Fabien Barthez teammate at Olympique de Marseille The season before the 2006 World Cup, Cédric Carasso claims to have experienced a real hell in the shadow of the Lavelanet native.
“He was horrible with me”had he said, adding: “I was both admiring because he was nice, but at the same time, he was hard with me and I did not understand why. I was wondering what he wanted me. »»
Stéphane Porato, on the contrary, only retains the positive of his cohabitation with the former Marseillais at AS Monaco. In the summer of 1995, Fabien Piveteau Party, the native of Colombes could however hope to become the titular goalkeeper of the ASM, but the Monegasque leaders preferred to take advantage of the setbacks of Olympique de Marseille, administratively kept in D2, to attract Fabien Barthez. A situation whose player trained in Racing has been able to accommodate.
“I have always lived well with the other goalkeepers. Competition is unhealthy when one of them thinks above the other without having the qualities to prove it. In Monaco, when Fabien arrived, I was lucky to have Mr. Campora, a president who knew how to explain things and I understood what was going on ”he said in an interview in Nice-Matin.
Fabien Barthez in the same spirit
“I saw Fabien as a way to learn again with the idea that this learning would allow me to take off, he continued. So I had no interest in being bad and Fabien was in the same state of mind. We spent three years together where we were of course. We did crazy training. »»
After having had to be satisfied with 25 appearances in five seasons spent at ASM, Stéphane Porato decided in the summer of 1998 to join Olympique de Marseille. Despite the presence of Andreas Köpke and the four goals conceded at the Vélodrome against Montpellier, he was going to establish himself as the holder and find Fabien Barthez as a French team.
