Gerard Pique does not
believe Barcelona's record of six consecutive Copa del Rey finals will be
replicated following their Clasico triumph over bitter rivals Real Madrid.
Barca became the first team
to reach six successive Copa deciders following their 3-0 win against Madrid at
the Santiago Bernabeu.
Luis Suarez's brace sealed
Wednesday's victory and a 4-1 aggregate triumph for the La Liga champions.
Barca defender Pique
revelled in the performance post-match, telling reporters his side have
achieved something no-one else will.
"Reaching a sixth final...I
don't think what we have achieved is something that will ever happen again in
the Copa del Rey," Pique said.
"We've won it a lot in
recent years but we want to win it again. It's special to qualify for a final.
It's actually been more out of habit than anything else. Turning things around
against Levante and Sevilla and then this.
"It was an important
win. Madrid were on top in the first half, but we took advantage of the space
in the second half to win the game and the tie. It's a great way to reach the
final. Winning here and reaching the final is always a cause for
happiness."
Barca will be back in
action in the Spanish capital on Saturday for another instalment of the Clasico
when the league leaders face Madrid in La Liga.
The Catalan giants are nine
points clear of third-placed Madrid but Pique wants his team to avoid any
complacency.
"We've been lucky to
win a lot of games here and by some big margins. But it was a complicated match
and they're not that far behind us [in the league]. We can't relax now because
it would not bode well for Saturday," he said.
"We're coming through
this phase of games – which was really tough [away against Lyon, Sevilla and
Madrid twice] – really well. You can't always play well, but we're getting
results and we hope to get another good result in the next Clasico."
Often outspoken, Pique was
his trademark self following the match as he criticised the Spanish media.
VAR has dominated headlines
in LaLiga and Pique offered some advice to the media amid the incarceration of
political leaders in Catalonia following 2017's referendum, which was deemed
unofficial by Spain.
"If Spanish TV spent
more time covering the trial of the political prisoners, which is super unjust,
so the people of Spain could see a little more of what's going on, instead of
talking about VAR, maybe the country would be doing a little better," he
said.
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