The world is moved, mourning. The death of Pope Francis He hit believers as those who are not, so tributes multiplied from A thousands throughout the planet. Obviously football is not exempt, so several figures like Lionel Messi left his farewell messages. And Gustavo Alfaro was no less. The Paraguay selection coach left him an emotional farewell and He remembered a funny anecdote of the time he met him.
“This morning was not one more morning. As I always got up early and with the daily habits and routines I took my phone and read the sad news: Pope Francis had left us,” the former Boca coach began his message, who recalled: “We had with my family the privilege of meeting him on January 8, 2014. We were received in San Pedro Square at a public audience, as I used to do. The Pope of the end of the world, the Pope of young people, was among so many things, lover of sports in general and football in particular. “
It is there when Alfaro recalled “a sympathetic anecdote” with the Supreme Pontiff, since “while we waited for it to approach, I had a Arsenal shirt, a team that directed at that time. He approaches, blesses my family and deliver the shirt; at that moment Francisco looks at me and tells me: ‘It seems to me that we tied with you’and I say: ‘Holy Father, it seems to me that you are praying too much, because the last game in the final of the Argentine Cup won it 3 to 0’ ”.
The professor indicated that the Pope took the comment with grace and replied: “I will have fallen asleep because of the time difference, but I think we were tied.” The match referred to by Alfaro was the 2013 Argentine Cup finalwhich won his arsenal with a forceful 3-0 against San Lorenzo. But beyond the result, the deté chose this moment to remember simplicity but also Francisco’s fanaticism, Pope Football who never hid his crow side.
For this and for everything he gave to the Church, Alfaro closed his message wishing that “his soul rests in peace, Francisco. May God illuminate the path of who takes his place. His work, and his legacy will speak for you.”
“This morning was not one more morning. As I always got up early and with everyday habits and routines I took my phone and read the sad news: Pope Francis had left us.
With the illusion of seeing him recover the day before and be present in the Plaza San Pedro, for the Easter blessing ‘Urbi et Orbi’.
We had with my family the privilege of meeting him on January 8, 2014. We were received in San Pedro Square at a public audience, as I used to do. The Pope of the end of the world, the Pope of young people, was among so many things, lover of sports in general and football in particular. Fan confessed from San Lorenzo, received delegations and athletes from all over the world, with his frank smile, his firm gaze and his request as a farewell in his request to ‘pray for me’. I remember a sympathetic anecdote of that moment, we were waiting for him to approach and I had prepared to give him Arsenal’s shirt, a team he was directing at the time. He approaches, blesses my family and delivers the shirt; At that moment Francisco looks at me and tells me: ‘It seems to me that we tied with you’, and I say: ‘Holy Father, it seems to me that you are praying too much, because the last game in the final of the Argentine Cup won it 3 to 0’. They just took our pictures when with the fingers the three goals, to which he laughs tells me: ‘I will have fallen asleep by the time difference, but I think we were tieding’, adding the classic ‘I pray for me’.
We are going to pray for you, for your work, for your legacy and your commitment to be close to the people who need it most, far from opulence and stridency.
May your soul rest in peace, Francisco. May God illuminate the way who takes his place. Your work, and your legacy will speak for you. “
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