Bayern were among the teams beaten on away goals in this year’s Champions LeagueUefa competitions chiefs have given the green light to scrapping the away goals rule in the Champions League and Europa League from next season. The move to ditch the rule — which has existed in European club competitions since 1965 — was revealed by The Times this week and Uefa’s club competitions committee have now took the decision, which now needs to be approved by Uefa’s executive committee. SponsoredThe rule is used in the knockout rounds where, if the score of a twolegged match is level on aggregate after 180 minutes of play, then the team who have scored more away goals go through. Attempts to scrap the rule have been made on at least two other occasions in the past eight years but have

Source: The Times May 28, 2021 19:31 UTC