The 18-year-old Sassuolo goalkeeper defied
Juventus in a 2-2 draw that puts Inter and free-scoring Lazio in the title hunt
Stefano Turati learned on Saturday morning that he was about to make his Serie A debut. One day later, he stood in front of a mob of reporters at Juventus’s Allianz Stadium, wearing a turtleneck and a bewildered smile. “It’s hard to explain everything that has happened,” he said. “I’m still trying to understand it myself.”
The short version goes like this: Turati, at 18 years old, put in a man-of-the-match performance to help Sassuolo earn a 2-2 draw at the home of the Serie A champions. He thwarted
Cristiano Ronaldo, extending his 6ft 2in frame to tip a second-half free-kick over the bar, and denied Gonzalo Higuaín, too, smothering a shot from the Argentinian at point-blank range.