Pique: Spain would be better dedicating more time to political prisoners and less to VAR Copa del Rey - Real Madrid vs Barcelona Controversial statements from the defender

After Barcelona's convincing win over Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey, Gerard Pique preferred to talk about the Spanish media.

The No.3 has always been an advocate of speaking out in relation to Catalonia and this is no different, particularly coming after playing in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, as he argued that the media obsesses over VAR but does not cover the political prisoners in Catalonia.

"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," said Pique, a proud Catalan.

Barcelona return to the Bernabeu on Saturday when they face Madrid in LaLiga Santander.

"[It's] another complicated game," he said. "They seem far back, if they win then they cut the gap to six, we will go there hugely motivated.

"We've been lucky to win so many games here and with many high score-lines."

Barcelona are on course to repeat their treble of 2015 and are in the Copa del Rey final for a sixth year in a row.

"By force of habit more than anything, good dynamic, good results," Pique said. "We were great on Saturday against Sevilla, we were in a semi-final and now another final. [I'm] very happy.

"We will try to win [the final] but we're focussed on the game here on Saturday. In the last few years we've been in many finals and won them. We expect to win."