Europe's loyalty to Platini faces ultimate test

By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - European football chiefs will have to decide on Thursday whether to continue backing Michel Platini as the FIFA presidential hopeful battles an ethics probe or whether to quietly drop the man who has been their unquestioned leader for eight years. For the last year, European football's governing body UEFA has played the role of a disapproving onlooker as FIFA, the sport's global body, has been engulfed by the worst crisis in its 111-year history. Platini, who