Gerard Pique has taken a dig at Real Madrid, saying their Champions League triumphs are easily forgotten, whereas Barcelona's are remembered forever.

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• Ex-Barca star has dig at Madrid
• Says UCL triumphs are forgettable
• But feels Barca's remembered forever

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Madrid last won Europe's most prestigious club competition in the 2021-22 season, overcoming Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City on their way to the final, where they beat Liverpool 1-0 through a Vinicius Junior strike. That was the Spanish giants' 14th Champions League success.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Barcelona failed to get out of the group stage that season and have not won the competition since the 2014-15 campaign, when Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suarez and Neymar fired Luis Enrique's team overpowered Juventus.

• WHAT THEY SAID

  Despite the Santiago Bernabeu team's success, former defender Pique feels they fail to make a lasting impression, saying on : "Real Madrid transmit little but they get results and in February, they will be alive in all competitions. They have won 13 or 14 Champions Leagues, but when we win, it is remembered forever. The last Champions League they won was a miracle because they were inferior in every stage and in the final, and it will never be remembered."

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  WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

  Madrid will book their place in the knockout rounds of the Champions League if they beat Braga on Wednesday. Barca, having lost to Shakhtar on Tuesday, will take on Deportivo Alaves in La Liga on Sunday.

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