Bayern Munich great Lothar Matthaus has taken a fresh dig at Barcelona and Lionel Messi ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal.

Matthaus insists Messi will meet more than his match this week in the form of Bayern centre-forward Robert Lewandowski.

He told Sky Deutschland: "Naturally, Barcelona has the quality to get the best out of itself in a game. But I think Bayern would have to make a lot of mistakes and do a lot of things wrong to lose against this Barcelona.

"Messi faces his successor as the best player in the world: Robert Lewandowski. He is the best player, not just the best striker.

"The Barça of today is no longer the same as before. They have Messi , of course. A player like him is always capable of genius. But he alone will not be enough against this Bayern. Barcelona does not scare me."