Austria's priest team: with an hymn and heart to the European Football Championship!

Austria's priest team: with an hymn and heart to the European Football Championship!

Austria's national priestly team is at the beginning of the European Football Championship for clergymen in Kisvárda, Hungary, which takes place from February 10th to 14th. With a hymn produced with the help of artificial intelligence and the motto "Holy Elf, High and Higher, we play for the sky and victory", President Michael Semmelmeyer's team will start the tournament. The official opening ceremony with Archbishop Fülöp Kocsis will take place on Monday, followed by the first game against the frequent winner Poland, which is considered a real "Goliath", as Kathpress reported.

The team and the goals

The Austrian team consists of 14 priests from various dioceses, including religious and world priests who want to compete with “heart and fire”. The aim of the tournament is not only the sporting performance, but also the promotion of fraternity and solidarity among the priests from all over Europe, as Semmelmeyer and his spokesman Wolfgang Zarl explained. While teams from 15 nations, such as Poland, Portugal and Croatia, have classified themselves as favorites, Austria with "pastor legend" Hans Wurzer and talents such as Aristides Tenace Ndzebe, who wanted to strive for a career in professional football shortly before his appointment, has remarkable hope.

The tournament, which takes place in Hungary for the second time, is accompanied not only by the games, but also by spiritual offers and cultural experiences. Participants can make pilgrimages to the national sanctuary of Máriapócs and take part in a trade fair with the Greek Catholic Bishop of Nyíregyháza. The evening events also promise an interesting exchange through music and songs, which are presented by the participating countries, such as meinbezirk.at reported. The matches are available free of charge for the public and also support social projects.