😲 German club to face the Pope’s bodyguards in friendly | OneFootball

A very special kind of football match is on the agenda at the beginning of June: As 'Bild' reports, players from the traditional team of Lokomotive Leipzig are actually traveling to the Vatican to play against a selection from the city-state.

Together with the Berlin club KSV Johannisthal, René Schmidt, Marcel Hensgen, Robert Sommer, Torsten Jülich, and Stefan Knoof will set off from Berlin to Rome on June 4. That same evening, a reception is planned at the German Embassy to the Holy See.

The match will kick off on the Vatican sports field on June 5 at 6:30 p.m. The hosts are expected to consist mainly of members of the Swiss Guard, the famous papal bodyguards.

For the club, this special trip is also a gigantic image opportunity. Even a papal audience has been requested. And who knows: maybe the Pontiff himself will drop by.

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