Reporter at Stade de France in time to follow match (13)
I believe the answer is:
correspondent
'reporter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'to follow match' is the wordplay.
'to' becomes 'ent' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'follow' says to put letters next to each other.
'match' becomes 'correspond' (correspond means to match up).
'ent' after 'correspond' is 'CORRESPONDENT'.
'at stade de france in time' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for correspondent that I've seen before include "Pen-friend" , "Person sending letters or written reports - agreeing" , "Journalist; pen pal" , "Journalist; letter writer" , "Reporter on special subject or from overseas" .)