Friendly 1989 Arsenal France

 

   

14 fevrier 1989

Highbury

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It’s hard to imagine Arsenal being in the title race in February and then adding an extra fixture against a national football team to their schedule. It wouldn’t happen these days but in 1989 George Graham’s team took a break from their pursuit of the championship to do Michel Platini a favour. The France manager needed all the help he could get after a stuttering start to their qualifying campaign for the 1990 World Cup. France beat Norway 1-0 in their first qualifier thanks to an 84th-minute penalty from Jean-Pierre Papin but only could only draw in Cyprus before losing to Yugoslavia. With a difficult trip to Scotland on the horizon, Platini came up with the plan of playing a British club side to prepare his men for the challenge ahead.

Platini had a choice of playing Tottenham or Arsenal and went for Graham’s league leaders. “Spurs’ style is too similar to Continental sides,” he said. “But Arsenal are very British and will be no less difficult to play than Scotland.” Platini’s assistant, Gérard Houllier, had also been impressed by Arsenal in their recent 2-1 win at Millwall. Arsenal were out of both domestic cup competitions and had no European club commitments due to the Heysel ban, so Graham was happy to squeeze another fixture into the diary. “It has been a great disappointment for the players, coaches and managers not be able to play in Europe,” he said. “This match will be good for Arsenal and England. All our players will benefit from playing against such a good national team.”