All aboard for the Euro stars
Posted Thursday, June 07, 2012 by The Sun
MICHEL PLATINI (1984)
THE Frenchman may now be better known as the controversial president of UEFA but nobody has dominated a major tournament as he did in 1984.
The stylish midfielder crashed in a remarkable NINE goals in five games as he skippered his country to success on home soil.
The 29-year-old was the pick of a famed midfield quartet of Luis Fernández, Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana.
And after TWO hat-tricks in the group stage, Platini saw off Portugal in the semi with a last-minute winner in extra-time.
The Parc des Princes was the setting for the final and again Platini delivered when a free-kick slipped through the grasp of the hapless Spanish keeper Luis Arconada.
PLAT'LL DO NICELY ... Michel Platini lifts the trophy in Paris
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