Poland Won Papal Football Game

World | November 13, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
Poland Won Papal Football Game Members of Poland’s football team present the Pope with a team t-shirt after a match against Italy marking the pontiff’s 25th anniversary in office. Photo by AFP

Poland's football team won a 3-1 victory over Italy's at a special match in Warsaw organized to mark the Pope's 25th anniversary in office. At a meeting with the Polish-born pontiff John Paul II, the teams presented him with a crystal football and a number one Poland shirt with his name, Karol Wojtyla, on the back. At a meeting in Rome on Tuesday, the Italian players, who lined up in blue tracksuits to kiss the Pope's hand also presented him with a signed team shirt and promised to "adopt" 100 needy children and provide them with financial support.

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