He started playing the ball on the vacant lots of the Pigonnet district in Aix where he grew up, long before making Michel Platini a legend.
“Pass me the ball and I'll put it in the bottom“, said the daring young Platoche to his captain during his first selection against Czechoslovakia (2-2) in March 1976. It is without ego, faithful to his much appreciated personality, that Henri Michel, the usual shooter, let the new kid take a free kick in his place, and score a legendary goal.
Of this memory, Michel Platini, triple Ballon d'Or, has not forgotten a bit. This Wednesday morning was the opportunity for the former sportsman to remember the anecdotes of this golden age of the French football team in the company of some of these players who between 1982 and 1986 made the world vibrate. country.
Henri Michel's former lawn companions and friends wanted to be there to pay tribute to him. The one who was one of the figures of Aix before being that of the French team in the 70s, now has a sports complex in his name opposite Sainte Victoire.
From player to coach
Trained at AS Aixoise, Henri Michel joined FC Nantes in 1966, just after the Canaries' second French championship title. The level is high, but very quickly, the defensive midfielder establishes himself in the midfield and becomes captain.
In sixteen years of career at this club, Henri Michel won three league titles and a Coupe de France. Selected for the first time in Blue in 1967, he participated in the 1978 World Cup. He wore the tricolor jersey 58 times, he made a name for himself among the legends of the 70s before becoming a coach in his turn after the departure of Michel Hidalgo. football legend.
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