3) Silver Goal Rule
After the 2002 World Cup, the Golden Goal rule was scrapped as it was seen that teams had become more cautious so that they wouldn’t concede a goal instead of going and scoring the winner.
The new Silver Goal Rule was introduced as a result. In this new format, If a team led in the first 15 minutes of extra time, they would go on to win the fixture, without any need for the second half to be played.
The Silver Goal, introduced for the first time in Euro 2004 in Portugal, saw Greece winning the semifinal tie against the Czech Republic after a Traianos Dellas goal in the dying moments of the first half of extra-time.
Soon after the 2004 Euros, FIFA announced that they will be doing away with the Silver goal. Two 15 minute halves of extra time was introduced which needed to be played completely, the leader at the end going on to win the match. If it was still undecided, a penalty shootout would follow to decide the winner.
