European Championship Stories: 1984, Platini and the perfect hat-tricks

Later disgraced as the head of UEFA he may have been, but Michel Platini was an outstanding player who reached his plateau at Euro 84.

They’ve been playing for 119 minutes on this balmy Mediterranean evening at le Stade Velodrome in Marseille and nothing, so far, has been able to separate the two teams. France, who sailed through the group stages of the 1984 European Championships, have surprisingly met their match in Portugal, who, prior to this summer, have not reached the finals of a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup.