No extra time in QFs? Thiago Silva criticizes Copa America's strange rules

Brazilian central defender Thiago Silva criticized Saturday the absence of an extension in the quarterfinal round of the Copa América and wondered why there will be extra time in the semifinals and the final of the tournament.

"I do not understand how in an important competition like this there is no extension in the quarterfinals, what is the difference for the semifinal or final, or do you put it or not," said the defender at a press conference in the city of Belo Horizonte.

In his opinion, the fact of not having had an extension in these quarterfinals, of which three of the four crosses have been decided in the penalty shoot-out, including Brazil's tie with Paraguay, favors the national teams "who do not want to play "

"The teams are looking to run the 90 minutes and take the decision to penalties," he said.

This added to the poor state of the grass of some stadiums causes that one does not manage to "maintain its rhythm of game", factors all of them that strengthen, according to him, to the combination that locks behind.

"I did not see Uruguay-Peru, but surely Uruguay has imposed itself to beat the match and Peru locked itself behind, got to penalties and was happy," he said.

Also, the Paris Saint-Germain defender considered that a playing field in good conditions "is the minimum that should be done" to see "good matches" and have more assistance to the stadiums with "cheaper tickets".

And he continued with his criticism of the organization of the Copa América 2019: "The logistics of the hotel on match day is very difficult, mainly in Sao Paulo." The day of pre-match training, in which we recognize the field, we practically delayed One hour to get, in short .... It could have been a little better, but I hope that for the next one they will find a better solution. "