I understand many managers are unhappy to always face higher level teams in Cup. I can also remember about 3 occasions that my team meets lower level teams in Cup, including 1st round in this season. By design, Cup provides opportunities to managers challenging high level teams. I accept and enjoy these challenges but usually do not have great expectations in Cup.

Cup is difficult competition to win because each Cup is competed by 128 teams. In probability it is over 9 times more difficult to win than League. So it is only reasonable to start wonder why the team have not yet won a 1 Cup trophy after getting 9 or 10 league titles.

My existing 2 teams played 40 Cups before this season. By probability, I may not even reach the final as I ought to try 64 times to achieve this. My teams was Cup finalists for total 5 times, and won 1 Cup trophy. In my opinion, their historical performance in Cup is not too bad even if these numbers are small comparing with those for leagues or CL.