Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has scoffed at Barcelona fears over the state of their pitch.

Barcelona recently expressed outrage at Getafe for keeping the length of the grass on their pitch longer than usual.

Simeone laughed: "I am not a gardener, I am a coach, and I go to the pitch to prepare the team," he said to reporters at his pre-match press conference.

"When you invite me to your house, I use your tablecloth, your dishes and your glasses."

Lionel Messi will be facing one of his favourite victims in Atleti, and Simeone is aware of the form that the No.10 is in ahead of the clash.

"I watched the Argentina match," Simeone said.

"Messi had that night that all Argentines wanted and asked for, and for some who did not believe in him, he proved that he is the best in the world."