Cagliari — Best pictures!

Two straight losses, against French side Bordeaux in the Champions League and Cagliari in the Serie A, have endangered Juventus’ Gianluigi Buffon’s erstwhile comfortable lead in the FTBL ranking of Italian goalkeepers.

Inter Milan’s new sign Robert Acquafresca (pictured) is showcasing his talent as a striker with the Italian national team at the European U-21 Championship in Sweden: he has scored in two successive matches and is now poised to join the FTBL Top 23 of

Inter Milan’s young forward Mario Balotelli (pictured left) is without a question one of the talents a plainly adrift Squadra Azurra are counting on the revive their fading fortunes. Alas, the youngster seems a magnet for the headlines, not always for

Cagliari’s Robert Acquafresca (pictured) returned into our Top 23 rating of best U21 players after scoring one of his side’s goals in the 2:2 draw against AS Roma. Acquafresca picked up 11.73 rating points in the process and now has 103.49 points over