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Away Goal Rule Scrapped by UEFA for European Competitions


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  1. 1. Should They Have Kept It?

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  • Poll closed on 25/06/21 at 16:03

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21 minutes ago, DalyanPete said:

You my friend have physic powers or you just know they're a bunch of fuckin weirdos.

 

 

Nah mate

Posted by Tim BUser Info on June 24, 2021, 11:13 pm, in reply to "I bet liverpool are first..."

....it'll be a win on penalties for the spawny kopite ####s.....

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Team that would have lost on away goals, don’t because of the new rules and go on to win in extra time!

 

‘Twas ever thus.

 

A little from column A and a litt...actually no, it's all column B.

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2 hours ago, DalyanPete said:

You my friend have physic powers or you just know they're a bunch of fuckin weirdos.

 

 

Nah mate

Posted by Tim BUser Info on June 24, 2021, 11:13 pm, in reply to "I bet liverpool are first..."

....it'll be a win on penalties for the spawny kopite ####s.....

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Team that would have lost on away goals, don’t because of the new rules and go on to win in extra time!

 

‘Twas ever thus.

 

Why are the Bloos concerning themselves with rule changes in European competition?

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I thought it made it exciting, we've had and seen some great nights because of it and heartbreaking stuff too. 

I also think fifa should leave the game alone and stop messing about with the rules,if its not broken don't fix it. 

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4 hours ago, deiseach said:

Probably my favourite element of European football. Gone, just like that. I get it wouldn't be invented now if it didn't exist, but the same is true of the 'Champions' League, a shambles of a competition that piggybacks on the glory that was the old school European CHAMPIONS Cup - the clue is in the title, see? If there was such a problem with the asymmetry of a team getting 30 minutes to score an away goal in extra time, then abolish extra time! Now, we will no longer have defeat-into-victory moments that the away goal creates, moments like this:

 

 

A damn shame.

That was truly amazing. 

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6 hours ago, deiseach said:

Probably my favourite element of European football. Gone, just like that. I get it wouldn't be invented now if it didn't exist, but the same is true of the 'Champions' League, a shambles of a competition that piggybacks on the glory that was the old school European CHAMPIONS Cup - the clue is in the title, see? If there was such a problem with the asymmetry of a team getting 30 minutes to score an away goal in extra time, then abolish extra time! Now, we will no longer have defeat-into-victory moments that the away goal creates, moments like this:

 

 

A damn shame.


 

Great shout,….

 

And who knows how our history would have played out if we knew the game was going to extra time

 

 

 

UEFA just can’t help but fuck about with the game from ruining the old European Cup with shitty group stages to totally destroying what was a great competition that was the UEFA Cup by having the third place failures drop into it 

 

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7 hours ago, deiseach said:

Probably my favourite element of European football. Gone, just like that. I get it wouldn't be invented now if it didn't exist, but the same is true of the 'Champions' League, a shambles of a competition that piggybacks on the glory that was the old school European CHAMPIONS Cup - the clue is in the title, see? If there was such a problem with the asymmetry of a team getting 30 minutes to score an away goal in extra time, then abolish extra time! Now, we will no longer have defeat-into-victory moments that the away goal creates, moments like this:

 

 

A damn shame.

A shame it is, indeed.

We’ve had some very special nights at Anfield. Away goal rule have been a big part of these nervy nights:


1975-76: St.Etienne
2004-05: Olympiakos

2004-05: Chelsea

2015-16: Dortmund


2018-19: Barcelona

The same euphoria without the away goal rule? I doubt it.



Taking away the away goal rule will mean more matches decided on pens. Penalty shoot out? Loved by people who know nothing about the game. Not so much for us who do.

Dreadful decision this, as expected from the UEFA inepts

 

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51 minutes ago, JustTosh said:

A shame it is, indeed.

We’ve had some very special nights at Anfield. Away goal rule have been a big part of these nervy nights:

 

 


1975-76: St.Etienne
2004-05: Olympiakos

 

 

2004-05: Chelsea

 

 

 

2015-16: Dortmund

 

 


2018-19: Barcelona

The same euphoria without the away goal rule? I doubt it.

 

 

 


Taking away the away goal rule will mean more matches decided on pens. Penalty shoot out? Loved by people who know nothing about the game. Not so much for us who do.

Dreadful decision this, as expected from the UEFA inepts

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those 2 fixtures had nothing to do with the away goal. And the Olympiakos was a goals scored situation, wasn't it?

 

Am I missing something?

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1 minute ago, m0e said:

Those 2 fixtures had nothing to do with the away goal. And the Olympiakos was a goals scored situation, wasn't it?

 

Am I missing something?

Olympiakos became a head to head once they scored it was effectively a 2 legged tie where they now had an away goal to go with their 1 nil win. I believe 1 nil was enough for us.

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8 minutes ago, m0e said:

Those 2 fixtures had nothing to do with the away goal. And the Olympiakos was a goals scored situation, wasn't it?

 

Am I missing something?

Olympiakos:

Going into the final mins the situation is clear. We score, we' through, we don't we're out. Heaven or hell.

 

Do you think the players, the fans, the electricity in the stadium would've been the same if we could just stroll around waiting for extra time?

