France v Portugal 1984 European Championships - one of the greatest games of all time

[jeflehardi91]

I remember ! it was amazing !! and there was a little boy on the side whitch give the ball at the players : it was...

zinedine zidane !! (true story)

[cantor0305]

perhaps it's him who jump at 4:54 :)

[cantor0305]

for the anecdote, zidane was ball boy during this match... :)

[ARoseStoned]

Was this taken from BBC 2's telethon "Goal TV" way back in the last 80's early 90's? Used to have a recording of that but lost it somehow. Quality match. Tigana...Tigana...Platini...GO­AL!

[tttbone]

How elegant!

[cantor0305]

0:55 platini's classic ...

[weapt]

@MeMrecious pa ja te calavas chega de bater no ceguinho... portugal and ireland friends.

[weapt]

ROBBERY... LIKE ALWAYS...

[Mazurka1001]

This France was much better than France 1998.

Amazing match and it seems that the game is not played on this level any more : true it is more physical but that's about it (run & gun), less and less skill, creativity and intelligence in the game.

[Thewarrior26]

Platini.....GOAL!

[NiScontex]

best footy match ever

[84benfiquista]

RIP MANUEL BENTO.GREAT GOALKEEPER

[carig121]

@MeMrecious you want a classic? try Portugal-England (3-2 too) during Euro 2000, JUST EPIC, considered by many as one of the best official games from Portugal in modern football, of course there was recently Portugal-Spain 4-0 but it was just a friendly game.

[Boifeicasempre]

@carig121 Great game too, but to me the game of the decade was Portugal-England at euro 2004 quarter finals. What a match.

[Voquanda4]

3:00mins "DIDIER SIX!!!!, ....deflection,...crossbar!!." @ Gr8 commentating. I love it!

[arnoldinerith]

"I've not seen a match like this in years!"

There is nothing else to say.

[Lionboy1980]

one of the best players ever platini and zidane of course respect from greece! platini gooooooooooooollllllllll lol hilarious the last goal wow

[crazyfox564]

brilliant match this i watched it that night ... and that commentary... lol good show motty !!! : )

[Ready03]

I was 12 when I watched this and with this commentary, always remember it, amazing. Planitni has always been my favourite player

[BREEZY11215]

Anybody know what the name of the song in the beginning before the highlights is? "Love is like a football game..." Great video btw thanks!

[smithmarke]

Saw Chilana on TV recently, aged a bit, no hair any more. Great in this game.

[SierraPapa]

Second goal by Jordao = accidental masterpiece. Unforgetable.

[baliza29]

I think that France just was lucky in that game. I explain: Nené played the game and didn´t scored a goal??? You must listen to me: Nené was a terrific striker!!! And in that game we saw a big competition with two magicians: Platini and Chalana ("Chalanix").

[DaveBond21]

One of the most exciting games ever, and great commentary from the BBC's John Motson.

[MartiW]

@MeMrecious Ireland trophies 0 Portugal trophies 0

[Boifeicasempre]

@MartiW Portugal, two times semi finalist at Fifa world cup, one 3th place and one 4th place, two times semi finalist and one final at euro cups, and ireland...?

[dokkenratt]

This has to be one of the greatest international matches of all time. I was a 16 year old youth at the time and it was on my mind for months after. Breathtaking football from both sides. Thrills and spills galore. THIS is what i'd call the perfect advertisment for the beautiful game

[MartiW]

@MeMrecious Unfortunately for Portugal they always are the beaten team in the classic matches. Nothing to show for being sporadically good. Forever the bridesmaid.

[GordonMorrice]

EPIC game, great victory. Bravo to Portugal too!

[T62306230]

tigana. . .u're da best!!!!

[fancypantsuk]

@MeMrecious shut up thev'e never won anything how can they be the best?????

[jackwills101]

tigana! Tigana!

[Resenbrink]

Getting goosebumps just watching this...what a great game, remember listening to this over the radio with French commentary

[rlak96]

john motson - straight legend

[MrChops27]

Didn't Motty get excited in those days!!!

