Blatter calls for end to away goals rule

ZURICH, Oct 10 (AFP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter Friday called for an end to the away goals winner rule in clashes with two matches.
Blatter said the rule favours clubs who play away in the second leg because extra time can give an extra opportunity to get a goal with double value.
"It is time to rethink the system," Blatter said in a column for the FIFA publication The Week.
Away goals are notably used in the Champions League knockout stages and other European club competitions where it was introduced in 1965.
Where two sides are level after two legs, the team which has scored more goals away from home go through.
"The idea dates back to a time when away games were often an adventure, involving journeys that could be long and arduous," said the 78-year-old FIFA leader.