reflection on Messi and why he does not see San Lorenzo

Pope Francis has given Cadena Cope de España a long interview in the last few hours, where he touched on all kinds of topical issues. Among them, after the colonist operation they performed a few weeks ago, the highest authority (84 years) of the Catholic Church dismissed rumors of a possible resignation. And moving to a slightly more informal plan, linked to his privacy, he left a few interesting, colored sentences. Among them, he counted why he does not watch the matches of his beloved San Lorenzo and published a deep sentence, on what was the pass of Lionel Messi to PSG, pointing the finger at the human and sporting spirit of the man.

“I made a promise on July 16, 1990 (ed: do not watch TV). I felt that the Lord was asking me, because we were in community and we saw something that ended up becoming sticky, unpleasant, bad. I was bad. It was July 15 in the evening. And the next day, in prayer, I promised the Lord not to see her. ANDby clairvoyance, when a president assumes I see it, when there is a plane crash, I see it, these things … but I’m not addicted to it“, explained the Sovereign Pontiff, after recalling earlier the years he went to the field to see the Cyclone. Journalist Carlos Herrera asked him if he had made an exception with the Copa América won by the Argentina in Brazil, but Francisco expressed a categorical “no”.

In addition to remembering his childhood in the pasture, where he was called “The leg is hard and that’s why they always put me in the goal where I more or less defended myself”; and to add that he also follows the news of Italian football, trying to learn since “we talk a lot”, made a reflection on what was the transfer of Messi to PSG. At 10 she met him eight years ago, as part of a friendly meeting between Argentina and Italy in 2013.

What did the Pope say about Messi? “I wrote a pastoral on sport. A pastoral that was not a pastoral. In two stages. First was the article published by the Gazzetta dello Sport on January 2 of this year and on this basis it was done later – I corrected it. – pastoral care. An article-interview. I only say this: To be a good footballer you have to have two things: knowing how to work as a team and not being, as we say in Buenos Aires in our slang, the one who “morphs” the ball, but always as a team. And secondly, so as not to lose the amateur spirit. When that amateur spirit gets lost in the sport, it starts to market too much. And there are men who knew not to let themselves be tainted by this and to draw their gains and all for good works and foundations. But to work as a team, which is a school of sports team, and not to lose the spirit of an amateur ”, declared His Holiness, underlining the qualities of La Pulga, who is now preparing to pFor a new match with the national team against Venezuela in qualifying.