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Benitez reviews Serie A's Champions League clubs: Napoli must prove themselves

Benitez reviews Serie A's Champions League clubs: Napoli must prove themselves
Benitez reviews Serie A's Champions League clubs: Napoli must prove themselvesIPA Sport/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia

Former Napoli coach Rafa Benitez believes Antonio Conte's team must prove themselves in Europe this season.

The Serie A champions kickoff their Champions League campaign this week against Manchester City.

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Benitez told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "(Napoli president Aurelio) De Laurentiis has invested intelligently and massively with Conte, starting a cycle that will now be tested in Europe as well: it won't be easy to remain competitive on both fronts, but the coach's depth will help.

"Atalanta is an unknown quantity: I like the way this masterpiece has been built over time. Inter, on the other hand, are facing a strange situation, the result of many small, micro-traumas: for a while, they carried the defeat in Paris with them, but I don't think that has any impact now.

"But action is needed, and immediately. And Juve? They've already given some indications: Saturday's victory is a very strong signal, both to themselves and to the others."

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