Historic advertisement in the world of football. The UEFA has confirmed this Thursday that, from the next season 2021-22, the so-called rule of the highest value of away goals is eliminated in all its European competitions -men, women and youth-. Or what is the same, the double value of the goals scored as a visitor is suppressed.
With the decision to eliminate the rule of the double value of away goals, which was applied to determine the winner of a round-trip tie in cases in which the two teams had scored the same number of goals on aggregate , the heats in which both teams score the same number of goals will be decided by an extension of two periods of 15 minutes at the end of the second leg. In the event that the result remains even after overtime, the kicks from the penalty spot will determine which team qualifies for the next phase of the competition.
This year he decided two Champions League qualifiers
During the Champions
League 2020-21, two qualifiers were decided by this rule. The round of 16 between the Porto and the Juventus, in which the Portuguese passed after winning 2-1 at Do Dragao in the first leg and losing 2-3 at Juventus Stadium, and the quarterfinal that faced the Bayern Munich and to Paris Saint-Germain. Those of Mauricio
Pochettino
They reached the semifinals after winning 2-3 in Munich and falling by the minimum (0-1) in Paris.
The president of the UEFA, Aleksander
Ceferin, has said that the removal of this rule “has been debated in various UEFA meetings in recent years. Although there has been no unanimity of opinion, many coaches, fans and other football stakeholders have questioned its fairness and expressed their preference for the abolition of the rule, ”which came into effect in 1965.
“It is fair to say that the advantage of playing at home is no longer as important as it used to be,” he adds. Ceferin, which ensures that the away goal rule “deters home teams from attacking because they fear a goal that would give their rivals a crucial advantage.”
The advantage of playing at home is no longer as important as before
As the goals in the opposite field do not have an additional weight to decide a tie, they are also eliminated from the criteria used to determine the classification of two or more teams that are equal to points in a group stage.