Michel Platini resigns as UEFA president
Michel Platini has announced his resignation as president of the European Football Federation (UEFA) after failing to appeal his ban from all football activities to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). UEFA is scheduled to meet on May 18 to discuss Platini's replacement.
Michel Platini has announced his resignation as president of the European Football Federation (UEFA) after failing to appeal his ban from all football activities to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). UEFA is scheduled to meet on May 18 to discuss Platini's replacement.
Resign to prove innocence
Yesterday (May 9), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a verdict on Platini's ban from all football activities. Specifically, CAS only reduced the penalty for the former French player from 6 to 4 years. Previously, Platini was banned from football activities for 8 years by the FIFA Ethics Committee, due to the scandal of receiving 2 million Swiss francs from former FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2011.
Platini explained that the money was a “remuneration” from his work as an advisor to Blatter from 1999 to 2002. The FIFA Appeal Committee later reduced the ban to six years, after considering Platini’s contributions to football in particular and sports in general. However, Platini continued to appeal to CAS in the hope of successfully removing the ban.
According to the announcement from CAS, they did not find any convincing evidence of the legality of the money that Platini received from Blatter. Therefore, CAS only reduced Platini's sentence to 2 years, and at the same time reduced Platini's fine from 80,000 to 60,000 Swiss francs. In response, Platini called the decision from CAS a "deep injustice".
In addition, Platini announced his resignation as UEFA president, a position the 60-year-old former player has held since 2007. "As agreed with UEFA's member associations, I will resign to prove my innocence," Platini added.
Who will replace Platini?
Following Platini’s resignation, UEFA has scheduled a meeting on May 18 in Basel, Switzerland, to discuss Platini’s replacement. According to some sources, the UEFA presidential election will likely be held in mid-September in Athens, Greece, instead of before the start of EURO 2016.
According to expert analysis, Angel Maria Villar, interim president of UEFA and vice president of FIFA, and UEFA general secretary Theodore Theodoridis are emerging as the two strongest candidates. In addition to the two names mentioned above, two vice presidents of UEFA, Michael van Praag and Giancarlo Abete, are also potential rivals in the race for the UEFA presidency.
5 changes of UEFA under Platini Financial Fair Play Introduced to prevent clubs from spending more than they earn. EURO finals include 24 teams The increase in the number of teams participating in a EURO finals from 16 to 24 was proposed by the Scottish Football Association and the Republic of Ireland, but this is also considered Platini's "gratitude" to the Football Associations of some countries that supported him in the UEFA presidential election in 2007.
Platini received consensus from 54 UEFA member associations to organize EURO 2020 in 13 different countries in Europe, with the semi-finals and final taking place at Wembley Stadium. Add assistant referee Platini came up with the idea of using two more assistant referees near the goal to support the main referee. Expanding Champions League opportunities Platini has been criticised for opening up the Champions League to teams from mid-table European leagues, reducing the appeal of the competition. |
According to bongdaplus.vn
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