By Brian Homewood VIENNA, March 24 (Reuters) - UEFA has been left to fend for itself in the battle against racism, violence and match-fixing and needs more help from government authorities, its president Michel Platini said on Tuesday. The Frenchman said that a rise in nationalism and extremism in Europe was being reflected in stadiums and that, after several recent incidents of fan violence, European soccer was risking a return to the dark days of the 1980s. "There are battles that never end, where we cannot ever lower our guard," Platini said in his opening speech to the UEFA Congress.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
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