The weekend before the international break has ended and, as usual, there were several special events that went unnoticed.
Let's look at the incidents that you probably missed over the weekend.
Okafor: Inflatable ball puts goal at risk
Noah Okafor's equaliser against Spurs almost hit an inflatable ball which crept across the goal line!
Imagine the scenes if it had made contact pic.twitter.com/36YDdNNt0R— Brown Kitty (@Brownkitty09) October 4, 2025
Noah Okafor scored his 2nd goal in the Premier League with Leeds: the temporary 1-1 against Tottenham (which then won 2-1) was almost ruined by an inflatable ball.
As seen in the image, Okafor's tap-in at the 34th minute came very close to an object thrown from the stands. A "tragedy" avoided for a goal that, in the end, did not bring any points.
Pedro Porro and the vape on the field: "I didn't feel like it"
Also in Leeds-Tottenham, a vaper, known as "Vape" in Italy, fell from the stands. In the post-match Pedro Porro joked about the photo in which he holds a vape, thrown from the stands.
“Back on track with the guys… Today I didn't feel like vaping, I preferred to conquer the three points” was his message on social media.
Baroni's outburst in the press conference
Conferenza stampa di #Baroni
Con annessa litigata pic.twitter.com/l2iRiSctur— Massimo Siteni (@sitenimassimo) October 5, 2025
After the 3-3 between Lazio and Torino, Marco Baroni stormed out of the press room angry at the behavior of some journalists who started laughing during a colleague's question.
"Be very careful, because you don't know me. You have no respect, you have no respect for your profession and above all you have no respect for those who work with you. The coach is one thing, but you must respect your colleagues". These were the coach's words at the end of the interviews.
Maresca runs "like Mourinho" for Estevao's goal
Chelsea. Heritage. pic.twitter.com/hbJgNosgFt
— LDN (@LDNFootbalI) October 5, 2025
Chelsea beat Liverpool in the 95th minute thanks to a goal from Estevao, who came on in the second half. The importance of the goal led Enzo Maresca to run towards the corner flag to celebrate with his players.
A scene very similar to that of Mourinho at Camp Nou in Barcelona-Inter.
Louis Buffon's debut in Serie A
𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖 𝘽𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙣 💎
Louis fa il suo esordio in Serie A, in campo al Dall’Ara con Cuadrado e contro Bernardeschi, ex compagni di squadra di suo padre 🤝#BolognaPisa#SerieAEnilive#DAZNpic.twitter.com/VgylZV255l— DAZN Italia (@DAZN_IT) October 5, 2025
In Bologna-Pisa, Louis Buffon came on in the 77th minute: it's the first appearance in Serie A for the son of the former goalkeeper. The Pisa striker had already made his debut with Pisa in the Coppa Italia in the final game against Torino.
In the same match, Cuadrado reached another important milestone: 400 appearances in Serie A, he is the third active player with the most games in the league after Acerbi and De Silvestri.
Pafundi's first time
And, speaking of first times, Simone Pafundi celebrates an important one: his first goal among professionals in Italy.
⚽️ GOOOOOOOOLLLLLL
64’ – La prima rete di #Pafundi in blucerchiato! 😍 SIAMO AVANTI NOI! 💪🏻#SampPescara 2️⃣-1️⃣ | #SerieBKT#ForzaDoria 🔵⚪️🔴⚫️⚪🔵 pic.twitter.com/U42LXsvaEX
— U.C. Sampdoria (@sampdoria) October 5, 2025
The only goal scored at a professional level by the Udinese player was marked with the Losanna shirt in the Swiss Super League.
Pafundi, who is now on loan at Sampdoria, was one of the protagonists of the blucerchiata comeback on Pescara: after closing the first half down for 1-0, the dorians overturned the match coming out winners for 4-1.
𝘾𝙤𝙙𝙖 𝙭 𝙋𝙖𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞 🤝
Una connessione generazionale che si chiude col primo gol tra i professionisti in Italia per il 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲 ⭐🔵⚪️🔴⚫️⚪️🔵#Pafundi#SampPescara#SerieBKTpic.twitter.com/S0tABCph7V
— DAZN Italia (@DAZN_IT) October 5, 2025
The youngster scored the 2-1 goal at 63', closing a perfect one-two with Massimo Coda and finding the goal open for an easy tap-in.
Allegri and the backstory on Pulisic's penalty
After Pulisic's missed penalty against Juve, DAZN revealed a backstory: Allegri didn't watch the shot and, learning of the mistake, he said to assistant coach Landucci: "I told him not to take flat penalties!".
Allegri then repeated it to Pulisic himself: "I told you so". The American responded with an ironic smile.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.
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