PSG v Bayern could've been a semi-final - Straus - video Dailymotion

Bayern Munich boss Alexander Straus hails the quality of competition in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

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00:00 If you look at our group here, and you have teams like Paris, Roma, Bayern Munich and Ajax in one group,

00:08 and you look at some other groups, then I think that the balance maybe is not correct in every group.

00:15 But this is the rules, it's drawn and we can never change that if you don't change the structure of the tournament.

00:22 So I think that will make it interesting that we will see some teams that you maybe not think about

00:28 the first in your brain when you think about who will go further, that will maybe come out of the group

00:33 at some of the other groups. Today I think Hackenbyt Real Madrid, I heard, and it shows that the quality

00:42 of top, top European football on the female side is growing. It's more teams, the games get closer and closer.

00:50 I think it's more teams that can beat also the big teams. That's interesting and that makes the sport more interesting.

01:01 So I think it's important, but I think also it's a balance because you see today, this is a really high quality.

01:08 This could be a semi-final in the Champions League, this could be a quarter-final in the Champions League,

01:13 and we play in the group stages and maybe one of these teams will not go through to the next round.

01:20 I think both teams maybe deserve it.