{"id":33335,"date":"2021-01-23T21:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T19:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=33335"},"modified":"2021-01-23T19:11:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T17:11:36","slug":"guardiola-less-epl-efl-teams-strengthen-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/guardiola-less-epl-efl-teams-strengthen-the-league","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola: Less EPL, EFL Teams Strengthen The League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has called for the reduction of teams in the Premier League and English Football League to improve the quality of competition.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come amid plans to have 20 clubs in the Premier League split into two groups of 10 and playing between 18 and 23 European matches a season.<\/p>\n<p>But Guardiola declined to be drawn into a discussion about it and said it was important to strengthen domestic leagues. He said:<\/p>\n<p>I have the feeling that we cannot lose what local leagues mean \u2013 what it means to play the FA Cup \u2026 what it means to play in the leagues.<\/p>\n<p>You have to make a super Premier League \u2026 for that you have to reduce teams. But we can\u2019t kill lower divisions or the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s something that is so important. It\u2019s not about other benefits, it\u2019s about how important sentimentally it is having your own league for every country.<\/p>\n<p>Clubs have often complained about player fatigue especially following the resumption of football which had been suspended due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><b>More: Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has called for the reduction of teams in the Premier League and English Football League to improve the quality of competition. 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