Bayern Munich midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk believes the Bavarians have what it takes to win this season's Champions League title.
The Bundesliga giants head to Fiorentina on Tuesday for the second leg of the duo's last 16 decider with a slender 2-1 lead over their Serie A rivals.
Arjen Robben put Bayern ahead with a penalty on the stroke of half time in the first leg, but Per Kroldrup gave Fiorentina a deserved equaliser five minutes into the second half.
Referee Tom Henning Ovrebro, who led the controversial semi-final between Barcelona and Chelsea last season, then harshly sent Massimo Gobbi off for an innocuous tackle before allowing Miroslav's Klose to remain on the field for a much more dangerous challenge.
To rub salt into the Fiorentina wounds, it was Klose who nodded in the winner while clearly offside.
Despite the controversy surrounding their win, Ukraine international Tymoshchuk believes history beckons for Luis van Gaal's side.
"Bayern have a great winning history - but not in the last few years," the former Zenit St Petersburg captain revealed.
"Everyone is expecting us to win a European trophy. I think it is possible with this team because we have very good players. With players of this quality we can win any tournament.
"Against Fiorentina we need to be sharp in attack. I think we are strong enough to beat them. We have to give everything we have, deliver a good performance, and then everything will be fine."
Bayern's recent form is in stark contrast to their early season jitters, a series of stumbling displays that led to rumours emerging that newly appointed coach van Gaal was heading for the exit door.
However, a string of wins domestically, coupled with a stunning 4-1 victory at Juventus in the Champions League, means Bayern head to Florence in high spirits, a result, says Tymoshchuk, of the team - and its news players - finally getting on the same wavelength as each other and their new coach.
"At the beginning of the season we had a new coach, new players," he said.
"That's why our play was nervous, not too confident. After three or four months the players started to get a feel for each other's game, started to function as a team on the field, understood what the coach wanted from us - we got our game back
."
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