The Telegraph: Affected by the epidemic, the semi-finals of the Premier League Cup may be forced to become a single-game tiebreaker

According to the "Daily Telegraph" report, due to the backlog of fixtures caused by the epidemic, the semi-finals of the League Cup may be changed to a single game to determine the winner or loser.

The League Cup will host the first leg of four quarter-finals next week, and if the pandemic prevents these matches from happening, the League Cup semi-finals may be forced to take a single-game win-loss approach instead of a two-legged tiebreaker.

According to the Daily Telegraph, if the first leg of the quarter-finals is postponed, it means that at least one semi-final first leg cannot be played in the week of the first week of January, which causes the date of the original second leg to be played in the first leg, and the second leg needs to be scheduled, so the semi-final becomes a single-game winner and loser.

The newspaper said chelsea would face a massive fixture backlog if chelsea postponed the first leg against Brentford as they also need to play in the Club World Cup in February. The League Cup make-up can be played at the end of January, but with the exception of the national team in Europe, the World Preliminary Round is required on all continents.

Tottenham's match against West Ham may also be affected by the pandemic, but if they cannot qualify from the European Cup, Spurs will have the next mid-week time to schedule the League Cup make-up.

(Luke)