Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who holds the role of Vatican state secretary – essentially the Prime Minister of the Papal territory – has dropped a football bombshell.
"The Vatican could, in the future, field a team that plays at the top level, with Roma, Inter Milan, Genoa and Sampdoria," said the former Archbishop of Genoa, who used to commentate on matches for local TV in a previous life.
"We can recruit lads from the seminaries. I remember that in the World Cup of 1990 there were 42 players among the teams who made it to the finals who came from Salesian training centres all over the world. If we just take the Brazilian students from our Pontifical universities, we could have a magnificent squad."
"The Vatican could, in the future, field a team that plays at the top level, with Roma, Inter Milan, Genoa and Sampdoria," said the former Archbishop of Genoa, who used to commentate on matches for local TV in a previous life.
"We can recruit lads from the seminaries. I remember that in the World Cup of 1990 there were 42 players among the teams who made it to the finals who came from Salesian training centres all over the world. If we just take the Brazilian students from our Pontifical universities, we could have a magnificent squad."
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