Tricky tests surge ahead!

Two of Europe’s in-form teams clash in the Champions League on Wednesday when Serie A leaders Napoli take on a Borussia Dortmund side still on a high after hitting six goals in the Bundesliga at the weekend.  Last season’s Champions League runners-up Dortmund travel to the hostile San Paolo stadium buoyed by a 100 percent start to their domestic campaign featuring five league wins out of five.

Coach Juergen Klopp could not have hoped for a better dress rehearsal for the Group F fixture in Naples than Saturday’s 6-2 demolition of Hamburg SV. ‘That was amazing,’ he told reporters. ‘It was spectacular how the boys played up front and it was pure fun watching them.’  Rafa Benitez’s Napoli are top of Serie A for the first time since the great Diego Maradona led them to the title 23 years ago, having scored nine times in their opening three games.

Four goals have come from top scorer Marek Hamsik in a start that has made the fans forget Edinson Cavani’s close-season move to Paris St Germain.   ‘I want to score 20 goals (this season) ... I feel great playing in this system. In only two months you can see the results of the work Benitez has done,’ the Slovak forward told La Gazzetta Dello Sport. Hamsik is benefiting from playing in a more advanced role while fellow new signings Jose Callejon and Gonzalo Higuain are also flourishing. Klopp will be without captain Sebastian Kehl who picked up an ankle ligament injury in training and is out for six weeks.