A discussion of Maradona v Platini

Olo2317 · Aug 4, 2014

PuckVanHeel · Aug 6, 2014

How's it possible that Maradona didn't receive the FIFA order of merit?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Order_of_Merit

JamesBH11 · Aug 6, 2014

PuckVanHeel said: ↑

How's it possible that Maradona didn't receive the FIFA order of merit?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Order_of_Merit
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I guess Maradona did not have a good image following his drug ban in 90 and WC94

stcv1974 · Aug 27, 2014

who is the greatest of all time? http://vote.pollcode.com/28746964

carlito86 · Dec 21, 2021

babaorum said: ↑

I think you refer to this blog article (made by a canal + journalist in association with OPTA) in which it is stated that Alain Giresse was France's true playmaker in EC84 and the one -by his work in midfield- who allowed Platini to concentrate more on his goalscoring effort :

http://leblogadoudouce.com/platini-numero-9999999/

There are two interesting maps showing Platini's and Giresse's various locations on the field, showing that Platini played in a very vertical way whereas Giresse played more on the flanks (and he also had more possession of the ball than Platini, it seems) :

Platini :

Giresse :

There are also more stats in addition to the one you posted (% dribbles won, % duels won, % successful passes in the last 30 meters) :

I think there's a mistake in the last stat (% successful passes in the last opposite 30 meters) : earlier in his article he wrote that Platini has 76% of successful passes and Giresse has 87%. These numbers seem more correct to me. He said that Tigana also had a better passing accuracy than Platini in the last 30 metres but he didn't note his number.

Platini won 15 fouls and made vs 5 for Giresse. The difference is due to the fact that Platini was more in the traffic than Giresse according to the journalist (this could also explain that Platini's passing accuracy was lower than usual as well as his low % dribbles won).

Lastly, it's also noticed that Platini recovered a lot of balls (he didn't say how many exactly) through interceptions and tackles (3 per game).
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https://theanalyst.com/eu/2021/06/michel-platini-euro-1984/