Date: 16-06-1984
Stage: first round
Place: NANTES
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish/english/french/german
My rating: ***
Notes: Platini,Giresse,Tigana,Six, Ceulemans,Scifo,Pfaff
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 16 June 1984, 17:15
Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Attendance: 51,359
Meteo: Clear, warm, 21 °C
FRANCE
Joël Bats
Patrick Battiston
Maxime Bossis
Jean-François Domergue
Bernard Genghini
Alain Giresse
Luis Fernández
Michel Platini (c)
Jean Tigana
Bernard Lacombe
Didier Six
Coach: Michel Hidalgo (FRA)
70′ Jean Tigana
65′ ↓Bernard Lacombe ↑Dominique Rocheteau
79′ ↓Bernard Genghini ↑Thierry Tusseau
BELGIUM
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Michel de Wolf
Georges Grün
Paul Lambrichts
Nico Claesen
Walter de Greef
Enzo Scifo
René Vandereycken
Frankie Vercauteren
Jan Ceulemans (c)
Erwin Vandenbergh
Coach: Guy Thys (BEL)
72′ Nico Claesen
46′ ↓René Vandereycken ↑Ludo Coeck
52′ ↓Enzo Scifo ↑René Verheyen
Referee: Bob Valentine (SCO)
Goals:
4′ Michel Platini FRA
33′ Alain Giresse FRA
44′ Luis Fernández FRA
74′ Michel Platini (p) FRA
89′ Michel Platini FRA
Match overview
France’s flamboyant midfield dismantled Belgium as Platini struck a hat-trick-the first of two in four days-while Giresse and Fernández added further gloss. Hidalgo’s side were three up by half-time and never looked troubled in Nantes.
Trivia
Platini became the first player to score a European-finals hat-trick in 20 years; his volley on 89 minutes sealed France’s record group-stage goal haul.
