Steve Bruce has branded the scheduling of Hull City's FA Cup replay with Brighton & Hove Albion as "ridiculous" after it left them with two games in three days.
A late goal from Yannick Sagbo snatched the Tigers a 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium on Monday, and they will now meet again at the same time next week to decide who qualifies for the quarter-finals.
That match will come only 48 hours after Hull face relegation rivals Cardiff City in the Premier League, and Bruce has slammed the UEFA ruling that has left them with a fixture pile-up.
"I find that ridiculous, I have to tell you," he told reporters. "Surely we could play on the same night as the Champions League, you would have thought.
"I think it is a UEFA rule, which reads nobody plays on the same night as the Champions League. We'll have to take it as it is and deal with it as it comes. It is quite a bizarre one, isn't it? For them to say to the FA that we can't play the same night as they are playing the Champions League.
"I don't think there will be many tuning out of Barcelona against Manchester City to tune into Hull versus Brighton, no disrespect. But there you have it, they think it's going to clash. Is it going to be a real problem for them? I somehow doubt it."
Hull are currently three points clear of the top-flight relegation zone.
Joe Fish
