Ernesto Valverde revealed in an exclusive interview that last season's failure against Liverpool cost Barcelona not only the UEFA Champions League title.
Barcelona had all the chances to win the treble last season, but ended up only with the "La Liga" title.
Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League after winning the first leg of the semi-final 3-0. E. Valverde believes that the failure at the "Anfield" stadium later influenced their poor performance in the Copa del Rey final.
"Until the match at Anfield, the Champions League season was fantastic for us," said the coach.
"In Liverpool, we had our chances, but they scored an early goal and it psychologically became very difficult for us. We started to worry about the scenario of the 'Roma' match from the previous year.
We paid for showing our weaknesses at certain moments. It was one of the toughest nights this year.
We have to admit that after the match against Liverpool, our morale was not at its highest point. If we had won that match, I have no doubt that we would have done the same in the Copa del Rey final," added E. Valverde.
Barcelona players lost the Copa del Rey final to Valencia.
