The busy week of UEFA President Michel Platini has continued Tuesday and Wednesday with the transfer to Chisinau to attend celebrations for the hundred-year history of football in Moldova.

Mr Platini has taken part in the celebrations for the centenary also takes this opportunity to meet with the leaders of the Moldovan Football Federation (FMF), who has just turned twenty, and Prime Minister Vladimir Filat.

The first part of the visit of the President of UEFA in the Moldovan capital, where he arrived Tuesday from Georgia, was marked by celebrations, the first match played in the republic in eastern Europe dates back to August 1910. Mr. Platini attended a special commemorative event after attending a match between veterans of Moldova and Georgia. "It 's a pleasure to come back here on the occasion of the 100-year history of football in the country and 20 years of the federation," he said.

The third visit of the President of UEFA in five years continued Wednesday morning meeting with Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat: Discussions will focus on cooperation between the state and the national Football Association. Finally, Mr. Platini visited the training center of the national teams of the FMF to Vadul-lui-Voda, where he shook hands with the players and the coach of Moldova Gavril Balint.

After Platini has praised the work of FMF and its president Pavel Cebanu, stating in the conference: "There is every reason that football has a great future in Moldova. The President of FMF has laid solid foundations for future success. Infrastructures for training are a perfect example of good investments. I am pleased that the leaders of the FMF understand the importance of having adequate infrastructure football. "

Cebanu in turn thanked the president of UEFA in what he called "a great day for football Moldovan," adding with regard to the two-day visit to Platini: "On August 29, 1910 made history as the day of the first football in Moldova. On April 14, the Moldovan federation has made twenty years. In this period we have worked for the good of football. I wish to express my gratitude to all those who participated in this work. Now it is very important that the next generation is crazy about football and start to play an active role. "

Before embarking on the Republic of Ireland, the third and final leg of this trip flash, Mr. Platini went on leave to give its full support to UEFA's current top of the FMF. "We are on the same side and working for the good of football."