UEFA Euro 1984 final
Event | UEFA Euro 1984 | ||||||
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Date | 27 June 1984 | ||||||
Venue | Parc des Princes, Paris | ||||||
Referee | Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) | ||||||
Attendance | 47,368 | ||||||
The UEFA Euro 1984 Final was the final match of
The final was played in front of 47,368 spectators and was refereed by Vojtech Christov from Czechoslovakia. Both sides had chances to score but the first half ended goalless. In the 54th minute,
the ball over Arconada as he ran off his line. The match ended moments later with France winning 2–0 to claim their first international football title.Background
In the previous international tournament, the
Route to the final
France
As tournament hosts, France automatically qualified for
In their second group game, France faced Belgium at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on 16 June 1984.[10] In warm conditions, France dominated the match with Georges Grün making a goal-line clearance in the first thirty seconds. In the fourth minute, Patrick Battiston's 30-yard (27 m) shot struck the crossbar and the ball fell to Platini who sidestepped a defender before striking it into the corner of Belgium's goal.[11] Belgium then missed numerous chances to score: Jan Ceulemans saw his header cleared off the goal-line by Luis Fernandez, Michel De Wolf's shot hit the crossbar and Erwin Vandenbergh's header went wide of France's goal. Alain Giresse doubled France's lead in the 33rd minute, chipping the ball over Jean-Marie Pfaff, the Belgium goalkeeper, after playing a one-two with Jean Tigana. In the 44th minute, Didier Six took the ball round Pfaff and crossed it to Giresse. He passed back to Fernandez who headed it into the Belgium goal to make it 3–0 at half time. In the 74th minute, Bernard Genghini pass to Six who was fouled by Pfaff. Platini took the resulting penalty, striking it into the middle of the goal to make it 4–0. With a minute remaining, Platini completed his hat-trick with a header which went in off the goalpost from Giresse's free kick, and France won 5–0.[12]
The final group match for France was against Yugoslavia at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne on 19 June 1984.[13] Yugoslavia took the lead in the 31st minute after Miloš Šestić beat Tigana and Giresse, exchanged passes with Safet Sušić before striking the ball into the top corner of the France goal. Giresse's shot then hit the crossbar but the first half ended 1–0 to Yugoslavia.[14] Thirteen minutes after the interval, Jean-Marc Ferreri dispossessed Ljubomir Radanović and passed to Platini who struck the ball under Zoran Simović, the Yugoslavia goalkeeper, to level the score. Three minutes later, Battiston's cross found Platini who scored with a diving header to give France the lead. Joël Bats then saved an attempt from Mehmed Baždarević before Platini completed his second hat-trick of the tournament when he scored with a direct free kick which looped over the wall and into the top corner of the Yugoslavia goal. With ten minutes remaining, Stjepan Deverić was fouled by Maxime Bossis in the France box and Dragan Stojković scored the resulting penalty after a retake.[15] France won the game 3–2 to finish their qualifying group top and progressed to the semi-finals.[5]
There they faced the runners-up of Group 2, Portugal, at the
Spain
Spain were drawn into
The first group game saw Spain face Romania at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne on 14 June 1984.[21] In front of the tournament's smallest crowd of 16,972, Spain took the lead midway through the first half. Nicolae Ungureanu conceded possession to Juan Señor who passed to Ricardo Gallego. The Romania goalkeeper Silviu Lung pulled him down and Francisco Carrasco scored the resulting penalty to make it 1–0. The scores were level 13 minutes later when Marcel Coraș passed to László Bölöni who struck the ball into the near corner of Spain's goal. Mircea Rednic then shot wide from 7 yards (6 m). After a second half of limited opportunities to score, the match ended 1–1.[22]
Spain's opponents for their second group match were Iberian rivals Portugal who they played at the Stade Vélodrome on 17 June 1984.[23] Manuel Bento, the Portugal goalkeeper, made saves from Santillana and Gallego in the first half which ended goalless. Soon after the interval, Bento dropped a shot from Santillana but recovered in time to prevent Rafael Gordillo from scoring. In the 52nd minute, Álvaro passed to António Sousa who chipped the ball over Luis Arconada, the Spain goalkeeper, to give Portugal the lead. Chalana went close to doubling his side's lead but his shot struck the Spain crossbar. With 17 minutes to go, Carraasco's corner was not cleared by the Portugal defence and after Andoni Goikoetxea headed it goalbound, Santillana eventually scored to make it 1–1. Bento made a late save from Carrasco, and the match ended in a draw.[24]
In their final group game which was held at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 20 June 1984, Spain's opponents were West Germany.
Their opponents were Denmark and the match was played at the
Summary
France | Round | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 1–0 | Match 1 | Romania | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 5–0 | Match 2 | Portugal | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 3–2 | Match 3 | West Germany | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Group 1 winners
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Final standings | Group 2 winners | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||
Portugal | a.e.t. )
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Semi-finals | Denmark | a.e.t.) (5–4 p )
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Match
Pre-match
Maceda and Gordillo were suspended and thus not available for selection by Spain, so Urquiaga and Francisco López were brought into the starting eleven. France made a single change to their team with Bruno Bellone coming in to replace Six.[30]
Summary
The final took place at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 27 June 1984 in front of 47,368 spectators and was refereed by Vojtech Christov from Czechoslovakia.[31] In the opening minute, France won a free kick from which Bellone passed to Giresse whose shot was caught by Arconada. Urquiaga's cross was then punched out by Bats but fell to Víctor: his shot was blocked and Francisco's strike went wide of France's goal. In the 12th minute, Bellone's cross was narrowly missed by Lacombe and five minutes later, Señor's free kick was headed across the goal by Santillana and found Víctor but his header went over the France crossbar.[30] In the 26th minute, Spain's Gallego was shown a yellow card for a foul on Bellone, and soon after Fernandez became the first France player to be booked, this time for dissent.[32] Spain's Santillana missed two chances to score before half-time: his header was cleared off the line by Battiston, before his shot was wide of France's goal, and the first half ended goalless.[33]
Neither side made any changes during the interval, and in the 54th minute,
Details
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Post-match
France's Giresse, Tigana and Platini, were named in the UEFA team of the tournament, but no Spain player was selected.[2] As of 2021[update], Platini's nine goals remains the record for the most scored during the tournament finals.[2] He had won the 1983 Ballon d'Or, but retained it at the 1984 ceremony before winning it a third time in 1985.[35][36][37] Platini was awarded the European Championship trophy by Jacques Chirac.[38]
The France manager Michel Hidalgo later suggested that his side's success was "a triumph for attacking football after years of defensive attitudes".[39] Platini said "It was a great moment for French football and for French sport as a whole ... We were superior to everybody and expressed ourselves on the pitch."[40] British sports commentator John Motson described Platini as "unbelievable ... He was playing teams on his own. He was out of this world, a superstar. No team was able to contain him."[40] French international footballer Emmanuel Petit later said "It was probably the most beautiful French team to watch in history."[40]
In the next international tournament, the 1986 FIFA World Cup, France were beaten by West Germany in the semi-finals, but secured third place with a 4–2 victory in the play-off over Belgium, the side which had knocked Spain out in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals.[41]
See also
- France at the UEFA European Championship
- Spain at the UEFA European Championship
- France–Spain football rivalry
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