Maxime Bossis, the sad end

A record minute time of selections in the French team, with 76 capes, Maxime Bossis is far from appearing in the brand new
Hall of Fame Blues. To celebrate Olivier Giroud, top scorer of the tricolor selection who bowed out last summer with Euro 2024, the FFF imagined an American tribute for all the hundred -year -old players, by deploying large banners from the roof of the Stade de France. The Giroud banner accompanied those of Hugo Lloris, Lilian Thuram, Thierry Henry, Marcel Desailly, Zinédine Zidane, Patrick Vieira and Didier Deschamps (pending Antoine Griezmann).

In The teamwe learn that the “3F” will somewhat modify the rules of this Hall of Fame In the sky. At other times, French internationals played much fewer matches. The other tricolor legends Raymond Kopa and Michel Platini have “only” 45 and 72 selections. “I am not looking for glory or notoriety, and this Hall of Fame
is a very good idea, but we had to study other criteria. There, it takes away any possibility of honoring the whole kopa generation or ours ”launches Maxime Bossis in the columns of the sports daily, while another European champion 84, Luis Fernandez is even more unhappy.

Maxime Bossis was all the adventures of the EDF of “Platoche”. Vendéen trained at FC Nantes, he just started at the same time as Michel Platini in March 1976, during a match against Czechoslovakia. The central defender was first unavoidable on the left in the defense of Michel Hildago, during the 1978 and 1982 World Cup. He was at the top of his career in 82 but misses the last shot of the Blues during the “Seville drama”, elimination in the semi-finals against West Germany (3-3, 4-5 TAB). Before being replaced in the axis during the historic coronation at Euro 84 at home.

Maxime Bossis, the disaster return

Retired from the French team after the match for 3rd place in the World 86 won against Belgium, at 31, Bossis played three more seasons in Racing before hanging up the crampons. But FC Nantes is in difficulty and the former star player of the selection will get out of his retirement the year after, in 1990, at 35 years old. However, the Canaries season turns to disaster. Didier Deschamps went to OM, Christophe Robert only scores 9 goals and the defense takes water. The season switches to late January with a rout (6-0) in Marseille, Jean-Pierre Papin and Abédi Pelé each scoring a double to Philippe Montanier.

Jean-Claude Suaudeau is called to the bedside of the yellow and green formation, in place of Miroslav Blazevic, and the club will finish at a pitiful 15th place of division 1. Bossis is at the end of the roll, especially during a nightmare season. After a 2-0 victory against PSG at Beaujoire, on March 2, the Canaries concluded with four draws and as many defeats. “Le Grand Max” stops definitively and “Coco” Suaudeau is precisely taking the opportunity to write a new glorious page of FCNA with young Christian Karembeu, Stéphane Ziani, Reynald Pedros, Nicolas Ouédec or Patrice Loko.