The FA Cup is too long – Flores

Quique Sanchez Flores says the FA Cup is not the best for a club like Watford due to the number of wins needed to clinch the trophy.

Watford are set to play Newcastle United in the third round of the competition on Saturday in what will be Sanchez s first taste of the FA Cup.

The Spaniard has relative success in cup competitions, guiding Atletico Madrid to the final of the 2009-10 Copa del Rey.

Premier League and Championship clubs must win six games to lift the FA Cup, and the Watford manager says an extended run in the tournament may cost his side. 

The FA Cup is more historic than the Copa del Rey in Spain because that has only been running since 1978, he said.

Everyone wants to go to Wembley. We are able to win any single match at this mo…

Germany v France: Muller not scared by impressive hosts

Thomas Muller insists Germany are not scared of France and dismissed their five-goal haul in the quarter-finals as being partly due to poor Iceland defending.

The world champions take on the Euro 2016 hosts at the semi-final stage in Marseille on Thursday with France looking to demonstrate again the firepower which saw them beat the tournament surprise package 5-2 at the weekend.

And while Muller – who has yet to score at the Euros – has respect for France, and their offensive players in particular, he is confident Joachim Low s men can find a way to combat them.

We are not scared of them. We ve seen the videos and we know that France have got many good individuals, he said.

The goals they ve scored against Iceland were individually very nic…