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UEFA President Michel Platini has said he has doubts that a semi-final match of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship could be played in Donetsk.

"Every city has its problems and advantages. Lviv has more stadiums, but no stadium [like the Donbass Arena]. Donetsk has an amazing stadium, but there are not enough hotels to stage a semi-final," he said at a press conference at the Donbass Arena stadium in Donetsk on Thursday.

Platini said that the Olympiysky National Sports Complex in Kyiv was to be commissioned by June 2011.

"If all goes well, the stadium should be built by June 2011, but that’s only if all goes well," he said.

Platini also said that he had a talk with FC Shakhtar Donetsk President Rinat Akhmetov, but added that they had not discussed preparations for Euro 2012.

He said that he had spoken with Akhmetov about Shakhtar and that the club’s president had presented him with a pen.

Platini also noted that he was planning to meet with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday, April 8.