In November 1988, Michel Platini became the coach of the French team. Barely out of his player retirement, the triple Ballon d'Or succeeds Henri Michel. Just under four years later, he resigned following the Euro 92 disappointing Blues.
When he took the reins of the national selection, the former playmaker was only 33 years old. At first, he failed to qualify it for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. The qualification campaign for Euro 1992 follows, during which Jean-Pierre Papin and his teammates win their eight games, especially in Spain and Czechoslovakia.
Platini was not made to train
Landing in Sweden with a quasi-favori status, the “Platoche” strip fails to get out of its pool. After zero matches against the organizing country and England, the Blues bowed (2-1) to everyone's surprise against Denmark. Recovered due to the war in Yugoslavia, the Scandinavian country will win the test.
“Euro 92 leaves us a taste of unfinished, because our perfect qualification campaign made us favorites, remembered Bernard Casoni in 2016, during an interview given to So Foot. But everything went from the way before the tournament: tension between OM and the selection, Papin which was not 100% physically, failed friendly matches, canto who misses the tournament … “.
