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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>UEFA\u2019s Club Competitions Committee has agreed to scrap the away goals rule, the UK Times reports.<\/p>\n

The move could drastically change knock-out fixtures in European club competitions.<\/p>\n

On Friday, officials reached the verdict in a meeting, but UEFA\u2019s Executive Committee will now decide whether to approve the change.<\/p>\n

The away rule stipulates that if two teams are on the same aggregate after two legs, the side with more away goals progresses to the next round.<\/p>\n

It has been a controversial feature of European competitions since 1965.<\/p>\n

It has been credited by some observers with making the knock-out stages of the Champions League and Europa League exciting and unpredictable.<\/p>\n

But many UEFA executives feel it is outdated and have agreed to do away with it.<\/p>\n

They will now begin lobbying the Executive Committee to sanction it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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