Battling Benfica won’t back down to Bayern Munich

Benfica coach Rui Vitoria accepts his side will have to do it the hard way if they are to progress any further in the Champions League, but has warned quarter-final opponents Bayern Munich against writing them off.

Having reached at least the semi-final stage of the last four editions of the Champions League, winning it in 2013, Bayern are overwhelming favourites to see off the Portuguese league leaders and keep their hopes of a treble alive.

But while Vitoria is well aware of the task facing his team ahead of Tuesday’s first leg in Munich, he insists they are not going to just roll over for the German giants.