Petr Cech: Messes took a lot of 10 matches to score a goal against me

Petr Cech spoke of the long-term rivalry of his former team, Chelsea, Barcelona and his efforts to stop Lionel Messin.

From 2004 to 2012, Chelsea faced Barcelona at 10 matches, two teams with different soccer styles and differences in how they approached the game; one defence team and based on counterattacks, while the other faced “tica-taka” and ball ownership.

The different style of the game made the matches between them very equal in the phase of the elimination directly in the European elite competition for clubs.

Cech, who was at the gate to the blue during that time, now works at the Chelsea Technical Headquarters and is the emergency goalkeeper on Frank Lambard's team.

He played in all those matches and held the remarkable record of a goalkeeper who had never received a goal from Messy. However, he went out to score against Cech when the latter played for Arsenal.

It took him a long time to score against me 10 matches in fact, because when he scored against me I was a player of Arsenal”, Cech said.

He lost the penalty, I waited, he hit the pillar, but never scored at my door in Chelsea. It has been a pleasure not to accept a goal against him”, he added.