FIFA president Sepp Blatter, right, and UEFA president Michel Platini
UEFA President Michel Platini was warned that nationalism and hooliganism is threatening European football.
Rising extremism in European society is an “insidious trend (that) can also be observed in our stadiums,” Platini told UEFA’s annual meeting yesterday.
The France great, who witnessed the Heysel Stadium tragedy in 1985 playing for Juventus, said recent violent incidents revived “certain images that I thought were a thing of the past.”
“We need tougher stadium bans at European level and, I will say it again, the creation of a European sports police force,” Platini said.
The UEFA leader should be re-elected unopposed today (Macau time), though he ignored commenting on the upcoming FIFA election and President Sepp Blatter. AP
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