Overview
- On Monday Roma beat Lecce 4-0 at the Stadio Via del Mare to record a second successive 4-0 Serie A win.
- Donyell Malen scored twice to take his season tally to five goals in two league games and continue a hot run that began with a hat-trick the previous week.
- Paulo Dybala supplied key creativity in the opening fixtures and the attack was further boosted when Rodrigo Mora, newly signed permanently from FC Porto, came off the bench to score his first goal for the club.
- Evan Ndicka went down with an adductor problem in the pre-match warm-up, forcing a late defensive switch to Daniele Ghilardi, and Marten de Roon made a late debut as a substitute.
- While the results have put the team top of Serie A and lifted confidence, coverage stresses the small sample size, heat-driven fitness concerns, and tougher upcoming fixtures as the real tests ahead.