Guardiola: Basel Are No Pushovers

The young manager could not build on his run of eleven straight wins, but nonetheless saw the blaugrana scale through to the next round.

Still, the fans at Camp Nou were disappointed in the outcome of this encounter, given the walkover victory enjoyed in Basel just two weeks prior.

Guardiola said, "The game took a lot from us, and the opponents were active participants, too.

"When you go elsewhere and win 5-0, it doesn't mean that you're going to win the return match 10-0. It's another game, and one that starts from scratch."

"We won our goal going into the match - qualification - that's the good news, and the draw puts us in our place."

Praising his team's hard work, he added, he added, "Effort is what we ask of them, and they had it. Basically we will be fine."

Still, one man who is not fine for the time being is Andrés Iniesta, who could be out for over a month with a muscle tear.

"That is very bad news," admitted the coach, who may now be considering his midfield options ahead of the meeting with Valladolid on Saturday at Camp Nou.


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