Gerard Pique is the Spanish professional football player and one of the key players in Spanish giants Barcelona. He is a center-back and als...
Gerard Pique is the Spanish professional football player and one of the key players in Spanish giants Barcelona. He is a center-back and also playing for the Catalonia national team. Pique played for the Spanish national team and after the Russia World Cup 2018, he announced his international retirement for the Spain national team. However, now Barcelona is standing on the way of playing another final. In the next day, they will play against Valencia in the Copa del Rey final. Before that Gerard Pique revealed the reason for losing in the UCL semi-final against Liverpool at the Anfield.
Barcelona has a chance of winning the Copa del Rey for the consecutive five times and before the glory, Pique could not forget the failure of their last Champions League semi-final. They could also win the UCL this season and they were the favorite. All calculations were on their side but the Catalan club failed. Team Barcelona is still burning for their Champions League failure.
@3gerardpique: "Valencia have had a great year. We know the difficulty they present, but we want to compete to the maximum and win the title" #TotsUnits pic.twitter.com/vlJom1BHXe
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 24, 2019
For the consecutive four seasons, Barcelona failed to reach the Champions League final. In the season, they won the Liverpool in the first leg at the Camp Nou by a 3 – 0 goal but surprisingly they were defeated by a 4 – 0 goal in the 2nd leg at the Anfield. Earlier the Copa del Rey final, Pique gave an interview to the Spanish channel where he revealed the reason for their defeat.
Gerard Pique on Barcelona's defeat against Liverpool: "I think mentally some of us were affected by what happened in Rome because it was so recent. After the first goal, which came so quickly, unconsciously the image of Rome appears." pic.twitter.com/j8OLtrhchP
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) May 24, 2019
No one thought about the failure of Barcelona at the Anfield. The Reds could not score a single away goal and their two best forwards were not in the squad due to injury. But the English club did not stop but remove all the obstacles and destroyed Barcelona by a 4 – 0 goal. Just like the season of 2017/18 when in the quarter-final of the UCL, Barca won the home match by a 4 – 1 goal against Roma but at their away venue, they digested three goals and ruled out from the competition.
Pique: “What happened at Anfield was a mental block, but we also lacked the football. We lacked everything. They also pressed very high, very intense. Anfield also played its role. We weren’t capable, sometimes it happens. It was a very hard day.” [el país via md] pic.twitter.com/FKyZriQrnA
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) May 23, 2019
Even Pique told himself that this time the old memory affected them. The first goal was so quick and the old memory of them came in front. In the 2nd half, two goals were scored within a very short time just like the last season. It is clear that they could not play as usual and the Reds pressed hard. Barca could not take the load of the match and sometimes it happened. It was a very tough day for team Barcelona.
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