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| June 2, 2002 | Sunday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 20,1423 |
Italy to pray before Ecuador game
SENDAI (Japan), June 1: Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni is hoping God might lend a hand at the World Cup.
Trapattoni, whose sister is a nun, attended a special mass with Italy players and officials at the team’s hotel on Saturday.
“The Lord has many other things to deal with but I pray that he looks over us as well,” said the Italy coach whose side face Ecuador in their opening group G match on Monday.
A local priest, Takanohashi Tatsuo, carried out the service which was attended by goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and midfielder Damiano Tommasi.
“There is nothing new about this, we are a Catholic group,” said Trapattoni. Italy also play Croatia and Mexico.—Reuters
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