Michel Platini (4 Viewers)
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on this day in '87: platini retired from football after juventus beat brescia in the final round of the season. juve finished second (overtaking inda who failed to beat verona at home), brescia got relegated
platini played all but one of the 30 rounds, and was subbed out only twice during the whole league season
this is boniperti's goodbye kiss to platini
platini played all but one of the 30 rounds, and was subbed out only twice during the whole league season
this is boniperti's goodbye kiss to platini
Michel Platini returns to talk about Juventus, John Elkann, Superlega, Infantino and Ceferin.
First of all, the former Juventus champion responds to the fans convinced that John Elkann has little passion : “They're wrong. Maybe he's not at the level of his grandfather, the Lawyer, of Umberto, but he cares. It is clear that he lives his family's centenary commitment to Juventus with great seriousness. And then he has huge responsibilities in managing companies. Maybe he isn't able to communicate it well, but he cares about Juventus, he is close to the club."
Le Roi has no doubts about Juve winning again : “Of course! There are cycles and when one ends there is a bit of a difficult period, but then the Old Lady always comes back to win, she has always done it and she will continue to do it, you have to be calm . "
On the possibility of becoming President of Juventus : “So far no one has asked me and I don't think they will in this period. This is a phase in which the club must recover economically before thinking about sporting matters. Now we don't have to dream on the pitch, but that too will return. It's a question of cycles." it's time to dream on the pitch, but that too will return. It's always a question of cycles."
On the Super League : “The ruling of the European Court of Justice will change football. It's like the Bosman law. The Super League is inevitable, I don't know if it's a good or bad thing, but it will happen. The big clubs all left to join, then they turned back because it was complicated to manage from a media point of view, but at the next opportunity they really leave. Especially now that they cannot be sanctioned. With me the Super League mess wouldn't have happened because I would have mediated."
Infantino and Ceferin : “They are nothing and they come from nothing. They are characters who are in football for power, but the leaders of football have always been the players and they must be them. They are the Baggios, the Del Pieros, the Mbappés, the Haaalands, the Klopps, the Guardiolas, the Ancelottis."
First of all, the former Juventus champion responds to the fans convinced that John Elkann has little passion : “They're wrong. Maybe he's not at the level of his grandfather, the Lawyer, of Umberto, but he cares. It is clear that he lives his family's centenary commitment to Juventus with great seriousness. And then he has huge responsibilities in managing companies. Maybe he isn't able to communicate it well, but he cares about Juventus, he is close to the club."
Le Roi has no doubts about Juve winning again : “Of course! There are cycles and when one ends there is a bit of a difficult period, but then the Old Lady always comes back to win, she has always done it and she will continue to do it, you have to be calm . "
On the possibility of becoming President of Juventus : “So far no one has asked me and I don't think they will in this period. This is a phase in which the club must recover economically before thinking about sporting matters. Now we don't have to dream on the pitch, but that too will return. It's a question of cycles." it's time to dream on the pitch, but that too will return. It's always a question of cycles."
On the Super League : “The ruling of the European Court of Justice will change football. It's like the Bosman law. The Super League is inevitable, I don't know if it's a good or bad thing, but it will happen. The big clubs all left to join, then they turned back because it was complicated to manage from a media point of view, but at the next opportunity they really leave. Especially now that they cannot be sanctioned. With me the Super League mess wouldn't have happened because I would have mediated."
Infantino and Ceferin : “They are nothing and they come from nothing. They are characters who are in football for power, but the leaders of football have always been the players and they must be them. They are the Baggios, the Del Pieros, the Mbappés, the Haaalands, the Klopps, the Guardiolas, the Ancelottis."
