by scorch- » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:42 am
james- wrote:nunz wrote:lolinus wrote:Have to say that the away goals weighs more than a home goal in case of a tie is really really shitty.
I disagree if you can score playing infront of a crowd that wants your head it should be worth more. Home goals are 1 away are 1.5 its easy to understand it also gives the home team a boost for keeping a clean sheet
I've always had mixed feelings on this as well. For instance, if you're playing in a Turkish stadium against fenerbahce, yeah your goals should count for 1.5 since you probably can't even hear yourself think.
But a lot of these Euro league games have a huge number of away supporters.
I suppose it's all fair if you get to play at home in the next leg though.
I think it's a great rule that encourages playing a little more offensive minded when in hostile stadiums where you might be content defending and hoping to keep a clean sheet. Barca just played incredibly poorly after they got their .5 goal lead at the end of the first half. There's no WAY you should be in a posture where you can get countered after taking a commanding lead in the tie. Get to the half with the lead and play to win by controlling the ball the rest of the way and forcing Chelsea to step out and try to win the tie while leaving room for Barca to attack and end the tie. Chelsea had one way to win this tie and Barca gave it to them in the 2nd leg. Not taking anything away from Chelsea here, they knew their strengths and executed even down a man, but I still think that Barca underperformed and had the skill to win if they had a better gameplan.
[quote="james-"][quote="nunz"][quote="lolinus"]Have to say that the away goals weighs more than a home goal in case of a tie is really really shitty.[/quote]
I disagree if you can score playing infront of a crowd that wants your head it should be worth more. Home goals are 1 away are 1.5 its easy to understand it also gives the home team a boost for keeping a clean sheet[/quote]
I've always had mixed feelings on this as well. For instance, if you're playing in a Turkish stadium against fenerbahce, yeah your goals should count for 1.5 since you probably can't even hear yourself think.
But a lot of these Euro league games have a huge number of away supporters.
I suppose it's all fair if you get to play at home in the next leg though.[/quote]
I think it's a great rule that encourages playing a little more offensive minded when in hostile stadiums where you might be content defending and hoping to keep a clean sheet. Barca just played incredibly poorly after they got their .5 goal lead at the end of the first half. There's no WAY you should be in a posture where you can get countered after taking a commanding lead in the tie. Get to the half with the lead and play to win by controlling the ball the rest of the way and forcing Chelsea to step out and try to win the tie while leaving room for Barca to attack and end the tie. Chelsea had one way to win this tie and Barca gave it to them in the 2nd leg. Not taking anything away from Chelsea here, they knew their strengths and executed even down a man, but I still think that Barca underperformed and had the skill to win if they had a better gameplan.