Napoli Coach Rafa Benitez believes that their Europa League semi-final opponents Dnipro Dniproprovetsk have shown their quality.

The two sides will face off for a place in the final with the first leg at the San Paolo scheduled for May 7.

The Ukrainian side are regarded by the bookies as the weakest team left in the competition, but Benitez dismissed these suggestions.

“When you get to a European semi-final, you want to show that you’re a world-class team,” Benitez said to ssnapoli.it.

Napoli Coach Rafa Benitez believes that their Europa League semi-final opponents Dnipro Dniproprovetsk have shown their quality.

The two sides will face off for a place in the final with the first leg at the San Paolo scheduled for May 7.

The Ukrainian side are regarded by the bookies as the weakest team left in the competition, but Benitez dismissed these suggestions.

“When you get to a European semi-final, you want to show that you’re a world-class team,” Benitez said to ssnapoli.it.

“The victories Dnipro have achieved demonstrate their quality – they’ve knocked out Olympiacos, Ajax and Club Brugge, who up until yesterday were unbeaten.”

The Spaniard also denied that having the first leg at home will put his side at a disadvantage.

“Playing the first leg at home doesn’t change much for us, as we saw against Dinamo Moscow,” he said. 

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