ESPANYOL - REAL MADRID

Real Madrid asian handicap -1 is my bet here.

Espanyol is a team that just a few days before ending the transfer market, is not done yet. At least 4-5 players are expected to come, after the departure of 15 players this summer. An absolute revolution in the team, and the effects so far have been terrible.

Their best player Raul de Tomas will leave the club and he is not playing any minute, while their other best player - midfielder Darder - is injured for this match. Along with him, Espayol has more missings in the defense with Sergi Gomez suspended and Pedrosa injured, both starters.

With all that, coach Diego has very few options to make this lineup, and will be very weakness without key players in defense, midfield and attack. Their performances so far have been terrible, with a lucky and undeserved draw against Celta and a solid defeat against Rayo 0:2.

On the other hand, Real Madrid is at the same top level as they ended the season. They won the Supercup, beat Almeria 1:2 (in a game where they deserved to score 4-5 goals) and then beat Celta 1:4 (a team who outplayed Espanyol but drew 2:2).

They have no important missings, and the quality difference is huge. Apart from that, Real Madrid is full of chemistry and plays great football, while Espanyol is a team still in construction.

FIORENTINA - NAPOLI

Two interesting projects here.

Fiorentina had a positive week after two goalless draws: one against a poor team like Empoli and another one against Twente in the Conference League, which meant the return of the team to an european competition after 5 years. Their transfers in summer market have been good, with Jovic (Real Madrid), Mandragora (Torino), Dodó (Shakhtar), Gollini and midfielder Barak from Verona. A good squad but one step below the top4 Italian teams.

For this match they will have to deal with the effort made on Thursday against Twente, where they played with all starters and a very tight game. No rotations are expected, only some change at the midfield is possible.

Fiorentina is a team able to dominate and make goals, they are an offensive team and this against top squads (like Napoli) with quality upfront isn’t a good deal.

Napoli’s transfer market looked disappointing after the departures of Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne and Koulibaly, replaced by Kvaratskhelia, Kim and Olivera. But the start of the season showed that the transfers have been much above the expectations. The young Georgian (Kvaratskhelia) has shown an amazing quality and presence, scoring 3 goals in 2 games. But also more players arrived: Raspadori (striker from Sassuolo), Gio Simeone (from Verona) y Ndombélé (from Tottenham). Good names for a new project that lost a key midfielder - Fabian Ruiz.

Their first two rounds were great performances, with two high scoring games against Verona (2:5) and Monza (4:0).

Seeing the great form of Spalletti’s guys and the fact that the hosts have been playing for their qualification to Europe just 3 days ago (a very difficult game) in the Netherlands, I see Napoli favorite to win here.

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西班牙人是一支在转会市场结束前几天还没有结束的球队。在今年夏天15名球员离开后，至少有4-5名球员有望加盟。这是一场绝对的团队革命，迄今为止的影响是可怕的。

他们最好的球员劳尔·德·托马斯将离开俱乐部，他没有任何时间出场，而他们另一名最好的球员——中场达尔德——在这场比赛中受伤了。除了他，埃斯帕约尔在防守端还有更多的缺阵，塞尔吉·戈麦斯停赛，佩德罗萨受伤，都是首发。

在这样的情况下，主教练迭戈的阵容选择非常少，如果没有防守、中场和进攻的关键球员，他的阵容将非常薄弱。到目前为止，他们的表现很糟糕，在对阵塞尔塔的比赛中幸运地被逼平，在对阵拉约的比赛中0:2惨败。

另一方面，皇马仍然处于赛季末的顶级水平。他们赢得了超级杯，1:2击败了阿尔梅里亚(在这场比赛中，他们本应打进4-5球)，然后1:4击败了塞尔塔(塞尔塔击败了西班牙人，但2:2战平)。

它们没有什么重要的缺失，而且质量差异很大。除此之外，皇马充满了化学反应，踢出了伟大的足球，而西班牙人是一支仍在建设中的球队。

佛罗伦萨-那不勒斯

佛罗伦萨在两场零比零的平局后度过了一个积极的一周:一场是对阵恩波利这样糟糕的球队，另一场是在联赛中对阵特温特，这意味着球队在5年后重返欧洲赛场。他们在夏季转会市场上的表现不错，约维奇(皇马)、曼德拉戈拉(都灵)、Dodó(矿工)、戈利尼和维罗纳的中场巴拉克。这是一支优秀的球队，但只比意大利前四强差一步。

对于这场比赛，他们将不得不应对周四对阵特温特的努力，他们在所有首发的情况下进行了一场非常激烈的比赛。没有轮换，只有中场可能会有一些变化。

佛罗伦萨是一支能够统治和制造进球的球队，他们是一支进攻的球队，这对顶级球队(比如那不勒斯)来说不是一件好事。

在德赖斯·默滕斯、洛伦佐·因西涅和库利巴利离开之后，那不勒斯的转会市场看起来令人失望，取而代之的是克瓦拉茨基利亚、金和奥利维拉。但赛季的开始表明，转会远超预期。这位年轻的格鲁吉亚球员表现出了惊人的能力和存在感，在两场比赛中打进了3球。但也有更多的球员到来:拉斯帕多里(萨索洛的前锋)，吉奥·西蒙尼(维罗纳)和Ndombélé(热刺)。在失去了一名关键的中场球员法比安·鲁伊斯之后，这个新项目的名字很好。

他们前两轮表现出色，对阵维罗纳(2:5)和蒙扎(4:0)的两场比赛得分都很高。

斯帕莱蒂的队员们状态非常好，而且东道主在3天前刚刚在荷兰为欧战资格而战(这是一场非常艰难的比赛)，我认为那不勒斯很有希望在这里获胜。