The European football governing body, UEFA has announced that its away goals rule will no long be applicable in all its club competitions beginning from next season.
The away goals rule made in 1965, decides drawn two-legged games by favouring the team that scores the most away goals.
Italian and German giants, Juventus and Bayern Munich were both eliminated from the competition last season by the rule.
But with the announcement, all ties in the Champions League, Europa League, Europa Conference League and Women’s Champions League that are level on aggregate at the end of the second leg will instead now go to extra time.
“It is no longer appropriate for an away goal to carry more weight,” said Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.
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“The impact of the rule now runs counter to its original purpose as, in fact, it now dissuades home teams – especially in first legs – from attacking, because they fear conceding a goal that would give their opponents a crucial advantage.
“There is also criticism of the unfairness, especially in extra-time, of obliging the home team to score twice when the away team has scored.
“It is fair to say that home advantage is nowadays no longer as significant as it once was,” the president added.
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