David Luiz is confident Paris Saint-Germain can challenge tournament favorites Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich for the Champions League title this season.
The Ligue 1 champions will enter the last 16 as one of eight second-seed sides after they finished as runners-up behind Madrid in Group A.
Despite losing just one of their six group matches, PSG's second-placed finish means theyare in line to draw one of the competition's heavyweights in the next round.
But defender Luiz insists Laurent Blanc's men will be prepared for the challenge, acknowledging that many factors in the build-up to knockout fixtures can affect the outcome.
Asked whether he felt PSG could compete with Europe's elite, Luiz replied:
"Of course. It's the Champions League so you can't choose too much if you want to win.
"There are the best players and the best coaches so you need to be ready to win against anybody. We want to show the evolution [of the club], even when I was not here - we are going the right way to improve.
"The Champions League is about details, too, likelast year; if we had everyone available to play against Barcelona in both games it would have been totally different.
"We didn't have everyone able to play. Many people were injured or suspended or not 100 percent right physically."
Source: Goal
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