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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Getting rid of away goals will create more offense. The home team, especially in the 1st leg, are really scared to give up a goal. Holding the away team to 0-0 is considering a good result which is not good.
I think it would still be rare that a tie goes to penalties after 210 minutes.
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There's almost no evidence to support that though. 0-0 isn't more common in the first leg. Instead what you're going to see is more games that go to extra time and then penalties to decide who moves on. The fact that the away goals matter so much is part of what adds to the drama; teams that are down aren't just getting to even, they can score and be in a winning position. That's a huge swing!