Away Goals Rule Scrapped

[tommytowne]

Our esteemed neighbours were instrumental in the rule being introduced. Before the goals ruling it was the toss of a coin if all square at the end of extra time. They were playing Cologne and lost the toss and probably a sign of things to come, kicked off big style complaining.

 

[tsubaki]

Yes but that's because the away team in the 2nd leg have the benefit of knowing what they need. If you have come through two legs and it's 3-3 does it matter where the goals were scored? I'm saying it in a completely biased way as a top team are more likely to score against us home and away and if by some miracle we do get a late goal to make it 3-1 or 4-2 at home, then a 2-0 result in the 2nd leg shouldn't kill us just because we were a little more adventurous in the 1st game.

It should - away goals and how to manage them / respond to them are one of the best things about European football. Would the Bayern game have been as good if them scoring first in the second leg didn’t matter so much?

 

[mmmmsnouts]

The only thing about away goals that needed scrapping was applying them after extra time when the away team had 30 more minutes to score them.

The last 45 minutes of second legs were often great drama because of away goals. Now there will be some really negative play late in second legs by teams that would rather take their chances on penalties.

 

[The binman chronicles]

It should - away goals and how to manage them / respond to them are one of the best things about European football. Would the Bayern game have been as good if them scoring first in the second leg didn’t matter so much?

I can see the excitement thing in some cases but it should provide it in others. For instance if you need two goals in the 88th minute you are completely out of it, but if you need 1 to draw then you have hope still of continuing the tie. It's sort of six of one, half a dozen of the other.

As for the Bayern match yes it meant we needed two goals but that's what I mean I still would have been crapping it that we get one to draw. I don't think I would need any more stress in that situation.

 

[Lanolin]

I never liked it as a rule really. Anecdotally, I always thought it kind of had the opposite effect to the one it was supposed to have, in that teams were often so scared of conceding an away goal that they just played more negatively at home.

 

[Baines' left foot]

I don’t like the rule. It makes games cagey and teams too reserved.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

I think it makes it more exciting to scrap the away goal rules

You won’t see teams putting 11 men behind the ball to secure the draw and win on away goals now and it encourages teams to try and win outright over two legs

I approve this rule

Funnily enough the last time this affected us was in the uefa cup in 79 I think. We beat some Irish team 10-0 over two legs then lost to dukla Prague on away goals in the next round

Everton that

The rule was introduced as away teams would just play like Mourinho at Inter in an attempt to scrape a result.

This change will just promote more negative play, not less. Also seems more stacked in favour of the glamour sides (surprise, surprise).

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

The only thing about away goals that needed scrapping was applying them after extra time when the away team had 30 more minutes to score them.

The last 45 minutes of second legs were often great drama because of away goals. Now there will be some really negative play late in second legs by teams that would rather take their chances on penalties.

Head, meet nail!

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

To make it completely fair, they need to scrap two-legged ties, and play all matches in neutral venues. Or go straight to penalties.

UEFA are clueless, as usual.

 

[tsubaki]

I can see the excitement thing in some cases but it should provide it in others. For instance if you need two goals in the 88th minute you are completely out of it, but if you need 1 to draw then you have hope still of continuing the tie. It's sort of six of one, half a dozen of the other.

As for the Bayern match yes it meant we needed two goals but that's what I mean I still would have been crapping it that we get one to draw. I don't think I would need any more stress in that situation.

Two goals in the 88th minute is unlikely, but its not being completely out of it - but away goals mean teams will absolutely go for it in that instance, and if they score one its usually a fantastic few minutes. It is obviously very stressful, but when sides can do it they are usually the games that live longest in the memory, cause the most limbs, make the most noise etc etc.

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

If away goals don't count then just get rid of the second leg games, ofcourse that would mean a loss in money though so wouldn't happen

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Good decision I think

It's an antiquated system

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

The only thing about away goals that needed scrapping was applying them after extra time when the away team had 30 more minutes to score them.

The last 45 minutes of second legs were often great drama because of away goals. Now there will be some really negative play late in second legs by teams that would rather take their chances on penalties.

As a trade off we could now get much more exciting first legs, rather than home teams shutting up shop because they don't want to concede the away goal and essentially kill off the second leg before it even happens

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I think it makes it more exciting to scrap the away goal rules

You won’t see teams putting 11 men behind the ball to secure the draw and win on away goals now and it encourages teams to try and win outright over two legs

I approve this rule

Funnily enough the last time this affected us was in the uefa cup in 79 I think. We beat some Irish team 10-0 over two legs then lost to dukla Prague on away goals in the next round

Everton that

We almost went out to University College Dublin in the CWC in 84/85 due to the away goal too

 

[EverTheOptimist]

It done out of fairness, if the game is tied in the 2nd leg and it goes to extra time, the away team gets an extra 30 mins to get an away goal.

Good decision by UEFA.