Let’s hope there are no more setbacks. We have to make sure
we stay on this track, regardless of results … We have done things the same way
all along, but that series of bad results affected our confidence.
Mascerano looks more motivated than ever at FC Barcelona
According to goal.com, Javier Mascherano has said that the history of Barcelona has helped the current side's players remain humble.
The Argentine, who arrived at Camp Nou from Liverpool, believes the side's players have a different mentality to those from other teams.
“One thing I have discovered is that in football, the [players from the] biggest sides which have made history are the most humble,”he told reporters.
Mascherano, who arrived at the Blaugrana from Anfield in 2010, also believes his own attitude to the game has improved since relocating to Spain.
"Since I came to Barcelona I've always had the mentality of trying to give the best, offer the team [my best] and often leave the ego aside.”
Mascerano vs Boateng when teir teams clashed
The team just wasn’t playing the same way
Mascherano’s first international appearance came in 2001.
September of that year saw him play on the Argentina team that finished fourth
in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
In 2007 Mascherano played 14 matches for his national side
Argentina and scored 2 goals in total.
When he played for liverpool, he scored only 2 goals in a
total of 94 matches he played.