Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
One of the special features Champions League namely the aggressiveness of away goals no longer applies in the knockout phase of this season. The abolition of this rule is expected to make the duel fairer.
The aggressiveness of away goals often makes Champions League matches interesting. For example, a team that loses 1-3 away from home in the first leg will qualify with a 2-0 win at home in the second leg.
However, UEFA decided to abolish the regulation starting this season. One of the reasons is so that the position of the two teams that fight is more equal.
During this time, the away goals rule continued to tie even into extra time when the aggregate was equally strong. This is considered detrimental to the team that hosted the second leg.
One example is in the duel Porto vs Juventus last season. Porto were able to beat Juventus 2-1 at the Estadio do Dragao in the first leg.
Juventus then beat Porto 2-1 at the Allianz Stadium so the match went into extra time.
In extra time, Sergio Oliveira was able to score a goal that made the score 2-2. Although Adrien Rabiot finally scored and brought Juventus to a 3-2 win, it was Porto who still qualified with away goals aggressiveness.
In the new rules, this will not happen. If played in a new format, the Juventus vs Porto match will continue to the penalty shootout because the aggregate is 4-4.
“With the decision to abolish this rule, a match in which two teams have scored the same number of goals in two legs will no longer be decided by the number of away goals, but through 15 minutes of extra time at the end of the second leg.”
“If both teams score the same number of goals again or do not score in extra time, the penalty kick will determine which team will advance to the next round of the competition,” UEFA said in a statement. AS.
(ptr / jun)
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