Why No Extra Time?

[Belly]

Hi, could someone please advise me why extra time was NOT played last night in the Chelsea Championship League match?

I'd mistakenly thought that if the scores were level (on aggregate) at full time, even though there was an away goal advantage, that the away goal would only taken into effect after extra time had been played.

Once Chelsea had scored their second goal I was looking forward to an extra half an hour's play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Away_goals_rule

Of course it's always good to see the French Beaten, Crecy, Agincourt, Waterloo, Stanford Bridge........

Thanx

 

[Belly]

Thanx for your replies, that clarifies it for for me.

Planty: having read your post I agree with you and it seems much fairer as it is now.

Loki: Thankfully your last sentence explains my misunderstandings.

I would have liked to have seen an extra 30 minutes played, with the same result of course!