[mhs410]

france is way better than portugal



[dazoo77]

This clip is from BBC 2's Goal TV: more than five hours of football with one five-minute break - for Chile v Italy from 1962, the famous 'Battle of Santiago' in which off-the-ball incidents easily outnumbered on- the-ball incidents.

Back in 1994

[Killerolching]

@MeMrecious But this is nonsense. Which classic match was Portugal involved in in 2006? It was anti-football (v the Dutch, v the English, v Angola). As was Figo's walking off the pitch in 2002. Most other tournaments, Portugal didn't even qualify. They are a decent, but ultimately average team.

Most classic match I've seen? Romania - Argentina, 1994. Portugal weren't even in that tournament - no doubt a conspiracy against them (or perhaps they just didn't qualify...).

[Killerolching]

@MeMrecious Who says I support England? In any case, I don't know what that has to do with the fact that Portugal plays the filthiest football around. The 7:0 was indeed impressive, but then it was against North Korea; let's see if they can play with the big boys. I doubt it.

[Killerolching]

@MeMrecious Nuno Gomes was sent off for assaulting the referee and a second player was banned subsequently. It was the filthiest performance by a team I've ever seen (and then the Portuguese played the Dutch in 2006 and managed to outdo themselves yet again).

[Killerolching]

@MeMrecious It was hand-to-ball, that's why he gave a penalty.

I'm not sure what Henry's handball has got to do with it, seeing that it happened over nine years later (and I'm not French).

[BiffScooter1]

I was at this match. Best match I've ever seen live and you can have your Platini but Jean Tigana was the man of the match. A midfield dynamo who ran miles.

[Killerolching]

@MeMrecious I've rarely seen a clearer handball than in 2000. It was the correct decision --> penalty and a sending off.

[narhat2200]

wtf happened to football today. it's boring compared to back then.

[yaglourt]

@narhat2200

nowadays football is more physical, often to the detriment of the beautiful game...

[TheMirjana]

CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHO WAS THE BEST PLAYER IN PORTUGAL THAT TIME

[weapt]

@TheMirjana is difficult to tell you because there was a super team... i think this is the team more difficult to tell you this... i can tell you that probably Gomes, Chalana, Nené, Jordão and our great goalkeeper Bento.

[tain36]

This is why we all love football.

Platini's cool to take that touch before he scores the winner, what a player, what a midfield, what a side.

What a match.

[MrChops27]

TIGANA, TIGANA, PLATINI, GOAL!!! I remember being 16 years old and leaping off the sofa and rolling on the floor to this goal . . . and I'm English!! The sheer pace of this game is astonishing. The passing is beautiful. Awesome. Thanks for posting this. Absolutely briiliant. Let hope the World Cup delivers . . .

[ComteLafon]

@MeMrecious - so that would be why the linesman flagged Fernandez offside early on, aye, right.  Portugal usually beat themselves so many times in major tournaments that the other team doesn't have to cheat.

[Resenbrink]

what a great game, remember listening to this live in French on the radio

[growler8877]

Bloody brilliant, even Motty was thrilled by this one.

[yannyboyfootball]

Probably the most exciting game I've ever seen.

[BiffScooter1]

I was at this match. Saw the extra time goal right in front of me. Speaking of MFers, Jean Tigana was outstanding in this esp. in extra time.

[CORMIER628]

cool! theres actually true Frenchman on team France!

[rfn76]

Has there ever been a better game than this ?, I struggle to recall one.... vintage Motty !!

[jb22anos]

A comment for the portuguese goalkeeper... Great saves

[ARmirzaful]

@jb22anos

totally agree...i cannot believe how well the portugese keeper played. he deserved a better fate...the lad.

[Beginstheman]

@jb22anos True! When I see this, it should have ended by an extravagant margin if it wasn't for the Portuguese goalkeeper in that match.

[dazoo77]

am i right in saying that neither the bbc or itv covered this tournament "live" because there were no "Home" countries involved

[PatGleeson123]

AFAIK the BBC did cover the tournament. RTE in Ireland covered it, as they did all major tournaments.

[jstow01]

Motty's call of the Platini goal at the end is about as great as any I've ever heard.

[sullysquay]

what a game!

Could have been about 6-4

[cit1971]

brilliant 3rd best game ever

[rfn76]

What were the others ??