Napoli did look a little different when Rudi Garcia was chosen to coach Napoli, they performed badly recently, the defeat against Fiorentina will probably be an evaluation material for Rudi Garcia to correct his mistakes in managing his team in the next match, I know this is not an easy task for Rudi Garcia, but as a coach of course he knows his capacity in training and that it takes time for a process that is not fast to make Napoli a great club.
It is an easy reason to say difference of Napoli between two seasons but even with a same coach, Spaletti, they will face with big difficulty in this season as they are not kind of very strong or dominating team in Italy. With an outstanding season, they can win Scudetto but defend the title is harder than winning it a first time.
Rudi Garcia should not be responsible for all performances of his players and results Napoli get. They work as a team and have to be responsible for all results together. The defeat against Fiorentina is bad and it raises a lot of question about Napoli, Rudi Garcia and their players but the season is still long and Napoli are not too far from AC Milan and Inter Milan or Juventus. They still have chance to defend Scudetto in this season and we must wait for their performances after FIFA days next weeks.
Jose Mourinho always trusts Romelu Lukaku. And because this trust between them is mutual, it always gives positive feedback. Roma didn't start the season well. But they won their last two games in the league. And they beat Servette in the UEFA Europa League. We can say that they have had good results in recent weeks. If they can maintain this performance for a few more weeks, they can continue to get stable results. Next week they will play Monza, one of the good teams in the league. Then they will play Inter. The Inter game will be a difficult test for Roma. But it will also be a difficult test for Romelu Lukaku. I'm sure the Inter fans won't give him a warm welcome.
Lukaku is like Drogba, Ibrahimovic with good talent, strong physical strength, high ambition, high ego and very strong mentality. Such players only need a coach and team truly trust them to be ready playing to death for their coaches and teams.
Lukaku scored some goals for Roma and he can play well together with Belotti without Dybala. It's good to see two strikers can combine with each other well because Dybala again got another injury that needs some days and some tests to confirm its severity. The break of FIFA days will be helpful for Roma and they can hope returns of some current injured and under-recovered players. Hopefully Dybala's injury is not too bad but his reaction on field is not good signal.