Am I the only person to think this rule should be removed?
FIFA gave up on the ridiculous golden and silver goal rules because rather than add excitement as planned, it increased fear, leading to defensive play and very few examples of these decisive goals they craved.
How is away goals different? There are no extra rewards for it in the group stage either. So frequently we just see the home team afraid to really attack as they normally would at home for fear of conceding the all important away goal. How is that more exciting? It becomes more tactical but always more defensive, rather than seeing the elite of European football trying to get through by outscoring their opponents.
Take this ridiculous rule away and immediately you'll have less fear, more creative and attacking play, more goals, and probably more draws requiring extra time and penalties.
Is it really fair that when games go to extra time currently, the away team has 30 minutes longer to score an away goal purely because of the order the ties were played in? This rule favours teams that can defend their way through and sneak an away goal. It does not favour football.
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