PARIS (AP) — For Michel Hidalgo, playing soccer the right way always meant playing the beautiful way. The coach who led France to the 1984 European Championship title and the 1982 World Cup semifinals ...

Michel Platini scored all of his EURO goals at the 1984 finals; his haul of nine remains a tournament record for a single edition. Hat-tricks Michel Platini, 16/06/1984 vs Belgium (group stage) Michel ...

DOHA, QATAR: Michel Hidalgo, former coach of the French national team (R), and Henri Biancheri, general manager of the French football club AS Monaco, pose in front of a portrait of Qatar’s emir ...

France 2-0 Spain Michel Platini scored his ninth of the finals and Bruno Bellone added gloss in the final minute. With so much at stake and against such whole-hearted opponents, France were never ...