Extra time
Extra time is the thirty minutes added to a match or a tie that is level at the end. It is played in two halves of fifteen minutes, and it gives the clubs a further chance to settle the result before penalties.
Why it matters
It matters because it decides level ties on the pitch. Rather than going straight to a shoot-out, the competition gives the clubs more football, and a goal in extra time settles the tie without the lottery of penalties.
Where it is used
It is used in the final and in the second leg of a two-legged tie. When the match or the aggregate is level after ninety minutes, extra time is played, and additional substitutions are allowed for the added period.
How to read it
Read extra time as the last open play of a tie. Fatigue usually opens the match, and a fresh substitute can be decisive, so the added period often produces the goal that settles a tight contest.
What it means
the thirty added minutes played when a tie is level
Extra time is one of the working terms of the competition. This entry explains it as a mechanism that holds true from season to season, so it can be read on its own or alongside the other entries in the glossary of the tournament.
- Played when a match or tie is level.
- Two halves of fifteen minutes.
- Comes before a penalty shoot-out.
- Additional substitutions are allowed.
- Fatigue often opens the match.
- The last chance to settle a tie in open play.