Griezmann confident ahead of trip to Munich
Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann says that Bayern Munich have lost a bit of their fear factor as his side prepare to visit the Allianz Arena today.
The Spanish side knocked Bayern out of the Champions League in the semi-finals last season and a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture has helped them wrap up top spot in their group ahead of the trip to Munich.
Their aim will be to end their group campaign with a perfect record of six wins out of six, and Griezmann believes that is not out of the question.
“They are technically no longer as good as they were under Pep Guardiola,” Griezmann told reporters.
The 25-year-old, who is on the shortlist for the world’s best footballer of 2016 along with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, does not believe it will be a walk in the park for his team, however.
While Bayern may not have the quality they had under Guardiola – in Griezmann’s eyes – they have greater depth to their game than they did under the Catalan.
“They have become dangerous in a different way and are perhaps even harder to fathom now,” said the Frenchman.
“They come at you down the right, the left and through the middle, and that makes it hard to...