The votes of the 52 national associations will be cast in Dusseldorf today and the result could have an impact on the major strategic issues confronting the game.
Platini wants to cut the top European countries' Champions League entry quotient from four to three teams to allow access for more nations; he wants to pull back much further than Johansson from engagement with the European Union and submission to European law; and he wants to alter the way in which UEFA is administered.
It is the first time Johansson has faced a critical challenge since he took over from another Frenchman, Jacques Georges, in 1990.
