Italy staff make nocturnal pilgrimage to monastery
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June 21, 2012, Thursday
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ITALIAN players might have felt exhausted after beating Ireland on Monday but that was nothing compared to the staff, who walked 21km to a monastery in the middle of the night to celebrate their Euro 2012 quarterfinal berth.
The Camaldolese monks, whose origins are in Italy and run a monastery outside Krakow, met the squad before the tournament and the staff promised to make the pilgrimage to the monastery if it advanced from the group stage. Coach Cesare Prandelli, his backroom staff and federation vice president and former midfielder Demetrio Albertini took the walk at 3am local time. They returned by car, but Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon has promised he will make the round trip by foot if Italy wins the tournament.
The Camaldolese monks, whose origins are in Italy and run a monastery outside Krakow, met the squad before the tournament and the staff promised to make the pilgrimage to the monastery if it advanced from the group stage. Coach Cesare Prandelli, his backroom staff and federation vice president and former midfielder Demetrio Albertini took the walk at 3am local time. They returned by car, but Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon has promised he will make the round trip by foot if Italy wins the tournament.
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