EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC

By HELENE ELLIOTT

June 17, 1998 12 AM PT

Michel Platini, the former French midfield standout who is co-president of the French Organizing Committee, wasn’t overwhelmed by the U.S. team’s offensive efforts in its 2-0 loss to Germany.

“The United States has an attractive game, but the American players often err on the last pass,” he said.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

EVERYBODY’S A CRITIC

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