PLATINI HAS HIS SAY ON RIO

Last updated : 17 October 2003 By Editor
Fifa delegate Michel Platini

"This could not have happened in France. When they come to
the national team headquarters, sometimes on the day before
a match, they come with the police as well because it is a
national law to do this and to comply. In France, we cannot
understand how this Ferdinand case actually happened because
the French government plays a much stronger role in working
in this area. There was not much to worry about in the 80s.
And I don't think there is anything much to worry about
now."