Am I the only one thinks the fact that the away goals rule is still active in ties that go to extra time is very stupid? using the example of the last 16 ties, I have always thought that by winning your group you are rewarded by playing the second leg at home.
However, if both teams are still level after 180 minutes (inc. on away goals), then the away side are given an additional 30 minutes to score one goal which means the home team has to score twice in order to win. The additional 30 minutes therefore means in essence that the 'worst' 8 teams to qualify for the last 16 are rewarded for failure.
I have never understood why away goals is present in extra time, especially in the case of quarter and semi final ties, which I think is extremely unfair. This is because the teams in the draw have no power to determine whether they will have the burden of falling victim to playing under the away goals rule in extra time.
If they still want to persist with this ridiculous rule, why not just remove it from the quarter and semi finals? Then again it could be worse...golden and silver goal could still exist. Rant over
The away goals rule in extra time
posted on 1/3/13
The away goal rule was brought in for s reason and it seems to work.
posted on 1/3/13
Arguably that advantage is balanced against the fact that the other team gets to play longer at home.
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But the team being given the extra 30 minutes at home, is usually the team that was given the home advantage in the second leg due to their superior group record, so the extra 30 is justified. The 30 for an away goal shouldn't be.
posted on 1/3/13
I've always wondered why don't they just go straight to penalties after the 90 minutes.
It is such a cruel rule. Yes, you are at home, but in those 30 minutes you are always having to chase 2 goals in the fear they may get one.
It's amazing nothing has been done about it for this long. I'm assuming not many teams have a genuine problem with it.
posted on 1/3/13
away goals in xtra time in second legs in grossly unfair to the home side.
posted on 1/3/13
I'm with blackpheonix just to penalties
posted on 1/3/13
It should be decided by the medium of contemporary dance.
posted on 1/3/13
They should just scrap away goals.
posted on 1/3/13
If it ends a draw after 90, the players should take part in an 11v11 brawl match, the team with the last man standing wins
posted on 1/3/13
comment by Rusty6899 (U7079)
posted 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
Surely its very rare that ties are decided on away goals. I can remember us going out on away goals maybe 3 times, (Munich 2010, Leverkusen 2002 and Volgograd in the UEFA cup in 1995) I don't remember ever going through on away goals.
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Monaco in 98 (I think) too. Leverkusen one annoyed me so much and still does. We really should have more than 3 CL's now.
1997 we battered Dortmund and would have played a Juve side we'd beaten that season in the final.
2002.....Should have beaten Leverkusen .
2010- Rooney (I think) should have put us 2-0 up in Munich, Vidic hit the bar at 1-1 and a defensive mistake in the 90th min cost us in Germany. 2nd leg....Rafa red, Olic goal right on HT and a Robben wonder strike....we'd have beaten Lyon easily in the semi too.
3 extra finals we could, and should, have been in as well as the 4 we have been in, in the past 14 years....
posted on 2/3/13
although i see the away goal rule a bit silly too, if we scrap it i think the champions league games will turn into bery boring affairs, with the away team always parking the bus.