Could 17, 2025 10:45 AM IST
SOCCER-ENGLAND-CRY-MCI/PREVIEW:Soccer-Guardiola sad over Premier League scheduling in key FA Cup week
Could 17 – Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola criticised the English Premier League for scheduling their penultimate sport within the marketing campaign simply 72 hours after the FA Cup last towards Crystal Palace, amid a good race for Champions League qualification.
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Sixth-placed Metropolis have performed one sport lower than Chelsea and Aston Villa, positioned fourth and fifth, who’re only a level above the final 4 seasons’ champions, as all three search to make sure a top-five end to qualify for Europe’s high competitors.
Metropolis’s opponents on Tuesday are Tenth-placed Bournemouth, who nonetheless have an opportunity to complete eighth, which might earn them a spot on the UEFA Convention League’s playoff spherical, supplied Metropolis win the FA Cup.
“We have been fighting against these situations for nine years, every single season and nothing goes,” Guardiola instructed reporters on Friday.
“We are going to play Tuesday night against one of the most intense and physical and direct and powerful teams in the Premier League, Bournemouth, who are playing for the Europa League or Conference qualification. It will be tough.”
Guardiola identified the Premier League’s choice to maneuver Tottenham Hotspur’s go to to Aston Villa from Sunday to Friday, giving them extra time to organize for Wednesday’s Europa League last towards Manchester United.
“The Premier League made a good decision, very good. We played all the time on Wednesday and we play on Saturday…we didn’t need that day extra,” the supervisor mentioned.
“People say is for broadcasters, more fans or followers and other things. The previous year they had more followers on the other game, not our game. They are tired of seeing us.”
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