Polish FA admit country may not be ready to co-host Euro 2012 @ Thursday September 25


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Polish FA president Michal Listkiewicz has admitted he fears his country may not be ready to co-host the Euro 2012 finals.

Ukraine and Poland were selected by UEFA to co-host the event, but concerns have been raised over their preparations with European football's govering body meeting to discuss the issue in Bordeaux.

And now Listkiewicz, who is president of the PZPN, has claimed that they lack the necessary infrastructure required for the finals and are unlikely to be able to update their transport links in time.

"If the European Championships took place in 2016, we would have no problem to be ready then," he told Hamburg newspaper Die Zeit Online.

"But realistically we are looking at having no good roads in time for 2012.

"If things don't go well now, and UEFA has another suggestion, then that would be in order."

Austria and Switzerland were appointed co-hosts for the 2008 tournament, but Listkiewicz claims the greater distances involved between Poland and Ukraine are hampering their efforts.

He added: "The biggest problem is the traffic. From Gdansk (in Poland) to Donetsk (in the Ukraine) is more than 1,500km.

"This is not like in Austria and Switzerland where everything lies close together."