The third weekend of Serie A soccer is in the books and before focusing and what we can expect from the upcoming weekend, let's reflect on the biggest shocks of the third matchday. The biggest news came in overnight, as we have the first coach sacked in Italy with Fabio Grosso leaving his Fiorentina job after three defeats and a disappointing start to the season, with former coach Paolo Vanoli making his comeback three months after leaving. Elsewhere, we had some exciting days of soccer in the Italian Serie A, with Inter winning 3-2 against Napoli on Saturday before AS Roma's comeback against Atalanta at the Stadio Olimpico, while Juventus and AC Milan drew 1-1 in Turin on Sunday.
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On Sunday, Fiorentina announced the sacking of Fabio Grosso after three defeats in three games since the start of the Serie A season. Fiorentina decided to make such a shocking change after three consecutive defeats against AS Roma, Frosinone and Torino, prompting sporting director Fabio Paratici to bring Paolo Vanoli back to the club. The decision comes just months after Fiorentina had parted ways with Vanoli at the end of the 2025–26 season, despite the coach managing to keep the Viola in Serie A following a challenging campaign.
I think Fabio Grosso in the long run, I think he's a good coach." @MikeGrella10 and @TMeola1 react to Fiorentina parting ways with coach Fabio Grosso 🟣 pic.twitter.com/Qz9jqazvO0 This is another risky decision made by the club. First of all, they didn't let Grosso have enough time to reassemble the roster after many signings made in the summer, and late changes, as Fiorentina sold Moise Kean in the last day of the summer transfer window and replaced him with Beto from Everton. Eight players who started Saturday's game against Torino were new signings, highlighting just how much work Vanoli now has to do to build a cohesive team.
For sure, the club needed to give Grosso more time to at least start working in his football ideas before making more changes. Fiorentina need stability, not changes. Talking about Fiorentina, their former striker Moise Kean immediately delivered in his debut with Como as the side led by Cesc Fabregas won 4-1 away against Genoa.
Kean came off the bench in the second half and delivered one assist to Assane Diao. The Italian striker has a great opportunity to take another step forward this season under Cesc Fabregas. He has the quality to not only score goals but also provide assists, as he showed on his debut.
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