Hattrick hero against Zaragoza, Thierry Henry hails both Barca and Stuttgart.


Speaking after some great display against Stuttgart in the Champions League, French star Thierry Henry commended both his team Barca and their host, VfB Stuttgart for a sterling performance in another memorable Champions League encounter. Henry saw the Germans as difficult opponents, and believe Barca will be more prepared when the two teams met again in the second phase of the group matches, this time in Camp Nou. Thierry also highlighted the issue of momentary relaxation in the FC Barcelona team while on the field of play, a notion coach Rijkaard already spoke about in his post-match comments and promised to do something about. Henry's words after the match:

It wasn't an easy match at all and we had to work really hard, right until the end. It may have looked easy from high up in the stands, but it wasn't that way at all. We played very well in the first 20 or 30 minutes but we missed a few chances we should have scored then we sat back a bit. I'm not sure why. Stuttgart didn't play like a side that had no points and they had a few chances, but just could not take them. We also missed close chances and would have gone ahead much earlier in the first half. Stuttgart will be a difficult team to face again.

Thierry Henry didn't score against Stuttgart, but will hope to make amends against Atletico Madrid in Sunday's La Liga clash at Camp Nou.