That's low margin of mistake, especially that 3 or 4 games will be played away. I would prefer to play the first round on the neutral ground, and then, play the cup stage with home-away system.
On the other hand i'm a bit confused, that after 2nd round 256 teams won't have a chance to play in cup stage (and half of the competing teams after 3rd round.
Below is the breakdown of results round by round:
(https://ibb.co/fn39bGh)Last edited by TomFrost at 6/10/2021 5:06:39 AM