Roma made it three wins in a week with a 3-0 win against lowly Udinese, whose enthusiasm in attack was matched by some utterly diabolical defending.

Stephan El Shaarawy was the star of the show with a brace that closed out a match that was done and dusted by half time, first neatly flicking home Edin Dzeko's deflected low cross -- just after Lopez missed a golden chance to equalise -- and then right before the break, charging down a dozing Jens Stryger Larsen to tap home his second.

The Pharaoh's...

After Roma's fraught goalless draw with Atletico Madrid last week, Edin Dzeko spoke honestly with Mediaset about the struggles he was having adapting to the formation and playing style preferred by new coach Eusebio Di Francesco.

Dzeko said he was suffering a lack of service and players like Radja Nainggolan, dropped back into a more generic midfield role, weren't offering the support they did last season, when he scored 39 goals in all competitions and grabbed the Capocannoniere crown with 29 league...