Important change in the rules that could take place in Europe: the goal away from home would no longer be worth double in the event of a global tie. Everything seems to indicate that it will be a fact.
It had already been proposed by several important sports personalities, such as Arsene Wenger o Joseph Blatter. Even Diego Simeone He requested it at a coaches meeting a few years ago, but only when playing an extension. This Friday, the UEFA Club Commission referred to the Executive Committee the specific idea: to suppress that the away goals are worth double in case of tie in a definition by direct elimination to two parties.
No, logically it will not be a measure that will begin this Saturday in the Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea. It remains to be seen if the UEFA Executive Committee confirms this decision, which implies that the goals are worth the same in a two-legged tie, whether they are achieved at home or away.. If ratified, they must evaluate when it would begin to be implemented in all the tournaments organized by the European entity.
Since 1965, in Europe, away goals have a plus in the event of a global tie. Here that rule is still in force, and throughout history it has defined countless duels. The Cholo He had proposed that this double value no longer be taken into account in the extension, because it was unfair for whoever had to be a local in the return. But the idea went further and encompasses the entire series.
In these times of pandemic without people in the stands, the change took more force because the benefit of having the strength of your fans in the home ceased to exist, and everything indicates that it is a matter of time before it becomes a fact.
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