Why Napoli are the best The teams that played in Europe during the week from the

5 major leagues (Premiership, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A) showed signs of why a big squad might not be the solution to winning everything and the constant rotation utilised by Benitez is the best option. The clubs from England that played in the Europa League or Champions League are Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Swansea, Tottenham and Wigan, their fates this weekend were not expected, and Chelsea also underperformed for most of their game. What happened in Germany was much the same with Freiburg, Schalke, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkeusen and Eintracht Frankfurt having midweek games and conceded unexpected goals (starting to give it away a bit now) with Bayern Munich conceding a minute after scoring against Leverkeusen. Spain was the most surprising with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Real Betis suffering the plague of conceding first. Sevilla were lucky to snatch the 3 points whilst Atletico Madrid actually won comfortably. Valencia, strangely, were able to go 1-0 up but as we have seen with all the other teams in Europe went on to concede, and eventually drew 1-1. In Italy, Napoli were able to win 4-0, breaking the trend and proving theyre as strong as Benitez quotes. With AC Milan playing Juventus and Lazio playing Fiorentina the early goal was always likely AC Milan scored in the first minute and the other Italian game remained as it started. France doesnt represent much in Europe but Lyon and Bordeaux went a goal down with Marseille and PSG playing each other and the Parisians conceding from the penalty only for Marseille to throw it away and lose. Teams that went 1-0 down. Manchester City Manchester United Arsenal Swansea Tottenham Wigan Freiburg Schalke Dortmund Leverkeusen Real Madrid Barcelona Real Betis Lyon Bordeaux Juventus PSG Teams that struggled but went ahead. Sevilla 1-1 until 93 (won 2-1), Chelsea 1-1 until 85 (won 3-1), Bayern Munich winning 1-0 for 1 minute (drew 1-1), Frankfurt 1-0 until 86 (drew 1-1) and Valencia managed to go 1-0 until the 76 (drew 1-1). Teams that won comfortably, as a team in Europe should do. Only Napoli (won 4-0) and Atletico Madrid (won 2-1 after going 2-0 up COSTA COSTA!) were able to go ahead and win with comfort. Finally, Lazio versus Fiorentina was 0-0 so at least 2 teams that played midweek could keep clean sheets. In conclusion, only Sevilla, Chelsea, Napoli and Atletico Madrid won after going a goal ahead having played in Europe during the week. From 0-1 Won 3-1 Won 2-1 Drew 1-1 Lost 0-2 Lost 0-3 Won 2-1 Drew 1-1 Won 4-1 Lost 0-2 Drew 1-1 Won 3-2 Won 4-1 Lost 1-3 Lost 1-5 Won 4-1 Won 3-2 Won 2-1