UEFA: Michel Platini commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the WWI Christmas Truce

"We are gathered here as one to mark that moment of brotherhood and friendship which reassures us of our shared humanity. I find it particularly moving to imagine those young men 100 years ago finding a common language in football to express their shared brotherhood," said Michel Platini, president of UEFA (Union of European Football Associations" in Comines-Warneton (BEL) during the commemoration of the 100^th anniversary of the Christmas Truce of World War I on 11/12/2014.

To highlight the special role played by football in this truce on Christmas Day of 1914, a sculpture commissioned by UEFA and realised by Designwerk, a graphic design agency in London, and MDM, which specialises in sculpture, was unveiled at the commemoration.

• "(This) brings to life the extraordinary events in Flanders 100 years ago, when, on a cold December evening, soldiers on both sides of the battle lines lowered their arms, started singing Christmas carols and played football," stated UEFA.

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