The editorial staff of The team is in mourning. The famous French sports daily announced this Monday the disappearance of one of his former photographers, Marc Francotte, who died Sunday August 17 at the age of 69 following a long illness. He had collaborated with the newspaper for more than twenty years, between the 1990s and 2010.
“” Marco, he was an old man, a good companion, like Titi Parigot, a little hippie on the edges, tells Jacques Deydier, former head of the photo service of The team.
He was a reliable guy too. You called him at 11 a.m. for the next morning, there was no problem, he was still ready. »»
Specialist in rugby and skiing, a great lover of grass hockey, Marc Francotte was president of the Ski section of the Racing Club of France in the 1960s. He then became a leader of the Rugby section until 2000. He also co -founded the Eden Park brand.
Zidane's legendary photo for the first of the Blues at the Stade de France
Marc Francotte is also the one who took the photo of the first goal scored at the Stade de France, during the inaugural match on January 28, 1998 between France and Spain (1-0). A goal signed by a certain Zinedine Zidane.
“He should never have done it if he had listened to me,
Recalls Jacques Deydier. He had to take pictures of the people who arrived at the stadium, he had no accreditation for the match. But he managed to return and settle on a staircase, behind a grid. He is the only one to have the photo of the goal with this angle. A cliché printed in large format in the newspaper the day after the meeting.
