Li Yi: The two-legged format is unfair to weak teams, and if we decide in a single game, we are likely to advance

Live Bar October 23 News In the first leg of the FA Cup quarterfinals tonight, the Chinese League A team Sichuan Jiuniu drew 1-1 with Henan Songshan Longmen. After the game, Li Yi, coach of Sichuan Jiuniu, said that the team showed a fighting spirit, but the two-legged game was unfair to weak teams.

Speaking about the game, Li Yi said: "Thanks to the players, coaching staff and staff, they worked hard. We have to play 34 rounds in the first division, with very little rest and ten thousand kilometers. The outside world is not optimistic about us, but we have proved ourselves as a united team, and the fighting spirit is worthy of recognition. We've been telling our players these days to play our own football. Although the scene is very passive, the opponent's absolute chance is not too much. Removing foreign aid, in fact, there is not much difference. The players were resolute in their tactics and played well. The other two foreign aides created great difficulties for us, and our foreign aid was injured in the end. As a coach, it's your job to get the players to improve and pinch them together. ”

Speaking about the format of the double leg of the FA Cup quarter-finals, Li Yi said: "The double-legged game is unfair to the weak team, if the single game is decided and the penalty is kicked, we are likely to qualify. We don't have enough bench depth, we don't rest enough, the other side has more foreign aid, and we can rotate, which is very difficult for us. The organizers of the tournament may not have considered that there would be a Chinese First Division team reaching the quarterfinals, which is unfair to us. But playing games with Chinese Super League teams, playing games like this, we can improve. ”

(Little Tiger)