Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.

Statement: In a country with a century of national unity and the scalding experience of Mussolini's fascism, sports seem almost the only activity that can inspire any semblance of patriotic fervor in Italians. Choices: 1. Italians are generally not very patriotic outside of sports. 2. Football is the sport that most inspires patriotism in Italians. 3. Sport does not inspire patriotism in Italians.
1