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Napoli boss Benitez satisfied with Athletic Bilbao draw

Napoli boss Rafa Benitez was left satisfied with their 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao in the first-leg of their Champions League qualifying tie.

Napoli now go to Spain needing to score.

"We saw the game I expected to see," Benitez told Sky Sport Italia.

"Athletic Bilbao are an intense side who work hard, but at the start we had two or three great scoring opportunities. We didn't, and with their intensity Athletic took control.

"Considering the way the game went, we can consider our reaction positive and must begin again from that.

"Athletic will certainly go out there to win, which means they want to score and so do we. I have confidence, of course it won't be easy, but today we proved with five or six scoring opportunities that we can hurt them."

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