Former captain of the Ethiopian National Football Team Degu Debebe, representing Ethiopia for peace with renowned football stars like Lionel Messi, Neymar and retired legends Zinedine Zidane, and Diego Maradona on September 1 in Rome, Italy at the Olympic Stadium.
Former greats such as Diego Armando Maradona, Roberto Baggio, Carlos Valderrama and Diego Simeone put on a show at Interreligious Match for Peace, inspired by Pope Francis, an avid soccer fan. The team named for the pope’s Scholas educational project lost 6-3 to a squad representing Javier Zanetti’s Pupi Foundation. Besides stars of yesteryear, the match featured current standouts such as Andrea Pirlo, Samuel Eto’o, Gianluigi Buffon, Andriy Shevchenko and Javier Mascherano.
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