Giovanni Battistuzzi

The Spanish goalkeeper kept Fiorentina in the game whilst hope hung by a thread and the team teetered on the brink against Inter. Then his team-mates ruined it all, yet again

It was a sensational Saturday for the Serbian goalkeeper against the Neapolitans – the sort of day that doesn’t come along very often for a goalkeeper. A series of decisive saves began after sixty minutes of play and reached its climax with the save that denied Stanislav Lobotka the joy of scoring.

Football in recent years can be paradoxical: it fields big, physical strikers with a fierce tackling style and an exuberant competitive spirit, whilst leaving behind those who can do marvellous things with the ball. The Atalanta midfielder is a prime example of this

Musk’s company has unveiled the Roadster, the car that can fly (a little). After watching the presentation, Robert Zemeckis’s trilogy starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd seemed a little less far-fetched. One question remains: did we really need this?

The rewriting of the Highway Code runs counter to the European Commission’s guidelines. It reduces fines for speeding and introduces patronising advice to pedestrians. Even within the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, there is “scepticism regarding the new measures”.

Had El Shaarawy’s free-kick gone in, it would have been long remembered by Genoa fans in a season that has not been particularly full of joy. The Viola’s defeat in Genoa, on the other hand, will ensure that their goalkeeper’s save is quickly forgotten.

In Cagliari, the striker is managing to outmanoeuvre his family background. He has succeeded on that island, Sardinia, where people from Lombardy have often found their place in the world (in football and beyond).

The South Tyrolean champion has not played since the Wimbledon final. “My doctors and I have decided that I need a course of treatment for my knee,” he said in a video posted on his social media channels. By early November, he may no longer be world number one.

The team coached by Roberto Mancini won 3–1 against the Turkish national side. It was a rather scrappy match, but one in which the Italian players’ determination to win was evident. Compared with the recent past, this is a new development