#Just Fontaine

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"J'ai marqué dans tous les matchs, même face au Brésil en demi-finales, en dribblant le gardien. Du gauche, du droit, de la tête. Cette Coupe du monde, c'est le plus grand souvenir de ma carrière"

Just Fontaine au Figaro en 2018

Hommage au Footballeur Just Fontaine "Monsieur 13 buts" 🌹⚽️🎈qu'il repose en paix 🕊

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Just Fontaine (1933-2023)

Just Fontaine, a “monument of French football” who in 1958 scored a record 13 goals in a single edition of the World Cup, has died aged 89. The striker scored 30 goals in 21 internationals for France between 1953 and 1960, but he will always be remembered for the mark he set in Sweden, when he was instrumental in Les Bleus reaching the semi-finals.

In his club career, Fontaine’s strike rate was as impressive. He scored 259 goals from 283 matches and was one of the key players of the great Stade de Reims team who reached the European Cup final in 1959. Reims, who won three French top flight titles with Fontaine between 1958 and 1962, lost 2-0 to Real Madrid but he was the competition’s top scorer with 10 goals.

His death was announced by Paris Saint-Germain, who he managed between 1973 and 1976, leading them to promotion back to Ligue 1 in 1974. PSG described Fontaine as a “monument of French football”.

Born in Morocco in 1933, Fontaine started out at USM Casablanca before joining Nice in 1953. He moved on to Reims three years later.

Fontaine scored a hat-trick against Paraguay in France’s opening group game at the 1958 World Cup finals, two against Yugoslavia and one against Scotland. He also grabbed two in France’s 4-0 quarter-final win over Northern Ireland and drew them level in their semi-final against Brazil.

However, the eventual winners from South America – inspired by a 17-year-old Pelé who hit a second-half hat-trick – ran out 5-2 winners. Fontaine smashed four past West Germany in the third-place playoff match, which France won 6-3.

His 13 goals place him joint-fourth in the all-time men’s World Cup top-scorer charts, alongside Argentina’s Lionel Messi who needed five finals to reach that total.

The France coach, Didier Deschamps, said: “The death of Just Fontaine saddens me, as it will inevitably sadden all those who love football and our national team. ‘Justo’ is, and will remain, a legend of the team.

“‘Justo’ was a man of great kindness, very respectful of the generations who succeeded him with Les Bleus. His attachment to the France team was strong and sincere. I extend my thoughts to his family, his loved ones and all our great elders today in pain.”

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Just Louis Fontaine (1933-2023).

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clowns in court

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races and naps

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a neuvillette visual

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cooking up something that’ll take a bit more time…in the meantime i thought i’d post some random stuff i drew but never shared

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Who has scored the most goals in a single World Cup?

Just Fontaine of France scored most goals in a single FIFA World Cup.

How many goals did Fontaine score in a single World cup?

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I let the voices win today

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do NOT talk to him or his daughter ever again

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Save me french yuri... Save me

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[4.0 archon quest spoilers]

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Imagine if Furina decided to travel the world one day and Neuvillette just starts writing strongly-worded letters to the archons like:

"Dear [insert archon], let it be known, that if anything were to befall Furina de Fontaine while she is travelling on your land, your judgement day shall be rescheduled 200 years earlier."

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I think about Neuvillette pre Iudex era, and how merciless he was implied to be at some point, and his predecessor as Iudex. and lord imagine how wild it Must have been for Furina be like, i gotta fire one guy WHO THE PEOPLE KNOW to put the dragon we need for a prophecy that WHO KNOWS WHEN WILL HAPPEN, but said dragon is very verry grumpy how do you makes friend with a dragon that does not want to be your friend??? WHILE MAINTAINING THE ARCHON ACT???

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Did you miss me?