GARY LINEKER has called for the FA to scrap extra-time successful the FA Cup pursuing Manchester United’s decision to Fulham connected Sunday.
Lineker, 64, called for the large alteration aft United and Fulham played retired a 1-1 draw that saw implicit an hr of goalless shot pb to a punishment shootout occurrence for the Cottagers.
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APLineker labelled the clash arsenic “bad” arsenic helium suggested that penalties are often much breathtaking than the extra-time that precedes it.
Speaking connected The Rest is Football podcast, helium said: “We’ve argued galore times, conscionable get escaped of other time. Just spell to penalties. It makes truthful overmuch sense.
“Particularly with the magnitude of shot teams are playing now, the magnitude of injuries we’re getting. Just play 90 minutes, past settee it connected penalties.
“Because erstwhile it goes to other time, the immense bulk of america are thinking, peculiarly erstwhile it’s arsenic atrocious arsenic it was past nighttime [Man Utd vs Fulham], you’re conscionable reasoning ‘come on, punishment shootout, a spot of excitement’.”
Fellow podcast big and England icon Alan Shearer was successful afloat statement with Lineker too.
He added: “Straight to penalties, I’m each for that.”
The FA Cup already saw replays scrapped aft the archetypal circular astatine the commencement of this season, meaning clubs little down the shot pyramid suffer their changeable astatine lucrative repetition fixtures.
So overmuch truthful that the EFL urged the FA to “re-evaluate their approach” earlier the play began, claiming clubs are being “marginalised successful favour of others further up the pyramid”.
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However, ditching extra-time alongside the replays could springiness smaller teams a amended accidental of advancing with the lottery of spot-kicks somewhat levelling the playing field.
Lineker spoke retired connected that contented earlier successful the play aft Tottenham edged past non-league Tamworth successful extra-time.
Speaking backmost successful January, helium said: “We inactive person extra-time. Personally, I deliberation if they’re going to instrumentality distant replays, they should instrumentality distant extra-time.
“Because otherwise, it truly favours the beardown teams.
“Because they’ve got bigger squads, and they tin enactment connected their champion players successful extra-time similar Spurs did. And they went connected to win.”
Of the 8 FA Cup 5th circular ties that took spot past week, 4 of them went to other time, with 3 being decided via punishment shootouts.
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