"We thought the time was right to try to organise something, training and matches, also for women," Danilo Zennaro, a representative of the Vatican sports association, told AFP. Teammate Floriana Di Iorio, who was already part of the women's team at the Bambino Gesu hospital, says this team "goes beyond sport" and wants to "spread a message of great openness". A "spirit of union" is also what team coach, Gianfranco Guadagnoli, who works in the Vatican Post Office, wants to achieve. But they are doing better than expected," said Guadagnoli, who also coaches the men's team. "It does not matter, we go with our qualities and whatever happens happens, without problems or dramas."

Source: Bangkok Post June 04, 2019 03:45 UTC