😱 A week to forget! Top league's shocking Champions League disasterclass

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Well, that was a complete disaster!Italy's Serie A has suffered utter humiliation in this week's Champions League action. All four representatives—Inter, Napoli, Roma and Como—lost their matches. ...

Italy's Serie A has suffered utter humiliation in this week's Champions League action. All four representatives—Inter, Napoli, Roma and Como—lost their matches. According to 'Opta', no such calamity had ever befallen the proud footballing nation from southern Europe before. The clubs thus made history for all the wrong reasons.

One thing stood out in particular: Italian defences are no longer what they once were. Both Inter and Roma conceded a hatful in their 4-3 home defeats.

The same went for Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, incidentally. The 27-year-old also had to pick the ball out of his net four times in his Sky Blues' home defeat to PSG. And he didn't always cover himself in glory.

All of that adds up to a truly wretched week from an Italian perspective. The overall record for the Champions League season so far makes equally sobering reading: just one win from eight matches across the opening two matchdays. Mamma Mia...

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