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Ottmar Hitzfeld: 'Bayern Munich are Champions League favourites'

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Ex-Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld says that his former employers are the favourites to win this season's Champions League.

Former Bayern Munich manager Ottmar Hitzfeld has backed the club to retain its Champions League crown this season.

The current Switzerland boss believes that his ex-employers have what it takes to add to their recently-secured Bundesliga trophy by successfully defending the European title.

"It is always sensational when a team gets to break such records," he told RMC Sport. "No team have been champions so early in the season.

"This is a sensational performance from Bayern. Pep Guardiola has made them even better - a coach who had already won everything.

"For me, Bayern are the favourites for the Champions League."

Bayern have been drawn against Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

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1Bayern MunichBayern16123148133539
2Bayer LeverkusenB. Leverkusen16105140231735
3Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt1693436231330
4RB Leipzig169342822630
5Mainz 05Mainz1684430201028
6Freiburg168352426-227
7Stuttgart167543025526
8Borussia DortmundDortmund167453025525
9Werder Bremen167452829-125
10Wolfsburg167363328524
11Borussia MonchengladbachBorussia M'bach167362521424
12Union BerlinUnion Berlin164571421-717
13Augsburg164481733-1616
14St Pauli1642101220-814
15Hoffenheim163582029-914
16Heidenheim1641112033-1313
17Holstein Kiel1622122141-208
18VfL BochumVfL Bochum1613121337-246
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