Addressing the UEFA Congress in London on Friday, Platini said that his previous calls have been ignored by governments for six years.

"Given the absence of any reaction and the lack of awareness on the part of politicians, I renew that call today," Platini said. "And if, by misfortune, this call again falls on deaf ears, I ask that each country, at the very least, adopts specific provisions of national legislation addressing the issue of match-fixing, in order to finally have the legal tools necessary to rigorously punish these cheats."

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Only 10 nations have such provisions, Platini said.

Europol, the European Union police liaison agency, said in February that it reviewed 680 suspicious recent cases of match-fixing.

Platini said that manipulating matches "strikes at the soul of our sport, the very essence of the game."

European football leaders are gathering in London ahead of the Champions League final on Saturday between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium.

The congress was opened by Prince William, the second in line to the British throne and who is president of the English Football Association. "My money is on Bayern Munich 2-0," the Duke of Cambridge quipped.

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