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  • <P>Juventus coach Antonio Conte hit out at Napoli's Rafael Benitez on Sunday for claiming the league leaders' success comes down to money.</P>
    <P>Napoli stunned Juventus 2-0 on Sunday but Conte was more interested in dismissing Benitez's pre-match claims that the Neapolitans cannot compete with the Turin-based club due to financial constraints.</P>
    <P>Conte challenged Benitez to check his calculations before firing back that Napoli spent more in the transfer market before the 2013/14 season only to sit third in Serie A and fail in the UEFA Champions League.</P>
    <P>"We were facing a Napoli side that was built to win and not to take part. After all, a club that spends more than €100million on the transfer market cannot be happy just to take part," Conte told Sky Sport Italia.</P>
    <P>The 44-year-old coach added: "The revenue issue is one of opinion. You can make €500m revenue, but it depends on how much you invest in the squad. Napoli spent more in one year than Juventus have in three.</P>
    <P>"We paid out €25m but covered that expenditure with sales like Emanuele Giaccherini. I hope Benitez will stop saying this or at least check his calculations. It's important to say <a title=puma-evospeed-1 href="http://www.2014-soccercleats.com/puma-evospeed-1-c-22.html"><STRONG>puma-evospeed-1</STRONG></a> the truth and not just spreading stories that have no real basis in fact.</P>
    <P>"The numbers are there, you can look at them. Juventus spent €25m on the transfer market this summer and Napoli spent €100m in order to <a title=hypervenom-phelon href="http://www.2014-soccercleats.com/nike-hypervenom-phelon-c-20.html"><STRONG>hypervenom-phelon</STRONG></a> go out of the Champions League in the group phase and the Europa League in the round of 16.</P>
    <P>"We try to reply on the field by winning and hope to do so again this season."</P>
    <P>Goals to Jose Callejon and Dries Mertens either side of half-time saw Napoli triumph at the Stadio San Paolo and Conte said Juventus gave the hosts too much of a head start.</P>
    <P>"It certainly wasn't a good first-half performance, in terms of approach, character or anything," Conte said.</P>
    <P>"Napoli played a very good first half and we paid the price for the fact we've got such a packed fixture list and the injury emergency means the same players have to play all the time."</P>

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