The fact you’re calling it soccer tells us everything we need to know. You know absolutely nothing about the beautiful game.
Do you know the total prize money for getting to the final or winning it?
Barca had to pay Liverpool £5M if they won the Champions League with Coutinho - so do you think Barca lost the game on purpose because it was rigged? Or so they save £5M?
Why didn’t Liverpool stop trying in the home leg and just bank the £5M?
Maybe its got something to do with the fact all the teams in the final this year have ridiculously good squads compared to the majority of other countries.