Slavia Prague coach Jindrich Trpisovsky has become the latest Barcelona rival to hail Lionel Messi's qualities, ahead of his team's game against the Blaugrana on Wednesday.
The Czech tactician made clear that containing the Argentine on the pitch is too tough of a task for any team in the world.
"I saw Messi in Barcelona's match against Viktoria Plzen on television, because I had no ticket," he told those at his pre-match press conference.
"Messi is a football genius and he is one of the best in the world.
"I have seen that Barcelona have scored more goals than we have played matches.
"We have said that whoever stops Messi will be immortal and will be recorded in history."
Trpisovsky went on to break down his team's tactics for the upcoming match and he stressed that they won't change their style.
"We have to go out with our style and try to keep Barcelona from dominating.
"We'll have chances if we play as we know."
The Slavia Prague coach also revealed that playing against the LaLiga Santander leaders seems like a dream, as he was a huge admirer of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona.
"I liked the Guardiola [Barcelona] team and I was wondering how you can play against that team," he noted.
"It is a great honour to play this game, for everyone, for the fans, the players, the coach.
"They are the greatest artists of football art.