Platini apologizes for CL final ticket prices

LONDON (AP) -- UEFA president Michel Platini has apologized for the high price of tickets for the Champions League final, saying some are already available on the black market for 10 times their face value.

Tickets will cost almost twice as much as they did for the final two years ago.

Platini spoke in London where the trophy was brought ahead of the May 28 final at Wembley. He said UEFA received 200,000 requests for the tickets put on open sale, adding that "on the black market these tickets are 10 times the price that we decided.''

UEFA has sold 11,000 tickets, with prices ranging from $245 to $491, plus an administration fee of at least $43.

The finalists have yet to receive their allocations.

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