Vatican embraces women's football

vatican city - Pope Francis, a great sports enthusiast, has given his first blessing on the first women's football game of the Vatican. The duel is part of a sports and family celebration at the Pio XI complex on 10 June. Two teams of staff members have the scoop. The episcopal press service SIR published that news.

About 750 women work in the Vatican, but they had not yet had the idea to form a football team. In contrast to the men in papal service, who have a long tradition in national sport number 1.

The highlight of the sports party in June is the duel for the Supercup of the Vatican. This year this year goes between the current cup holder, the vv Vatican Museums founded in 1966, and the reigning champion of the Vatican competition, the sports club of the children's clinic Bambino Gesu. Vatican City is one of the few independent states not a member of the FIFA world football association.

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