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Pep Guardiola confident Bayern Munich will overcome Porto

Pep Guardiola, press conference, Roma v Bayern Munich, Champions League
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Pep Guardiola is confident Bayern Munich will overturn a first-leg deficit against Porto on Tuesday and reach the Champions League semi-finals.

Bayern were beaten 3-1 at the Dragao in a shock first-leg result, with Ricardo Quaresma scoring twice.

Guardiola accepts he is under pressure to deliver more silverware in Munich than the Bundesliga alone, a title which he will secure with a win over Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

But he is confident Bayern will record the required result against Porto to progress to the last four of the tournament they won in 2012-3.

"We have to take more risks after the first-leg result, but I am happy to be here in this stage of the competition,” said Guardiola, whose team were embarrassed 5-0 on aggregate by Real Madrid in the final four of last season’s competition.

"I know it won't be easy, but I am 100 per cent optimistic that we'll do it.

"We are just a few steps away (from winning) the German Cup and the German league, if we win on Saturday against Berlin, we'll be champions.

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"That impresses me when I see how many problems we have had. But I know which club I am at, it isn't enough to win the Bundesliga and the cup.

"Only a treble is enough for a club like Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern, but I am proud to be here with these players."

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