Screenshot of Reims Club's social media.
China News Service, Beijing, March 1 (Reporter Xing Rui) On the first day of March, the news of the death of the famous French football star Just Fontaine plunged the world football into grief.
Many young fans are quite unfamiliar with the name Fontaine, but if time goes back more than 60 years, Fontaine at that time is like today's "Melo", everyone knows everyone.
superstar ending
On the 1st local time, the Ligue 1 team Reims Football Club announced the news of Fontaine's death.
Born in 1933, his life was finally fixed at the age of 89.
Fontaine's football career was not long.
From the completion of the French team's first show in 1953 to the end of the national team tour in 1960, in 7 years, Fontaine left fans with too many moments worth remembering, and a record that no one can break so far .
In 1953, in the World Cup European qualifiers, in the match between France and Luxembourg, Fontaine, who was only 20 years old, represented the French team for the first time. He staged a "hat trick" in that game and helped the team win 8:0. opponent.
Since then, Fontaine became famous in the first battle and became an indispensable "thigh" of the French team.
The highlight of his career was his performance in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.
That year, the world not only remembered the 17-year-old Pele, but also remembered Fontaine who scored like a ball.
In 6 games, Fontaine scored 13 goals.
When the third and fourth places played against the German team in the final, Fontaine staged a wonderful drama of "big four".
It's worth mentioning that Fontaine didn't even have his own boots for the duration of the campaign, instead borrowing a pair from fellow striker Stephan Bruy.
With 13 goals in a single event, Fontaine was undisputedly awarded the title of top scorer in the World Cup, and also created the record for the highest goal in a single World Cup.
To this day, no one can break this record.
The FIFA World Cup once issued a document celebrating Fontaine's 88th birthday.
Retired due to injury
Fontaine was born in Marrakech, Morocco, to a French father and a Spanish mother.
As a child, Fontaine attended school in Casablanca, where he began his football career.
At the age of 20, he was selected by the Nice team and went to France to start systematic and formal training.
During the three years in Nice, Fontaine won the French Cup and Ligue 1 with the team.
After that, he moved to Reims Football Club.
At that time, Reims was a strong team in the French League.
They hope that Fontaine's arrival can make them even more powerful in the Champions League.
In the Ligue 1, Fontaine, who killed the Quartet, eventually missed the Champions League.
In the 1959 Champions League final, Reims led by Fontaine met Real Madrid on a narrow road. The opponent's lineup included Kepa, Di Stefano, Puskas and others.
After some contests, Lance lost 0:2 to his opponent and finished second.
This also became the only trip to the Champions League in Fontaine's career.
In 1962, the young Fontaine chose to retire due to injuries.
Since then, there has been one less running football elf on the green field.
Screenshot of social media in Paris.
hard to say goodbye
After retiring, Fontaine briefly coached the French team.
However, the two games he played with the team ended in failure and Fontaine left the French team.
Since then, he has also coached Paris, Toulouse and other teams.
Under his leadership, Paris achieved success in 1974.
After Fontaine's death, Greater Paris issued a condolences: "A monument to French football has left us. This is a sad day for all Paris fans."
The Sri Lankan has gone, but the "miracle" he left behind is still waiting to be rewritten by later generations.
In an interview with foreign media in 2006, Fontaine said: "Breaking my record? I don't think it will ever be done."
However, records are made to be broken.
Or one day many years later, the number 13 created by Fontaine will eventually become history.
But his impressive stroke in football history is still worthy of people's nostalgia.
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