Euro 2008 chief organiser Martin Kallen said Tuesday he was confident that Poland and Ukraine would be ready to stage the event without a hitch in 2012.
Both countries have been under pressure to deliver amid fears that they are lagging behind with logistical and infrastructural preparations, but Kallen, a Swiss, said he was not worried.
We were in the two countries at the start of July under UEFA president Michel Platini and it was a good trip, Kallen said.
Two weeks ago Poland s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Timoshenko pledged their countries will be ready, UEFA having chosen the neighbours as co-hosts for the quadrennial, 16-nation championships.
The choice raised eyebrows because neither the Poles nor Ukrainians have hosted a major tournament before and there have been concerns about the ability of both ex-communist states to meet the massive challenge of building required stadia and transport and hotel links in time.
Platini, after his visit, gave Poland a cautious thumbs up but failed to offer Ukraine as positive a read out.
Platini set both hosts a final deadline to prove their mettle: they have until UEFA s next executive committee session, scheduled in the French city of Bordeaux on September 25-26.
Kallen has indicated that Platini wants to see separate organising committees for both nations.
