1984: OOH-LA-LA

UEFA EURO 1984 FINAL
FRANCE
PARC DES PRINCES, PARIS
FRANCE 2-0 SPAIN

Hosts nation France strode majestically to their European championship, with Michel Platini standing astride the tournament as its undoubted star.

Take a trip back with Eurosport.com's Time Machine as we see how the French took the title playing stunning attacking football which had the whole continent cooing 'ooh-la-la's of admiration.

Juventus star Platini was at the height of his powers, orchestrating a talented French line-up through the group stages, scoring all his team's goals in the final group game to rescue les Bleus and beat Yugoslavia 3-1 as the hosts went through as Group A winners.

Denmark overcame Belgium - the unlucky finalists of the 1980 edition - to advance to the semi-finals as group runners-up, as UEFA again changed the rules with the top two in each group going into semi-finals.
The talented but temperamental Portuguese awaited the hosts after they finished runners-up to neighbours Spain in Group B.

In one of the Euro's classic encounters, full of fast-flowing football, Domergue put France 1-0 up, a lead they held until deep into the second half when Jordao rose above Michel Hidalgo's defence to head past Joel Bats and take the game into extra-time.

As both sides pushed for the win, it was the Iberians who seized the advantage, Jordao again the executioner, though his badly mis-hit shot was lucky to find the net.

But with time running out, the magical French midfield of Alain Giresse, Jean Tigana and Luis Fernandez, coupled with Platini fashioned a revival.

Tigana caused panic with a surging run deep into Portuguese territory, the chaos allowing Domergue to strike his second of the game and bring France level, before Platini himself proved the ultimate saviour, delivering the hosts with a right-foot drive to win 3-2.

If the France - Portugal was to go down as an eternally glorious page in Euro history, the Spain - Denmark encounter in the other semi was instantly forgettable.

With both sides cancelling each other out - Lerby struck for Denmark with Maceda replying for Spain - the game trundled to an almost inevitable penalty shoot-out - Spain edging through 5-4.

It was the French who took the lead in front of the Parisian crowd, but it was Spain keeper Luis Arconada who they had to thank for a gift of a goal.

France were awarded a fairly dubious free-kick on the edge of the Spanish box. Platini, inevitably, was behind the set-piece and though his shot lacked power, the ball squirmed underneath the prostrate Arconada and trundled over the line to give the French star his ninth goal of the tournament.