"Only with whom we will have to fight in the final remains to be found out," - so sounded the headlines of Catalan newspapers after the first match between "Barcelona" and "Liverpool." Not even a week passed, and Catalan newspapers had to pull themselves out of shame - "Liverpool" crushed "Barça" with a score of 4:0 in front of their own fans and for the second year in a row advanced to the final, where one foot was already the Spanish champions. Explaining these matches, "Barcelona" veteran Gerard Pique states that there are mentality problems within the team. "When something similar to the match against 'Liverpool' happens, everything or almost everything starts to crumble," - G. Pique spoke about the need to recover before the King's Cup final. "I think people were psychologically affected by what happened last year in Rome," - the defender mentioned the reasons for the failure against "Liverpool." - "It happened not so long ago. It seems like it was some kind of psychological block." "Liverpool" applied a high pressure, we lacked rhythm in passing, and all this happened at an intense pace. "Anfield" stadium also played its part. It is difficult for us to cope with emotions because even after some time has passed, we have not forgotten what happened. Now we have to recover," - added G. Pique.
