FIFA: "The verdict is evidence of a pathetic attempt to eliminate me from football" (Michel Platini)

"This decision does not surprise me. I knew that my fate was already sealed before the hearing on 18/12/2015 (before the FIFA Ethics Committee) and that this verdict is just evidence of a pathetic attempt to eliminate me from football," said Michel Platini, UEFA president, suspended for eight years from any activity in football by the...