UEFA Euro 2012 bids that he was optimistic about preparations in both countries and saw no major obstacles. After a UEFA delegation visited Ukraine in September 2011, he stated the country was "virtually ready for Euro 2012." In April 2012, while on an inspection trip to the host city of Lviv, UEFA president Michel Platini labelled hoteliers as "bandits and crooks" for raising hotel prices in Ukraine for Euro 2012. President Yanukovych ordered his government to prevent hoteliers from charging inflated prices. Some hoteliers had increased prices eighty-fold, causing Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to warn that state control of hotel tariffs might be introduced.
2012 Euro-American Challenge Wesley Carroll. The Team Europe included players from Poland, Germany, Sweden, Finland and France. 2012 Euro-American Challenge The 2012 Euro-American Challenge - was an American football game played at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland on September 1, 2012. The game was organized by the Collegiate Development Football League and Team USA American Football Stars Stripes. It was the first edition of the Euro-American Challenge. The contest brought the best available American players who are interested in playing professionally in Europe versus the best European players who are willing to be recruited by American scouts to play in the United States.