Introduction to the British Cup Rules

Introduction to the rules of the British Cup: The competition is divided into seven rounds. In addition to the semi-finals, the winner is decided through a single knockout. Teams will draw lots to decide their opponents and home and away games. If the game is tied within 90 minutes, it will be decided directly by penalty kick.

There are two rounds of host and guest in the semi-final, and each team plays at their own home. The team that scored more points in the two games advanced. This cup has no advantage of scoring away from home. If the total number of goals in the two games is the same, the winner will be decided in overtime. If the number of goals scored in overtime is the same, the visiting team will advance by virtue of the advantage of away goals. If you still can't tell the winner, take penalty shoot-out.

In the first round, the participating teams included all champion teams, team A and team B.. In the Premier League, except for the team that participated in the European Tournament, it was the third round, and all other Premier League teams started to join in the second round. The League Cup final is usually held at Wembley Stadium in London at the end of February every year. The champion can get a seat in the UEFA European Association League play-off.

Competition level

The Football League was founded in 1886, and was originally in charge of all 92 professional clubs at all levels in England. However, after 20 teams defected from 1992 to form a parallel Super League, there were only 72 clubs left.

Since the level of the club in charge is not the highest, the weight of speech is naturally not as good as before, and if you want the top clubs in the Premier League to participate in the Carling Cup, it is natural to look at other people's faces.

The status of the League Cup has been ranked behind the Premier League (before 1992 was League One) and the FA Cup. For the top clubs in the Premier League, the Carling Cup is just a game to train substitute players.

Of course, for these clubs, ignoring the Carling Cup is also a helpless move, because in addition to participating in the League, FA Cup and Carling Cup, they also have to participate in the lucrative Champions League or Europa League.

If you do well all the way, you can reach nearly 70 games in nine months of a season, nearly two games a week, and the players are not made of steel. Therefore, some Premier League giants will send a large number of substitute players and even youth teams to participate.