THINGS WE LEARNED from Serie A this weekend as Liverpool flop Melo is reborn
Another pulsating weekend of Serie A action has thrown up a whole host of talking points.
The fragility of Roma is a major concern for Jose Mourinho, while Fiorentina have found the formula to prise the potential out of Arthur Melo, who flopped during a loan spell at Liverpool.
A young striker at Genoa is stealing plenty of headlines while the league's elder statesman in Olivier Giroud is proving age is just a number for AC Milan.
Mail Sport's ALVISE CAGNAZZO talks us through 10 things we learned from Serie A over the weekend.
1 - ROMA IS A CRUMBLING EMPIRE
Jose Mourinho who, for the fourth time in his long career, has now failed to win any of the first two league games.
Roma's tragic defeat to Verona makes us reflect on many negative aspects of this team, the main one linked to the nervousness of a side which continues to have a defence as soft as butter and an attack with no feeling for goal.
It is an embarrassing situation, considering how Verona played in the last few minutes with 10 men after Isak Hien's red card.
Leandro Paredes is a ghost who proves he has no rhythm in his legs to be able to guarantee order in the middle of the park; Rui Patricio endured a negative evening and suffered from the aggressiveness of Verona, who are not afraid to attack.
Analysing the data from the first two matches, it is clear that Roma have no hope of qualifying in the Champions League places.
This team has too many gaps in quality and players are too fragile: Paredes, Aouar, Renato Sanches, Dybala and Azmoun have all been battling with physical problems for years and this aspect is a major negative for the team's performance.
2 - ONE DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER FOR LAZIO
Lazio's second consecutive defeat has raised serious question marks about
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