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Ikilabhu kaJust Fontaine i-Stade de Reims kanye nomfelandawonye webhola waseFrance baqinisekise ukushona kwale nkanyezi yaseFrance ngoLwesithathu kulandela ukushayelwa amagoli angu-259 emidlalweni engu-283 emsebenzini wakhe weqembu.
UFontaine ushaye irekhodi lamagoli angu-13 ohlelweni olulodwa lweNdebe yoMhlaba. Uthathe imidlalo eyisithupha ukuze afeze umsebenzi wakhe emqhudelwaneni we-1958 eSweden, ngemuva nje kokuwina iligi yaseFrance neFrench Cup kabili eqenjini lakhe.
“UJusto unjalo, futhi usazohlala eyinganekwane eqenjini laseFrance,” kusho umqeqeshi weFrance uDidier Deschamps.
Ingena emqhudelwaneni weNdebe Yomhlaba, u-Fontaine owazalelwa e-Moroccan wayengumdlali owaziwa kancane ngaphandle kweligi yaseFrance. Nokho ubehlukumeza izimbangi ngesivinini sakhe kanye nokuqeda – ngisho namabhuzu womunye umuntu. Kwadingeka ukuthi aboleke ama-cleat ngemuva kokulimaza amabhuzu akhe ekusebenzeni.
UFontaine ushaye amagoli amane emdlalweni osendaweni yesithathu bebhekene neWest Germany kodwa ubengaba namahlanu ukube ubeyishayele iphenathi.
Ngokungeziwe ezenzweni zakhe neqembu lesizwe, uFontaine wawina isicoco seligi yaseFrance izikhathi ezine, iFrench Cup futhi wafinyelela kowamanqamu we-European Cup ka-1959 phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe weqembu ne-USM Casablanca, Nice kanye neReims.
Ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, uFontaine wasungula inyunyana yabadlali baseFrance futhi wasebenza njengosihlalo iminyaka embalwa. Uphinde waqeqesha iqembu lesizwe laseFrance isikhashana ngaphambi kokuthi adlale noLuchon, Paris Saint-Germain, Toulouse neqembu lesizwe laseMorocco.
“Isithonjana sebhola laseFrance sesidlulile, futhi iParis Saint-Germain ingathanda ukukhokha intela endodeni eyabahola esigabeni sokuqala eminyakeni engama-50 edlule,” kusho i-PSG esitatimendeni, ikhuluma ngoFontaine ohola ikilabhu kwiligi ephezulu. ngemuva kokuwina i-playoff ngo-1974.
Umfelandawonye webhola lezinyawo waseFrance uthe ukuhlonishwa kukaFontaine kuzokwenzeka kulo lonke elaseFrance kule mpelasonto “ngomzuzu wokudumisa” ozophinde ugcinwe ngoLwesithathu ngaphambi kwemidlalo yeNdebe yeFrance eToulouse, Marseille naseNantes.
“Ukushona kukaJust Fontaine kufake ibhola laseFrance emizweni ejulile nokudabuka okukhulu,” kusho uPhilippe Diallo, umongameli wesikhashana womfelandawonye waseFrance.” Ubeyisithombe esimangalisayo, nerekhodi lakhe elimangalisayo lokuhlohla amagoli angu-13 eNdebeni Yomhlaba ka-1958. Ubhale elinye lamakhasi amahle kakhulu emlandweni weqembu lesizwe laseFrance. “
Ukukhuphuka kwe-meteoric kukaFontaine njengomshayi magoli kumbone ethola amagoli angama-200 emidlalweni engama-213. Ushaye amagoli angu-30 emidlalweni engu-21 yeFrance
Umsebenzi kaFontaine wafinyezwa ngendlela emangalisayo lapho eneminyaka engu-28 kuphela. Lo mFulentshi – edume ngokushaya kwakhe umbani kanye nokuqeda ngonya – waphuka umlenze ngendlela enyantisayo ngemuva kokudlala ngendlela engafanele ngoMashi 1960.
