Barcelona's Andres Iniesta: Return Champions League game against Viktoria Plzen in Czech Republic will be anything but easy

Oct 20, 2011

The midfielder was impressed with his side's Group H opponents on Wednesday, but added that the Catalans could have scored more goals than the two they managed at Camp Nou

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta insists the Champions League Group H away game against Viktoria Plzen on November 1 will not be easy after the Czech outfit impressed him in Wednesday's encounter at Camp Nou.

Goals from Iniesta and David Villa helped the competition holders to a 2-0 victory in Barcelona, but the Spain international believes the opposition's performance proved they will be a tough nut to crack in the second game of their double-header.

"We saw that the return in the Czech Republic will be anything but easy. Physically they are strong opponents, they like to attack and, although winning over there might be difficult, it's important we do so as three points will pretty much see us through," Iniesta was quoted as saying on uefa.com.

Nevertheless, despite Viktoria good performance, Iniesta felt that Barcelona could have scored more.

"At 1-0 up we went in search of the second, which would have made the night easier and allowed us to relax a little. We wanted to remove hope of Viktoria equalising as quickly as possible because we know that any individual chance can be converted.

"We expended a lot of effort to get that decisive second and we certainly created enough chances to merit another goal. Perhaps it's the result more than the scoreline we should be happy with."

In the other game in Group H on Wednesday, AC Milan defeated BATE Borisov 2-0 in San Siro.