--- title: World Cup Spurs Italian Porn Star Rocco Siffredi to Refrain From Sex description: Rocco Siffredi says sex really doesn’t compare with the collective orgasm that comes with winning on football's biggest stage canonical: https://time.com/2863037/italian-porn-star-world-cup/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-12T09:44:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:41.328Z og:title: World Cup Spurs Italian Porn Star Rocco Siffredi to Refrain From Sex og:description: Rocco Siffredi says sex really doesn’t compare with the collective orgasm that comes with winning on football's biggest stage og:url: https://time.com/2863037/italian-porn-star-world-cup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b98ca06db76050/6986973c810bbbe8acc9221b/italian-porn-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: "Chiambretti Night" Italian TV Show - February 4, 2012 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World Cup Spurs Italian Porn Star Rocco Siffredi to Refrain From Sex twitter:description: Rocco Siffredi says sex really doesn’t compare with the collective orgasm that comes with winning on football's biggest stage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b98ca06db76050/6986973c810bbbe8acc9221b/italian-porn-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Porn Star Won't Have Sex Until Italy Returns From the World Cup > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jun 12, 2014 9:44 AM UTC  Rocco Siffredi appears on the Chiambretti Night Italian TV show in Milan on Feb. 4, 2012 Rocco Siffredi appears on the Chiambretti Night Italian TV show in Milan on Feb. 4, 2012 Stefania D'Alessandro—Getty Images by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jun 12, 2014 9:44 AM UTC Animals are being trusted with [prophecy](http://time.com/2855739/cabecao-turtle-brazil-world-cup-big-head-prediction-croatia/), and one of [Italy’s most popular porn stars](http://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2014/06/11/Italian-porn-star-giving-up-sex-in-support-of-countrys-World-Cup-team/1391402498094/?spt=sec&or=on) is refraining from sex — all in the name of football. Welcome to World Cup 2014! Italian adult-film star Rocco Siffredi has pledged to refrain from sexual intercourse to support his national team during its stint in Brazil, according to a video published on the porn star’s Facebook fan page. “Guys, I’ve had thousands of orgasms, but there is one I will never forget. The one I had together with all of you. Do you remember when we won the World Cup in 2006?” said Siffredi in the video. “So for that collective orgasm \[to happen again\] I am prepared to go without my orgasms.” Italy is currently competing in the tournament’s Group D and play England in their first match on Saturday evening, local time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2863037/italian-porn-star-world-cup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2863037/italian-porn-star-world-cup/"},"headline":"This Porn Star Won't Have Sex Until Italy Returns From the World Cup","datePublished":"2014-06-12T09:44:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:41.328Z","description":"Rocco Siffredi says sex really doesn’t compare with the collective orgasm that comes with winning on football's biggest stage","url":"https://time.com/2863037/italian-porn-star-world-cup/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Pornography","england","Italy","Porn","Soccer","World Cup"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b98ca06db76050/6986973c810bbbe8acc9221b/italian-porn-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b98ca06db76050/6986973c810bbbe8acc9221b/italian-porn-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Chiambretti Night\" Italian TV Show - February 4, 2012","caption":"\"Chiambretti Night\" Italian TV Show - February 4, 2012","creditText":"Stefania D'Alessandro—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2863037/italian-porn-star-world-cup/","name":"This Porn Star Won't Have Sex Until Italy Returns From the World Cup"}}]}] ```