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The most iconic away goals in European football

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Updated:25/06/2021 00:19h

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Yesterday UEFA officially put an end to an entire tradition of European football, the double value of away goals in their ties that end in a draw. The rule, in force since 65 years, has given great moments to the competition, iconic goals that changed its history and that will not be present next season. From now on, it will be the classic overtime and penalties that decide the great clashes of continental football, which will have to find a new route to excite the fans.

Eusebio, the first

The legendary Portuguese footballer carries the honor of having scored the first goal away from home that decided the aggregate of a tied tie of the European Cup. It was in the first leg of the round of 32 in 1967, in a match between the Northern Irishmen of the Glentoran and the Portuguese of the Benfica, team in which the forward was active. In Northern Ireland, the locals went ahead after ten minutes of penalty and it was Eusebio who made the tie in 86. The 0-0 of the return gave validity to the Portuguese goal, which would take Benfica to the end, despite that in it they lost (4-1) against Manchester United.

A surprise called Bayern Leverkusen

Emblematic was the squad of the Teutonic team, led by midfielder Michael Ballack, who surprisingly reached the final of the 2002 Champions League. The double value of the goals made its appearance again in the semifinals, where Bayern faced the Manchester United. The Germans took a valuable 2-2 from England to draw 1-1 on the return thanks to a goal from Oliver neuville, which made Roy Keane’s opening goal sterile. However, Leverkusen would lose in the final (1-2) against Real Madrid.

Shevchenko in the Milan derby

In 2003, AC Milan and Inter transferred their long-standing local and national rivalry to the Champions League, specifically in the semi-finals of that year’s edition. After a 0-0 draw at San Siro, the tie was virtually moved to the home of Inter, the Giuseppe Meazza (Both stadiums are the same, only the name changes depending on who the venue is) so that the Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko, after the initial goal of the hosts, tied the tie and sent his team to the Champions League final. Finally, AC Milan would be proclaimed champion after beating another Italian team, Juventus in Turin.

The ‘Iniestazo’ of Stanford Bridge

In a game full of controversy and after a scoreless draw in the first leg of the Camp Nou, the duel in the 2009 semifinals between Chelsea and Barcelona was resolved in favor of the Catalans thanks to the great goal of the La Mancha midfielder. The Londoners had gotten ahead very early thanks to a bit of Michael Essien, but Iniesta confirmed the miracle, with double value, after a shot from the front in the 92nd minute. Barça, that same year, would raise its second maximum continental trophy after beating Manchester United (3-1) in the final.

Dzeko says alas to Manolas

Barcelona confirmed its bad luck in Europe in 2019, when Roma came back 4-1 that the Catalans had acquired in the first leg. Bosnian striker Dzeko, at the Camp Nou, scored a goal that at first seemed insignificant but was nevertheless the first stone of the Italian comeback. In the return leg at the Olímpico, the Romans won 3-0, with a final goal from Manolas to remember. A bad memory that still haunts the team in the Champions to this day.

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