Barcelona coach Pere Romeu said on Monday his team don't fear Bayern Munich and are ready to "compete like animals" as they kick off their Champions League campaign against the German champions on Tuesday

Three-time winners Barça welcome Bayern to the Estadi Johan Cruyff in one of the standout games of the first round of fixtures since the competition switched to the Swiss model league format, mirroring the men's tournament.

"We're up against a top-level team," Romeu said in the pregame news conference. "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 cros

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