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Arsenal Wenger amelalamika kuhusu hili kwa nini nusu fainali ya FA iwe muda sawa na The big match ya Premier League!!!??? Vipi wadau mnasemaje kuhusu hili!!!???
Football | FA Cup
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Wenger unhappy with TV scheduling
16 April 2015, 12:35
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday he was surprised that rival TV companies have scheduled his club's FA Cup semifinal with Reading at Wembley on Saturday evening at the same time as Chelsea's Premier League clash with Manchester United.
The BBC and Sky Sports will do battle for ratings between the match at Stamford Bridge, which could yet have an influence on the outcome of the Premier League title, as well as the FA Cup semifinal.
Both matches are being shown live globally in over 150 countries around the world.
Arsenal and Reading kick off at Wembley at 4.20pm GMT, just 10 minutes before Chelsea kick off against United at Stamford Bridge.
"I am a bit surprised that two games of the same stature are being played at the same time, it is a conflict and it is difficult to understand," Wenger said.
"You would like it (the cup semi) to be the unique competition when it is played. Especially a semi-final and a final, you would want it not to conflict with other competitions."
He said he did not think that Sky and the BBC meant to go head-to-head to prove one competition was better than the other, explaining: "They could not have analysed that when they did the television deals.
"But it should have been planned.
"The television channels pay a lot of money and it is odd they should have conflicting interests in two such big games."
The dates for the FA Cup semi-finals were set last year and the BBC had a choice of scheduling slots but stuck with the 4.20pm GMT kick-off time despite Sky Sports announcing in February that Saturday's Premier League encounter would be played at the same time.
Arsenal Wenger amelalamika kuhusu hili kwa nini nusu fainali ya FA iwe muda sawa na The big match ya Premier League!!!??? Vipi wadau mnasemaje kuhusu hili!!!???
Football | FA Cup
Arsene Wenger © Gallo Images
Video highlights
Wenger unhappy with TV scheduling
16 April 2015, 12:35
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday he was surprised that rival TV companies have scheduled his club's FA Cup semifinal with Reading at Wembley on Saturday evening at the same time as Chelsea's Premier League clash with Manchester United.
The BBC and Sky Sports will do battle for ratings between the match at Stamford Bridge, which could yet have an influence on the outcome of the Premier League title, as well as the FA Cup semifinal.
Both matches are being shown live globally in over 150 countries around the world.
Arsenal and Reading kick off at Wembley at 4.20pm GMT, just 10 minutes before Chelsea kick off against United at Stamford Bridge.
"I am a bit surprised that two games of the same stature are being played at the same time, it is a conflict and it is difficult to understand," Wenger said.
"You would like it (the cup semi) to be the unique competition when it is played. Especially a semi-final and a final, you would want it not to conflict with other competitions."
He said he did not think that Sky and the BBC meant to go head-to-head to prove one competition was better than the other, explaining: "They could not have analysed that when they did the television deals.
"But it should have been planned.
"The television channels pay a lot of money and it is odd they should have conflicting interests in two such big games."
The dates for the FA Cup semi-finals were set last year and the BBC had a choice of scheduling slots but stuck with the 4.20pm GMT kick-off time despite Sky Sports announcing in February that Saturday's Premier League encounter would be played at the same time.