Four top-flight soccer matches in Italy were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday and the Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life mourned its most famous fan.The wider soccer and sports world also paid homage after Francis passed away at 88.All sports events scheduled for Easter Monday in Italy were postponed, including four Serie A games: Torino-Udinese; Cagliari-Fiorentina; Genoa-Lazio; and Parma-Juventus. The four games will now be played on Wednesday, the Italian league announced.A minute of silence will be observed before all sports events later in the week, the Italian Olympic Committee added.FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�deeply saddened바카라 게임 웹사이트� over the pope바카라 게임 웹사이트�s death.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I was privileged enough to spend some time with him on a couple of occasions, and he always shared his enthusiasm for football and stressed the important role our sport plays in society,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Infantino said on Instagram. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�All the prayers of the whole football world are with him.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Tennis great Rafael Nadal expressed his 바카라 게임 웹사이트�sincere condolences바카라 게임 웹사이트� for Francis in a post on X in Spanish.Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트� passion for soccer became known almost immediately after he was elected pope in 2013 when the Argentine club San Lorenzo tweeted a photo of him holding up the team바카라 게임 웹사이트�s crest. He was even a card-carrying member of the club, with San Lorenzo ID No. 88,235.San Lorenzo is nicknamed 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the Saints.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�He was always one of us,바카라 게임 웹사이트� San Lorenzo said in an Instagram tribute, remembering how Francis watched its 1946 championship team as a young boy.San Lorenzo performed well after Francis was elected as the 266th pope in March 2013. The team won a national title in 2013 and then claimed the South American Copa Libertadores for the first time a year later. Club officials traveled twice to the Vatican carrying trophies to thank Francis for his support.A planned new San Lorenzo stadium is to be named for Francis.In Italy, there were also suggestions that Francis supported Juventus since his family came from the Piedmont region where the Turin club is based. Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트� father, Mario Bergoglio, was a basketball player.Francis met his fellow Argentine Diego Maradona twice as pope. There was a special audience in connection with a charity soccer match in 2014 when Maradona presented the pontiff with a soccer jersey, emblazoned with the name 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Francisco바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Spanish for Francis 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and Maradona바카라 게임 웹사이트�s No. 10.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think we all now realize he바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a (star),바카라 게임 웹사이트� Maradona said after another meeting in 2015. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m Francis바카라 게임 웹사이트� top fan.바카라 게임 웹사이트�When Maradona died in 2020, Francis remembered the soccer great in his prayers.Record 15-time European soccer champion Real Madrid also mourned Francis in a message on Instagram:바카라 게임 웹사이트�Real Madrid would like to express its condolences to the entire Catholic community on the loss of a historic and universal figure,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Real Madrid said in a statement. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�During his pontificate, characterised by the scale of his immense legacy, Pope Francis has represented an enormous spirit of solidarity and support for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people.바카라 게임 웹사이트�During a meeting with the Argentina and Italy national teams shortly after he was elected, Francis noted the influence of athletes, especially on youth, and told the players to remember that, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�for better or worse바카라 게임 웹사이트� they are role models. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Dear players, you are very popular. People follow you, and not just on the field but also off it,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�That바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a social responsibility.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Francis often hailed sports as a way to promote solidarity and inclusion, especially for young people.During a global conference on faith and sport in 2016, Francis implored leaders to do a better job of keeping corruption off the playing field and said sports must be protected from manipulations and commercial abuse.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Francis was a special pope, able to illuminate in his time like only the greatest can,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Gianluigi Buffon, the former captain of Italy바카라 게임 웹사이트�s national soccer team who met the pope on multiple occasions, said on Instagram. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�He showed us the way with great courage and moved our souls. I will carry his example forever in my heart.바카라 게임 웹사이트