The Blues managed a goalless draw against Barcelona at Camp Nou on Tuesday in the first-leg of their Champions League smi-final.
Cech made several impressive saves during the match.
“I think the biggest compliment should go to Jose because I think it was the second time in his life that he played at lef-back and it was against Messi,” he said.
“But you couldn’t see Messi on the pitch today. John Terry was also fantastic and I have to say so were all the other guys because it is not easy to come here and deal with all their attacking threat.
“But John was the leader of the back four and was brilliant. It is the first time we have got a clean sheet here but it is also the first time we haven’t scored.
“The tie is still open but I think we can reproduce the same defensive work at home and we can always score goals at Stamford Bridge.
“Of course they have the best attack in the world, so it still stays 50-50.
“We just had to stay organised and everyone had to put in great effort for the individual and tactical work.
“As a team we had a great effort and we were rewarded with a clean sheet. But it was a pity that we had two good chances that could have been a goal. The goal would have been better but 0-0 is still a positive result.
“We wanted to stop them playing and then put them under pressure with our possession, which in the first half we didn’t really do.”
