In addition to a “Tifo” that the “Ultrem”, the ultras of the Stade de Reims, will reveal when the players enter the field just before the match once morest AC Ajaccio on Sunday (3 p.m., 26th day of Ligue 1 ) and the traditional moment of meditation, the Champagne club found an original way to pay tribute to Just Fontaine, who died on Wednesday at the age of 89.
145 portraits will be distributed in the city for his 145 goals with Reims
The SDR details: In addition to the work signed by the Reims artist Kusek which will be unveiled this Sunday at 1 p.m. on the Parvis of the Auguste Delaune stadium, in the presence of Jean-Pierre Caillot (club president) and Catherine Vautrin (president of Grand-Reims, the agglomeration), 145 portraits will be enthroned throughout the city of coronations over the next few weeks. 145, a far from trivial number. This is simply the number of goals scored by Just Fontaine in the colors of Stade de Reims (in just 152 matches in all competitions). »
Record holder for the number of goals scored in a single World Cup (13 with France, in 1958 in Sweden, where she finished third), the striker with 30 goals in 21 caps played from 1956 to 1962 at the SDR, winning three French champion titles (1958, 1960, 1962) and a Coupe de France (1958), knowing that he had already won a Cup (1954) and a champion title (1956) with OGC Nice.