Griezmann adamant Barca will reach UCL final
Antoine Griezmann is expecting Barcelona to make it all the way to the UEFA Champions League final on 24 August (AEST) and quipped he has even packed his PlayStation for his stay in Lisbon.
Barca saw off Napoli 3-1 in Sunday's (AEST) last-16 second leg to advance 4-2 on aggregate and set up a meeting with much-fancied Bayern Munich at the Estadio da Luz on Saturday (AEST).
Bayern has won 26 and drawn one of its last 27 competitive matches and is the favourites of many to win Europe's premier club competition but Griezmann says Barca are ready to knock the Bavarian giant out.
"I have the suitcase ready to be in Lisbon until August 23 - I have even brought the PlayStation," he said.
"We have three games left to win the Champions League but we have the tools to achieve it. Every team has the potential to win a single match.
"We are looking forward to it, we have worked well tactically and we are ready to play the game.
"We know it will be difficult, but we know what we have to do to qualify for the semi-finals. It will be a very good match.
"We hope to take advantage of the quality we have. We are in a good moment and we can play a good game.
"We have to be together, up front and at the back, and try to have the ball as much as possible."
Prolific Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski either scored or assisted all seven of his side's goals in its 7-1 aggregate victory over Chelsea in the first knockout round.
Griezmann acknowledged it will be tough to stop the Poland international and is well aware of the other attacking talents in the German champion's ranks.
"Bayern are playing very well, they have a great striker, but we also have the tools to play a great game. We have to look at our strengths and try to qualify," he said.
"They're a very physical team that's used to having the ball. We have to make life difficult for them and play our game.
"Bayern are not just Lewandowski. The wingers get forward a lot, [Thomas] Muller, [Serge] Gnabry are also very good.
"Lewandowski scores a lot of goals but the danger comes from anywhere."
Barca has disappointed domestically this season, finishing second to bitter rival Real Madrid in LaLiga after being knocked out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage.
However, the fit-again Griezmann - who lasted 84 minutes against Napoli - is adamant his side have showed signs of progress ahead of their showdown with Bayern.
"On a personal level it was good for me to have a few days to be able to recover and play against Napoli," he said.
"In the first minutes of the Napoli game I had no rhythm but little by little I felt better. The team really wanted to play a great game, and we are on the right track."
