Bayern Munich will approach their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie with Shakhtar Donetsk with caution, according to Manuel Neuer.
Five-time winners Bayern will travel to Ukraine in February for the first leg of the tie, in what will be the first ever meeting between the two clubs.
And Ballon d Or nominee Neuer expects Shakhtarto pose a serious threat to his side s hopes of winning their second Champions League title in three years.
Donetsk are the great unknowns in the last 16 so preparing for the matches won t be that easy, said the goalkeeper.
But as always, our coaching and analysis teams will provide us with all the information we need.
I ve never personally faced this team, although I played in Lviv once with Germany when we beat Portugal 1-0 at Euro 2012, so that s a good omen.
I m definitely confident we can make the quarter-finals.
Sporting director Matthias Sammer echoed Neuer s confidence around Bayern progressing, but insisted they would not take Mircea Lucescu s team lightly.
We don t know them, he said. But any team that makes it through the group stage against the likes of Bilbao has the class.
We respect Donetsk but intend to progress.
