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Originally Posted by browna
"Top clubs play too many games already"
"Let's play another 30 minutes in some of those games"
A matter of time before a top player gets injured significantly in the 115th minute, in a game his club wins and also would've won under the old rule, while avoiding said injury.
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It's a given that come next April/May when the fixtures start to stack up, fatigue is setting in, and squads more stretched that there'll be complaints.
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Originally Posted by SebC
Away goals is fundamentally arbitrary and incentivizes defence over offence for the home team. This should somewhat open up the game, psychologically. I fully support this move.
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I would argue penalties is a lot more arbitrary than away goals.
And you could equally argue it incentivizes offence over defence for the away team.
I'm curious as to who is the driving force behind the change? The players? Managers? Big clubs?