Platini: Qualifier quality may suffer in Euro 2016

Michel Platini has admitted that Uefa faces a challenge over potentially dull matches in the qualifying tournament for the expanded Euro 2016.

The decision to raise the number of finalists from 16 to 24 countries means that almost half the 53 European nations will qualify for the tournament in France.

Uefa president Platini defended the decision but conceded that it will mean some “less interesting matches”, with many of the qualifying groups seeing three of the six teams going through — and that is an issue for the European governing body which is now selling the TV rights centrally.