 

Possible scenario: Liverpool- Olympiakos 2-1. Extra trime no goals. Pens. Even if we won that match it would never go down in history as one of those very special Anfield moments. At least that's my fear.

 

That's it really. One goal changes everything, you win or you loose, you can't simply just draw. Euphoria mate, Euphoria! It's what it's all about, isn't it?

 

 

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, No2 said:

Olympiakos became a head to head once they scored it was effectively a 2 legged tie where they now had an away goal to go with their 1 nil win. I believe 1 nil was enough for us.

You are correct. So, I'm assuming that's changed now too, for the group phases?

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4 minutes ago, JustTosh said:

Olympiakos:

Going into the final mins the situation is clear. We score, we' through, we don't we're out. Heaven or hell.

 

Do you think the players, the fans, the electricity in the stadium would've been the same if we could just stroll around waiting for extra time?

 

Possible scenario: Liverpool- Olympiakos 2-1. Extra trime no goals. Pens. Even if we won that match it would never go down in history as one of those very special Anfield moments. At least that's my fear.

 

That's it really. One goal changes everything, you win or you loose, you can't simply just draw. Euphoria mate, Euphoria! It's what it's all about, isn't it?

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t get why your "euphoria" disappears with the away goal.

 

What if the Gerrard strike makes it 2 1, or 3 2. Still euphoria, no?

 

Why are we "strolling around waiting for extra time"?

 

It's a group game, for Christ's sake!

 

There are plenty of games where "euphoria" would have happened if there was no away goals rule, surely?

 

I just don't get the point.

 

Also, what about the other 2 games you listed? Chelsea and Barcelona?

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1 minute ago, m0e said:

I don’t get why your "euphoria" disappears with the away goal.

 

What if the Gerrard strike makes it 2 1, or 3 2. Still euphoria, no?

 

Why are we "strolling around waiting for extra time"?

 

It's a group game, for Christ's sake!

 

There are plenty of games where "euphoria" would have happened if there was no away goals rule, surely?

 

I just don't get the point.

 

Also, what about the other 2 games you listed? Chelsea and Barcelona?

Chelsea: Gudjohnsen's chance in extra time. It goes in, we're out. Without away goal rule it's not that desperate as we'd have extra time.

 

Barca:

4-0 up, 10 mins left. One goal to Barca and we're out. Heart bounces 170 strokes a min waiting desperately for the  final whistle. Then, match is over, what a relief what a joy.

 

Just think the AGR adds to the drama and the exitement.

 

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8 minutes ago, JustTosh said:

Chelsea: Gudjohnsen's chance in extra time. It goes in, we're out. Without away goal rule it's not that desperate as we'd have extra time.

 

Barca:

4-0 up, 10 mins left. One goal to Barca and we're out. Heart bounces 170 strokes a min waiting desperately for the  final whistle. Then, match is over, what a relief what a joy.

 

Just think the AGR adds to the drama and the exitement.

 

So, there would be no relief that Barca didn't score if there wasn't a away goal rule!?

 

Whatever works for you, mate.

 

I've got bigger things worry about.

 

Like how to get out of this family bbq on Sunday.

 

Good luck finding euphoria somewhere else. I'll let you know if I come across any.

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I’d have been fine with it staying, but I don’t think we’ll miss it.  It killed as many games as it made.  
 

I see someone above mentioning the Barca game 2 seasons ago as a vote for away goals.  But had Barca scored at the start of the 2nd half then the game is done. Our heads drop and we meekly go out. 
 

Look at the city game the season before.  When we scored that away goal the game was done and it petered out.  Same against Man Utd in the UEFA Cup. It killed those games dead in an instant. When that’s happened in games where Liverpool aren’t playing I immediately turn channel to a different game. Ditching the away goal prevents that. 
 

I think we’ll have forgotten about away goals in no time. And I actually think in 10 years time we’ll look back and think it was a bit weird that we allowed some goals count more than others. 

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6 hours ago, JohnnyH said:

I’d have been fine with it staying, but I don’t think we’ll miss it.  It killed as many games as it made.  
 

I see someone above mentioning the Barca game 2 seasons ago as a vote for away goals.  But had Barca scored at the start of the 2nd half then the game is done. Our heads drop and we meekly go out. 
 

Look at the city game the season before.  When we scored that away goal the game was done and it petered out.  Same against Man Utd in the UEFA Cup. It killed those games dead in an instant. When that’s happened in games where Liverpool aren’t playing I immediately turn channel to a different game. Ditching the away goal prevents that. 
 

I think we’ll have forgotten about away goals in no time. And I actually think in 10 years time we’ll look back and think it was a bit weird that we allowed some goals count more than others. 

You make some good points I hadn't considered before but those 2 ties ended because the Manchester clubs failed to score an away goal themselves. It wasn't the AGR fault City were now 3 actual goals behind again or Utd 2 behind. With or without AGR both them ties were essentially dead anyway once we scored. My admittedly hazy memory has Utd barely leaving their own half at Anfield and City setting up defensively before changing when it was too late. If they done that when away goals carried significance what are the chances they will attack at all in the away leg?

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