World Cup Memory: Zico and Platini miss penalties

Match: France v Brazil
Stage: Mexico 86 Quarter-Final

Mexico 86 could very well have belonged to two other number 10s. Brazil's Zico and France's Platini were every bit as tipped for glory as Maradonna, and they locked horns memorably in the quarter finals. With the game tied in the second half, Zico is fouled in the box by French keeper Joel Bats. With a semi-final firmly in his grasp, Zico fluffs the spot kick, and the game goes into extra time.

Penalties ensue, and again, with the spot kicks tied at 3-3, Platini steps up... kisses the ball... and bangs his penalty over the bar. France go on to win the shootout, yet we will always remember this quarter-final as a nervy one, where two of the world's best number 10s lost their cool from the spot.

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