Italy or Germany? Go Ahead and Support Both
If you are having trouble deciding who you want to win today’s semifinal between Italy and Germany, the Pope has a novel solution for you. The German-born Benedict XV will support his native land for one half and his adopted land for the other half. While we don’t believe for a second that he will wear a German jersey for one half and an Italian jersey for another, it is a pretty nifty way to watch football. No matter what, you will always come away knowing your backed the winning team.
Speaking of holy figures, Diego Maradona offers his thoughts on today’s match and his holiness is not especially impressed with Germany’s team.
“Germany doesn’t know how to play but it’s physically strong,” Maradona said in an interview on the state-run RAI radio. “They always run, they always get (on the ball).”
But “Germany has shown nothing until now. Even with Argentina, it was down 1-0 and kept staying on the defence”.
Unlike that fence-sitter Pope, we think Maradona will be rooting for one team tonight and that team isn’t Germany.
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By Bobbio | July 4th, 2006 at 12:38 pm 
The Swiss guard should get together and get a Vatican football team qualified for 2010!
Posted from 
Netherlands
By LiverpoolFC | July 4th, 2006 at 12:42 pm Maradona must be back on da coke again 
if he recogns germany are hopeless LOL, but i recogn his words were probably taken out of context straight after the Argentinian loss. Germany have been fantastic and are unlucky to be playing without Frings, very UNLUCKY to say the least
Posted from 
Australia
By pao | July 4th, 2006 at 12:44 pm who will he support during extra time? Maybe Switzerland, they are neutral
Posted from 
Italy
By mashe | July 4th, 2006 at 1:09 pm go home italy !!!!!
Posted from 
Indonesia
By Kevin | July 4th, 2006 at 1:18 pm Go Home Germa.. Oh wait…
Posted from Netherlands
By Comics Sketch | July 4th, 2006 at 1:23 pm See the result before the game in a segment we call:
Fifa Worm Cup
http://www.mainada.net/comicssketch/show_strip/1138
Enjoy. The game is going now.
Posted from 
Portugal
By Rome | July 4th, 2006 at 2:51 pm @Kevin
Ha ha! That was good! LOL
Posted from 
Germany
By Rolf Habich | July 4th, 2006 at 3:12 pm azzurri,
you have such a beautiful country.
We can’t have you miss it for so long.
So we’ll do something about it.
Posted from Germany
By Francesco | July 4th, 2006 at 3:15 pm The Vatican should put together a squad of players from all over the world, granting them Vatican Passport.
This could be the true sport spirit. A national team of all nations.
Posted from 
United Kingdom
By Turkish Pride | July 4th, 2006 at 5:18 pm ITALIA vs GERMANY FIFA WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS
Looks like Germans are getting some help from Vatican to win the whole turnament. The German Pope is in town.
Posted from 
United States
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