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'Barca concentrating solely on Champions League would be suicidal' – Pique

The Blaugrana have tasted European success since 2015, but the defender insists ignoring La Liga would not be the right thing to do

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique thinks it would be "suicide" for the club to focus all of their efforts on winning the Champions League this season.

Since winning the competition in 2014-15, Barca have generally disappointed in Europe's elite competition after the group phase.

Atletico Madrid, Juventus and most recently Roma have eliminated Barca at the quarter-finals stage in the last three campaigns, while they fell at the same hurdle the year before their last success in the Champions League.