France in the ball has seen many talents pass over the decades but they are very little to have risen to the legends of world football. For example, there is Raymond Kopa. More recently there was Zinedine Zidane. And in the middle, Michel Platini forever marked the history of tricolor football. For some, the old number 10 of the Blues is even the biggest of all, even today.
This Saturday, June 21, 2025, the player passed by AS Nancy-Lorraine, AS Saint-Etienne and Juventus celebrates his seventy years. The opportunity for the specialized media to return to the rich sports career of Michel Platini. And for the channel the team to give the floor to one of its columnists on the subject. Grégory Schneider took the opportunity on Friday evening to praise the native of Jœuf.
For the Liberation journalist there is no photo: Michel Platini was and remains the biggest player in hexagonal football.
“When he arrived (in the French team), he still changed everything. He had an expression when he won his teammates: 'I took you to Platini Airlines'. He had a high opinion of himself. He was a pioneer, that is to say that he did this trace, he showed this path and he hoisted this team. »»
Platini, a unique talent
According to Grégory Schneider, the departure of Michel Platini was also a striking choice. “He was the first to go to Juve. At the time they were all world champions, he had this notch. Beyond that, he even shaken his career with a kind of joy, innocence, a little something that personally touches me. No one can even approach this aura, I think. »»
An opinion committed to pay tribute to the living legend that is Michel Platini in French football. The latter also has a record that speaks alone, with obviously this title of 1984 European champion won with the Blues. In a club, “Platoche” has won everything with Juventus, whether two titles of Italian champion or a Champions League, including a cup cup or a cup of Italy. French champion with the Greens before that, he was also D2 champion with Nancy. But it is above all his style of play and his unique talent that have forever marked.
