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"It's a voice, the voice of football, the voice of sport". Noël Le Graët greeted Tuesday morning on Europe 1 the memory of Eugene Saccomano, disappeared the day before at the age of 83 years. "It's someone who has done a lot for our sport," said the president of the French Football Federation.
"He loved people, he loved football, he loved sport"
"I had for him, we had for him to the Federation, the highest esteem, because he always commented with enthusiasm, with talent," said Christmas Graët, in reference to the often lyrical flights of Eugene Saccomano during of his match comments. "He was always a very kind person, in the good sense of the word, someone who loved sport, and football in particular, so for us it's a voice, but he was also a man. 'a great elegance', insisted Noël Le Graët.
"Her voice will remain because Eugène Saccomano has marked an entire period, a generation and even several generations", also declared Christmas Le Graët. "He was someone who lived the sport in his own way, always passionate, a great passionate, elegant in his words, he loved people, he loved football, he loved sport. It was a sport of passion, and at the microphone, even with a middle match, he made it alive. "