Champions League overtime rules: How extra time and penalties work

Since there must be a winner at the end each Champions league knockout round matchup, here's how a winner is determined if the two sides finish tied.

With Champions League ties consisting of two games and the winner being determined via aggregate goals (which team scored more goals over the two legs), there's a chance that the two participants could end up tied even after playing 180 minutes of soccer.

Should a Champions League tie end with the two teams tied after the first and second leg, the first and only tiebreaker that will be used is the away goal rules. If one side has scored more away goals -- goals scored at the other team's stadium -- than the other, they advance to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of away goals, or none at all, the match goes to a 30-minute extra time session.

Extra time is broken into two 15-minute halves, with no golden goal rule in effect. That means the two teams can score as many goals as they want during the half hour of extra play. If the two teams score equal number of goals during the extra time, the away team will advance using the away goal tiebreaker. If the two teams fail to score any goals, the match will be decided via penalty kicks.

Penalties are best of five, and are won when one team is unable to mathematically defeat the other team within the five rounds of kicks. If the two teams are tied after five rounds, they go to sudden death, where the two sides teach take a penalty until one team scores and the other fails to score in the same round.

Only players who are on the pitch at the end of extra time are eligible to participate in penalty kicks.

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