The away-goals rule was abolished Thursday by UEFA after 56
years as a fundamental way of deciding matches in its European club
competitions.
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The move was often proposed in recent years by club coaches who
felt an idea from the 1960s was no longer relevant.
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Games now tied on aggregate score after the regulation 90
minutes in the second leg will go direct to extra time and then to
a penalty shootout.
UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin cited the “unfairness,
especially in extra time, of obliging the home team to score twice
when the away team has scored.”
UEFA cited several factors that “blurred the lines between
playing at home and away” including more television coverage to
better understand opponents’ styles, comfortable travel and better
playing surfaces.
Čeferin said the rule outlived its usefulness and inhibited home
teams from attacking “because they fear conceding a goal that would
give their opponents a crucial advantage.”
The away-goals rule was abolished Thursday by UEFA after 56
years as a fundamental way of deciding matches in its European club
competitions.
The move was often proposed in recent years by club coaches who
felt an idea from the 1960s was no longer relevant.
Games now tied on aggregate score after the regulation 90
minutes in the second leg will go direct to extra time and then to
a penalty shootout.
UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin cited the “unfairness,
especially in extra time, of obliging the home team to score twice
when the away team has scored.”
UEFA cited several factors that “blurred the lines between
playing at home and away” including more television coverage to
better understand opponents’ styles, comfortable travel and better
playing surfaces.
Čeferin said the rule outlived its usefulness and inhibited home
teams from attacking “because they fear conceding a goal that would
give their opponents a crucial advantage.”