The 1984 European Cup, hosted by France, witnessed the rise of the Spanish goalkeeper Luis Miguel, known as “Arconada”, who played the starring role and contributed greatly to his country’s team reaching the final match, in which they faced France, led by star Michel Platini. However, he was the reason for giving the title to the French team, when the legendary goalkeeper failed to receive a shot from Platini from a free kick that he played low from the side of the human wall in the same corner where Arconada stood, who bent down to catch the ball, before it strangely slipped from his grip and entered the goal, which allowed France to score its first goal in the match, and control the course of the match, before France added the second goal to end the match 2-0.
When Platini was UEFA president a few years ago, he invited Arconada to attend the final of Euro 2012, which Spain won 4-0 over Italy.
During the coronation, Arconada was surprised when he saw the third goalkeeper of the Spanish national team at the time, Andres Palop, wearing the Arconada shirt that he wore in the 1984 edition.
Palop has been fascinated by the legendary goalkeeper’s career since childhood, and was able to obtain Arconada’s shirt, which he wore during the match against Denmark in 1984, during the semi-final, in which Spain won on penalties.
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