The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal. This is sometimes expressed by saying that away goals (or at least one of them) "count double" in the event of equal scores.

The away-goals rule is most often invoked in two-legged fixtures, where the initial result is determined by the aggregate score — i.e. the scores of both games are added together. In many competitions, the away goals rule is the first tie-breaker for such cases, with a penalty shootout as the second tie-breaker if each team has scored the same number of away goals. Rules vary as to whether the away goals rule applies at the end of normal time of the second leg, after extra time, or both.

The away goals rule is intended to encourage the away team to be more aggressive. In football, at least, it often leads to a nervous first leg; the home team is unwilling to commit large numbers of players in attack lest they concede a goal, whilst the away team attempts to defend and snatch an away goal to aid them in the second leg. Such tactics arguably make the second leg more exciting, after a low-scoring first leg leaves both sides with a chance to win. There is some debate over whether the away goals rule creates an unfair advantage in playing away first, followed by at home — with the other team squandering their home advantage in the first leg due to away goal fears — and this may be a factor in its somewhat patchy adoption for competitions. Anecdotal evidence certainly suggests that most teams feel an away goal puts them in the driving seat.

Usage

The away goals rule is applied in many football competitions that involve two-legged fixtures, including the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup and any two-legged playoffs used in qualification for the FIFA World Cup or European Championships.

Not all competitions use the away goals rule. For example, before 2005, CONMEBOL used neither the away goals rule nor extra time in any of its competitions, such as the Copa Libertadores. Series that were level on aggregate went to an immediate penalty shootout. The away goals rule (without extra time) was introduced to the Copa Libertadores in 2005. In Latin America, an example of a tournament that always has used this rule is Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup).

In English football, two-legged fixtures in the League Cup are only subject to the away goals rule after extra time; if teams are level on aggregate after 90 minutes of the second leg, extra time is played regardless of whether one team leads on away goals.

The semi-finals of the promotion playoffs in the Football League, despite being two-legged, ceased to employ the away goals rule from 2000. As away goals scored in extra time counted double, the side finishing lower in the league gained an advantage by playing away in the second leg, thus giving them 30 more minutes to score an away goal. The rescinding of the away goals rule has affected the results of several play-off semi-finals.

The away goals rule is sometimes used in round robin competitions (that is, leagues or qualifying groups), where it may be used to break ties involving more than two teams. For example, away goals are the third tiebreaker in the group stage of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. In Group C of the UEFA Champions League 2000–01, Olympique Lyonnais took the second qualifying spot ahead of Olympiacos on away goals. Because other tiebreakers take precedence, the away goals rule is rarely invoked in such tournaments. In many group tournaments, the away goals rule is never applicable; for example, in World Cup qualification.

The away goals rule was first applied in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup when Budapest Honvéd beat Dukla Prague in the second round in 1965–66. It was introduced in the Fairs Cup in 1966–67, and in the European Cup in 1967–68 for the first round, 1968–69 for the second round, and 1970–71 for later rounds. Previously, ties level on aggregate had gone to a playoff on neutral ground.

Anomalies

If the two clubs contesting a two-legged fixture share the same stadium, each club may be the home club in one leg, and the rule may still apply. For example, the 2003 UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals drew Internazionale and Milan. Both legs were played at the San Siro, their shared stadium in Milan:

''First leg:'' Milan 0 – 0 Internazionale

''Second leg:'' Internazionale 1 – 1 Milan

With an aggregate of 1–1, Milan was declared the winner because they were the "away" side in the second game. In this example, as in many such cases, most tickets to each leg will be reserved for the "home" side's fans, so the designation is not simply arbitrary. Not all competitions bearing the away goals rule suffer from this anomaly, however: the Copa do Brasil has built its rules seeking to evade some anomalies, one of which being the aforementioned. In the Cup, if two teams share either the same stadium or the same hometown, neither is considered the home club and thus the Away Goals Rule does not apply to either one of the two specific legs involving those teams. This exception was seen, for example, in the 2006 final between Flamengo and Vasco, when both hosted their legs in Maracanã Stadium and, therefore, the rule wouldn't be applied.

More anomalous was a qualification play-off for the 1991 World Youth Championship between Australia and Israel: Australia won on away goals even though, due to security concerns arising from the First Intifada, Israel's "home" leg was played in Australia. The same situation occurred for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tie between the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands, where the Bahamas advanced on the away goals rule even though both legs were played in the Bahamas.

There has been at least one case of a wrong application of the away goals rule by a referee in an international club tournament. It happened during the second-round tie in the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup between Rangers and Sporting Clube de Portugal. This fixture had the following scorelines:

''First leg:'' Rangers 3 – 2 Sporting

''Second leg, after 90 minutes:'' Sporting 3 – 2 Rangers

''Second leg, after extra time:'' Sporting 4 – 3 Rangers

Since the teams were now level 6–6 on aggregate, the referee ordered a penalty shootout, which Sporting won 3–0. Rangers appealed the loss, however, on the grounds that the referee should not have ordered the shootout, since the Rangers goal in extra time in Lisbon gave them a lead of three away goals to two. Rangers won the appeal and went on to win the Cup Winners' Cup that season.

