Lyon manager Claude Puel has piled the praise on UEFA Champions League opponents Barcelona just a day before their Stade de Gerland meeting.
The French champions entertain the Catalan giants on home soil on Tuesday with a place in the quarter-finals of the competition up for grabs.
Puel believes facing Barcelona are the hardest opponents they could have played, despite Josep Guardiola's side dropping points in their last two league outings.
The former Lille and Monaco boss says Barca are a joy to watch, but that his team have a chance of progressing if they play as a team and not individuals.
"It's the most difficult draw we could have faced, given that Barca is the best team in the world at the moment," explained Puel.
Pleasure"Barca are stronger than us. It's a pleasure to watch them play - they have everything in their team to produce great football.
"They have some great individual players, but they play with a team spirit and a strong mindset. It'll be tough for us but I think we have a chance if we play as a team."
Meanwhile, Sonny Anderson, who joined Lyon from Barcelona, believes the French outfit will have to be at their best and Barca must have an off day if they are to eliminate the favourites.
The Brazilian striker is current coaching the forwards at Lyon after playing 110 times for the Ligue 1 side and 47 games for the Catalan outfit in a glittering career.
Now the 38-year-old is relishing the prospect of the European tie between the teams, but knows that Lyon have it all to do despite Barcelona's weekend reverse.
Best team
"Barca is the best team in Europe and to go through we will have to play better than we are doing in the league and better than we did against Bayern Munich and Fiorentina, because we are up against the best in the world," he told Barca's official website.
"It will not be an easy game, but we will try to make it hard for Barca. Basically Barca need to be really bad and we need to be really good for us to have a chance, especially in the first leg.
"You cannot stop them because their entire squad is top notch, so we need to give it 100 per cent. In fact that should be 200 per cent at home to have a chance in the second leg.
"We need to be really focussed on the home leg where we have done enough with good performances against Bayern and Fiorentina. Now we are up against Barca who like to score lots of goals, they've got amazing players, the best strikers in the world, so we'll have to play out of our skins from start to finish."
Anderson has been very impressed with his former team-mate at Camp Nou, Guardiola, as the playmaking midfielder has made the team play in the same style that he used to.
"Being a player is one thing, being a coach is another. Barca plays the way Pep did; quick, attractive one or two touch football, playing it wide and scoring.
"I think he's doing a great job with some players who have powerful personalities. I am not surprised about how well he's doing and I am really happy for him."
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