""We're up against a top-level team. They were good last season. We played them a few years ago and you could see they're a team packed with great players. They attack and move well. [ Georgia] Stanway drops close to the centre-backs and ends up close to the box. [ Klara] Bühl is dangerous out wide with a good cross. They're a complete team. But they don't scare us, we're Barça and we're going out to compete like animals.""
""We still have a good team, top level players and the coaching staff to go all the way. This team will keep battling game after game in every competition. We have an excellent squad. The players that have come up [from the youth team] are really good. I don't know if we would find such good players on the market.""
Barcelona will face Bayern Munich at the Estadi Johan Cruyff ready to compete aggressively in the Champions League opener under the new Swiss-model league format. Bayern are described as a complete, top-level side with dangerous players such as Georgia Stanway and Klara Bühl. Summer cost-cutting led to departures of established names but opened minutes for youngsters including Sydney Schertenleib, Clara Serrajordi and Aïcha Cámara. Barcelona have reached the last five finals and retain confidence in squad depth, coaching quality and youth development to remain competitive across all competitions and mount a serious challenge for trophies.
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