CONCACAF has a different rule for its CONCACAF Champions League, employing away goals at the end of full time of the second leg, but ''not'' applying the rule at the end of extra time. For example, the semifinal of the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League between Cruz Azul and the Puerto Rico Islanders had the following scorelines:

''First leg:'' Puerto Rico Islanders 2 – 0 Cruz Azul

''Second leg, after 90 minutes:'' Cruz Azul 2 – 0 Puerto Rico Islanders

''Second leg, after extra time:'' Cruz Azul 3 – 1 Puerto Rico Islanders

Under UEFA rules, the Puerto Rico Islanders would have advanced. However, because CONCACAF does not apply the away goals rule a second time, the tie went to a shootout, which Cruz Azul won 4–2.

Summary

Below is a summary of the variations of rules used in different competitions. In all examples (except Primera División de México play-offs where the higher seed, which has the better regular season record, wins the tie if the aggregate score is level), a penalty shootout is used to determine the winner if all criteria used remain tied.

+Aggregate score is level after regulation (90 mins) of second leg
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No	No	N/A

References

Category:Association football terminology

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name	Klimt 1918
background	group_or_band
origin	Rome,
genre	Gothic metal (early material) Alternative rock Indie rock
years active	1999 – present
label	Prophecy Productions, My Kingdom Music
website	www.klimt1918.com
current members	Marco SoellnerDavide PesolaPaolo SoellnerFrancesco Conte
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Klimt 1918 is an indie/alternative rock band from Rome, Italy.

Biography

Klimt 1918 was started in 1999 by brothers Marco and Paolo Soellner, after the split of their former band, Another Day (a death metal act). Marco's newly discovered love for bands like The Cure, Bauhaus and Joy Division, led him to incorporate new influences in his songwriting. The next year, after completing the line-up with bass player Davide Pesola and lead guitarist Francesco Tumbarello, the band released its first effort, ''Secession Makes Post-Modern Music'', which was recorded by Novembre's drummer, Giuseppe Orlando, a close friend of the band. The demo received good reviews from specialized press and caught the attention of My Kingdom Music, a newborn Italian independent label, with which the band signed a deal for two releases. Their debut full-length, ''Undressed Momento'', came out in 2003; during the recording sessions, guitar player Francesco Tumbarello left the band, being replaced by Alessandro Pace, a well-known name in Rome's underground metal scene and a long time friend of the band. ''Undressed Momento'' marked an evolution in Klimt 1918's sound, which became more melodic and emotional, losing part of its metal heritage; the album received critical praise from reviewers all over Europe, and reached the first place in Orkus' Top Chart. One year later, the band signed a new contract with German cult label, Prophecy Productions, and began working on a new full-length. ''Dopoguerra'' was released in 2005 and featured a more mature and personal sound; the album was once again praised by both critics and press, and was supported by a European tour, the first for the band. The band said the album "was recorded during the hot summer 2004, with sound man/producer Giuseppe Orlando. The one-month session was long and difficult, but worked out better than anyone could have hoped."

Between September and October 2006, guitarist Alessandro Pace left the band and was replaced by Francesco Conte, who made his live debut with the band on October 21, at Prophecy Productions' 10 years festival.

The long-delayed follow-up to ''Dopoguerra'', called ''Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again (Soundtrack For The Cassette Generation)'', was first released in Germany on June 20, 2008, being subsequently released worldwide on June 23 and in the U.S.A. on June 24.

In April 2009 the band released its first videoclip Ghost Of A Tape Listener, followed by a vinyl release of Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again (Soundtrack For The Cassette Generation) and a Ghost Of A Tape Listener EP featuring a previously unreleased track, "Blackeberg 1981".

Style

Klimt 1918's sound can be described as alternative rock with roots in avant-garde metal, featuring consistent darkwave and post-rock influences. The resulting blend is a melodic and melancholic guitar-based rock, combining thick shoegaze-like rhythm-guitar riffs with post-rock-esque atmospheres. Their recent output has consistently shifted towards indie rock, featuring more emphasis on shoegaze and post-rock traits while abandoning entirely their former metal influences.

Name

The name "Klimt 1918" is a reference to Gustav Klimt and his year of death, 1918, which also saw the end of the First World War. According to Marco Soellner, Klimt 1918's music features the same qualities of de-contextualization, secession and post-modernism found in Klimt's art. Year 1918 itself, in Marco's words, represents the definitive collapse of "belle epoque" values and a full transition to 20th century.

The name may also be a tribute to Bauhaus, which was originally named "Bauhaus 1919".

Members

Marco Soellner - vocals, guitar Francesco Conte - guitar Davide Pesola - bass Paolo Soellner - drums

Former members

Francesco Tumbarello - guitar (2000–2002)

Alessandro Pace - guitar (2002–2006) - Alessandro Pace (born May 20, 1977), better known as Alex Vega, is an Italian musician and former member of the industrial rock group Dope Stars Inc. and the alternative rock band Klimt 1918. A member of Klimt 1918 from 2002–2006 under his birth name, Pace assumed the name Alex Vega when he joined Dope Stars Inc. in 2005 as a replacement guitarist. He left the band in 2007. He founded the band, The Foreshadowing, which signed to Candlelight Records in 2007. Alex is also a DJ.

Discography

''Secession Makes Post-Modern Music'' (self-produced demo, 2000)

''Undressed Momento'' (My Kingdom Music, 2003)

''Dopoguerra'' (Prophecy, 2005) ''Just in case we'll never meet again (soundtrack for the cassette generation)'' (Prophecy, June 2008)

Notes

References

Marco Soellner's interview for Ver Sacrum webzine (Italian)

Klimt 1918 at Sputnikmusic.com

External links

Klimt 1918 Official Website (English)

Klimt 1918 Fansite (Italian)

MySpace Page

Category:Italian post-rock groups

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