Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri

It's half-time at San Paolo. Those standing in the tunnel can hear shouting. Lots of shouting. And it's originating from the home dressing room. Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri is angry. Furious even.

His team had been 2-0 up inside a quarter of an hour against Pescara. Gökhan Inler had found the top corner with a rising shot from outside the box and Marek Hamsik had done well to get his eighth of the season too.

It seemed like Napoli were to enjoy a relaxing Sunday afternoon. Then Pescara pulled one back. Bikir Bjarnason, on loan from Standard Liege, became only the third Icelandic player to

Andre Schuerrle and Stefan Kiessling celebrate Leverkusen's winnerIt was a good week for Bayer Leverkusen in our European Power Rankings as they cemented second place in the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win over Nuremberg.

Bayer finished runners-up to Borussia Dortmund in 2011 but had to be content with the Europa League after a disappointing fifth-placed finish last season, not to mention a disastrous Champions League campaign.

But things have got better under new boss Sami Hyypia, who has overseen a return to form domestically and in Europe.

Indeed, Bayer are faring better than defending champions Dortmund in the sense that they are able to balance domestic and

After stumbling through the last month, Paris Saint-Germain's 2-1 defeat in Nice - the birthplace of Garibaldi - on Saturday may have signalled the beginning of the end for the Italian experiment at the Parc des Princes.

Supposedly all-powerful PSG coming undone against relatively limited opponents has become a familiar theme in recent weeks. Over the last month they have been beaten at home by Saint-Etienne and nine-man Rennes, while also being held to a draw in Montpellier.

That last result sparked, in coach Carlo Ancelotti's own words, a "crisis", before wins against Dynamo Kyiv in the

Werder Bremen's Austrian prospect Marko Arnautovic is rewarded for a hat-trick against Hoffenheim with a place in our European team of the week.

The 23-year-old helped his side to a 4-1 win in a match that led to Hoffenheim boss Markus Babbel being given the sack.

Swansea City's Spanish armada made such an impact in the 2-0 victory at Arsenal that two of them have made it into the week.

Two goal hero Michu and reliable right-back Angel Rangel both make the team with two more current Premier League players joining them in the side.

Spurs left-back Jan Vertonghen is included after the Belgian

Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone and Radamel Falcao

If coach Diego Simeone was not already a hero to Atletico Madrid fans, victory in Saturday's La Liga clash at bitter city rivals Real for the first time in more than a decade might just tip the balance.

The combative Argentine, who helped Atletico to the league and Copa del Rey double as a player in 1996, has transformed the Spanish capital's second club since taking over from Gregorio Manzano in December 2011.

The Europa League champions are three points behind leaders Barcelona after 13 matches and, unbelievably for many of their long-suffering supporters, eight ahead of stuttering Real,

Life couldn't be much simpler for Jupp Heynckes. His Bayern Munich team are setting records by the match, but ahead of Saturday's mouthwatering clash against Borussia Dortmund, the veteran coach might be kept awake by one nagging question: Who will score goals against the defending Bundesliga champions?

In perhaps the most famous musical of all time, ''The Sound of Music,'' Austrian nuns ask the question ''How do you solve a problem like Maria?'' in one of their songs.

Heynckes's particular problem isn't Maria, but Mario. Specifically, which one to play in the biggest match of the domestic

Jose Mourinho sat down with Sir Alex Ferguson and Cristiano Ronaldo last Wednesday afternoon in a Salford hotel where Real Madrid were staying. Manchester United use the same hotel before home games, all the players in one place, tucked up in bed or attached to their electronic consoles and not causing mischief.

The mood was relaxed and convivial: all three like and respect each other, a triumvirate of workaholics who've excelled at the highest level in their profession. They have a mutual connection in the agent Jorge Mendes too. They talked football — who is happy, who is not, who is playing

It was inevitable really once Rafa Benitez got the Chelsea job that much of the focus would fall on his past at Liverpool and the opposition his appointment had provoked. Once he'd tried in vain to address those lengthy concerns, the time had come to explain why he hadn't been in work for nearly two years.

Some simply weren't prepared to accept that Benitez had been sensibly biding his time until the right opportunity presented itself and that finally his patience had brought its reward.

Sacked by Inter Milan shortly before Christmas back in 2010, the perception held by many was that Benitez's