Almanack: The Lord is his keeper

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THE Brazilian goalkeeper Claudio affarel has undergone a religious conversion. The man whose save won the World Cup has been released by his Serie A side Reggiana, and is now turning out for the Church of the Most Precious Blood n the northern Italian town of Reggio Emilia - as a striker. Taffarel scored his first goal in the recent 4-0 thrashing of the Church of St Anthony. 'He is a very religious person,' the parish priest Don Luigi Gianferrari reported. 'He believes God protected him and the Brazilian team during the World Cup.' Taffarel volunteered to play with the team for free while he looked for a new club. 'He told me he wasn't worried about finding a job,' Fr Gianferrari said, 'and that he had no money problems.'

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