On November 4, at 8 a.m., the president of Canal+, André Rousselet, pressed the red button in the control room and launched the encrypted channel which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
Five days after its launch, the “cinema channel” took its first step into Football, on November 9, 1984, by broadcasting the Nantes-Monaco (1-0) poster.
Two teams which had won five of the last ten national titles: 1978 and 1982 for AS Monaco; 1977, 1980 and 1983 for the Canaries.
Maxime Bossis facing Bruno Bellone
A month earlier, Canal+ had acquired 20 posters of the French championship for the season, at a rate of 250,000 francs per match, from the Professional Football League.
To comment on this first meeting, a duo of future and influence: Michel Denisot and Charles Bietri.
In the 58th minute, Vahid Halilhodzic's header, on a pass from the brilliant José Touré, scored the only goal of the match in a season that Monaco finished in 3rd place, behind Bordeaux and Nantes.
As for the compositions of the teams during this 16th day of November 9, 1984, here they are:
Nantes: Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, Michel Bibard, Seth Adonkor, Maxime Bossis, William Ayache, Fabrice Poullain – Pierre Morice (60') -, Bruno Baronchelli, José Touré, Christophe Robert – Jean-Jacques Eydelie (80') -, Vahid Halilhodzic, Loïc Amisse.
Monaco : Daniel Bernard, Abdallah Liégeon, Nenad Stojkovic, Juan Ernesto Simon, Manuel Amoros, Serge Lopez, Dominique Bijotat, Bernard Genghini, Daniel Bravo, Philippe Anziani – Philippe Tibeuf -, Bruno Bellone
