http://worldsoccerreader.com/2009/07/wsr-radio-episode-4-gold-cup-us-soccer-w-kartik-krishnaiyer/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:59:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://worldsoccerreader.com/2009/07/wsr-radio-episode-4-gold-cup-us-soccer-w-kartik-krishnaiyer/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Cruzeiro Hosts Estudiantes For the Copa Libertadores | World Soccer Reader Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:01:57 +0000 http://worldsoccerreader.com/?p=3104#comment-224 [...] We’re accumstomed to a 0-0 draw at home being a setback in a two-legged tie, but Copa Libertadores sets that paradigm on its ear by ditching the away goal rules in its final. At every other level of the knockout stage, away goals is used. Moving away from it at the final brings a confusion that might be influencing this paranoia, a confusion from which I am not immuned. Even though I’ve been avidly following this tournament, I forgot about this change during the Libertadores segment of this weekend’s podcast. [...] [...] We’re accumstomed to a 0-0 draw at home being a setback in a two-legged tie, but Copa Libertadores sets that paradigm on its ear by ditching the away goal rules in its final. At every other level of the knockout stage, away goals is used. Moving away from it at the final brings a confusion that might be influencing this paranoia, a confusion from which I am not immuned. Even though I’ve been avidly following this tournament, I forgot about this change during the Libertadores segment of this weekend’s podcast. [...]

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