Associated Press Sports
updated 1:59 p.m. ET June 6, 2012
GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -Now, finally, UEFA President Michel Platini wants the players to take center stage when the European Championship kicks off on Friday.
Football has almost been ignored during a turbulent five years for Poland and Ukraine as they sought to vindicate UEFA's decision to take its showpiece 16-team tournament to eastern Europe.
Platini's message to the players Wednesday was: "Go out and entertain us."
He spoke at the National Stadium in Warsaw - one of many rebuilding projects delivered behind schedule - where Poland will open Euro 2012 against 2004 champion Greece.
Platini says he wants "to be able to calmly watch the games, to give the ball over to the players and let them get on with it."
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