Rafael Benitez confident of Napoli progress

Napoli manager Rafael Benitez is confident that his team can beat Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday evening.

The Azzurri were held to a 1-1 draw in last week's first leg, thanks to a late strike from Yevhen Seleznyov at the Stadio San Paolo.

They must now score against a team that have not conceded at home during this season's knockout stage, but Benitez is confident that his strikers will find their form in front of goal.

"Obviously my experience and that of the players will help, but we all know what awaits us. I am relaxed and have faith in my squad," Football Italia quotes Benitez as saying.

"I haven't yet decided on my lineup, as first we have to evaluate everyone's fitness levels. I don't think Dnipro will be afraid of us. If we play the way we did in the first leg, with Gonzalo Higuain creating three clear scoring opportunities, he's likely to score at least one.

"I said it before, we know they are strong on set plays, but we will play our usual football aimed at scoring many goals. In our last game against Parma we had 23 shots, scoring two. I think that will be sufficient tomorrow."

Napoli last reached the final of the Europa League in 1989.