UEFA Decision Scrapping Away Goals Rule Criticised as European Royalty Real Madrid Plays Anti-Football

• UEFA might just come to regret scrapping the away-goals rule in the prestigious Champions League
• The format ensured that many knockout ties did not either go into extra time or the dreaded penalty shootout
• However, Real Madrid, the most successful team in the history of the competition renowned for attacking football, approached a first leg match against PSG in their Last 16 encounter rather (and unusually) negatively

Europe's footballing body UEFA might just come to regret scrapping the 'away goals' rule in the Champions League.

Starting in this current season's knockout stages of the world's premier club football competition, the rule will no longer apply during the playoffs, with tied matches going to a penalty shootout.

Sports Brief observed Real Madrid, the greatest team in the history of the tournament, resort to play an unambitious style of football not associated with a club that has won the competition a record 13 times. The club has even fired managers like Rafael Benitez in the middle of a season with Los Blancos in second place, just two points of the league lead because of a seemingly boring approach.

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