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A lil' football talk here.

Who thinks that the away goals rule sucks?i mean kamon la...are you gonna judge the winner based on goals scored on the 1st leg?it ain't fair you know. I mean, look at the recent european champions league. Arsenal, inter milan, barcelona were all victims. In true fact, most of these teams played well over the second leg. Are we gonna rule that out?For me, if the ties remain at a draw over the 2 legs, the use of penalty kicks would suffice.

"Not fair le...they played better..."

"Later get heart attack.."

"You're killing the gaffers"

Yeah..yeah...whatever man. I mean,i would rather let penalty kicks decide that contest. Why?because it would show which team really had the guts and determination to go through. It is at this stage where we separate the men from the boys. Another alternative : Just play a single leg of the contest. But using that would bring into question who'll get the stadium hosting rights.

Play at a neutral stadium. But that would bring into question the tv rights payment and the sponsorships.

"Who cares about tv rights and sponsors?"

Yeah well, without moolah, the beckhams,lampards,ronaldinhos,ronaldos and the likes would be playing their football in the back alleys of England, on the beach in portugal and under the sunny sunshines of brazil. Then,we wouldn't have the opportunity to witness Ronaldinho's nutmegs or ronaldo's dazzling dribbles. Would have been a waste, wouldn't it?

But then again, if these guys are passionate about footie, they would play just for the game right? minus the lucrative deals right? Isn't football all about passion?

"How would they pay their room rent?

Quite right. In this world, people would pay for anything. Therefore, it hardly surprises me to see ballack and shevchenko being paid 130,000 and 125,000 POUNDS per week to play rubbish football.

"ballack just scored in the champions league"

Just?why not 6 months back at the beginning of it?

"Sheva has scored 3 league goals lerh..."

HAHAHAHAHA. Puh-leeezeee.

So, therefore :

the beckhams and ronaldos need their pay + the clubs 'need' tv rights and sponsorships + stadium hosting rights for both teams (everyone's happy) + away goals(they LOVE seeing so- called unfairness rule) = 2 legs

Bummer.

So we INDEED need 2 legs to decide the match.

Wait till i'm UEFA president. Heh.