlinientechnik season 2013/14.
