Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side can end an eight-year trophy drought by capturing European club football's greatest prize if they knock Bayern Munich out of the Champions League.
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The Gunners face the German giants in the first leg of their last 16 clash at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, a match that follows hot on the heels of their FA Cup fifth round tie at home to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
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Bayern lost last season's Champions League final to Chelsea and are currently 15 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga, having not lost since October 28.
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They have also returned from German football's winter break with four straight league wins.
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Arsenal, by contrast, are a massive 21 points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester United and their defence coninues to look vulnerable.
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However, an upbeat Wenger said Friday: "We have a big game on Tuesday against Bayern. If we get past them, then why should we not go further and win it?"
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"It looks at the start that (winning) the FA Cup is more reachable than any other competition, but you don't really know how difficult it will be.
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"If you compare it to the Premier League certainly, we have more chances to do it because we are too far away in the Premier League," added Wenger, looking to bring sileverware to Arsenal for the first time since the north London club won the FA Cup in 2005.
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Meanwhile the French manager insisted the excitement generated by their upcoming Champions League tie would mean no loss of concentration for Arsenal in a match against second-tier Rovers that will take the winners into the FA Cup quarterfinals.