This is an interesting point, you're by no means making no sense.
Indeed I have many times wondered if this rule is fair at all. You say it kills the second leg at times, but in fact it always happens that the first leg becomes affected, because few away teams will be in the mood of adopting a real attacking tactic, and the home side will play worried about the possibility of receiving a goal.
The aim of this rule was to encourage the attacking game, but I think it often happens the opposite. It's been a little like the golden goal, that blew away the possibility of repeating some of the gorgeous extra times of the past, and in return we only have boring minutes along which teams are so frightened that they only wait for the penalty shoot out. Golden goal has not been successful, and UEFA won't use it any more. Maybe they should also test how things would go if one goal would only be worth one goal no matter where it is scored
Indeed I have many times wondered if this rule is fair at all. You say it kills the second leg at times, but in fact it always happens that the first leg becomes affected, because few away teams will be in the mood of adopting a real attacking tactic, and the home side will play worried about the possibility of receiving a goal.
The aim of this rule was to encourage the attacking game, but I think it often happens the opposite. It's been a little like the golden goal, that blew away the possibility of repeating some of the gorgeous extra times of the past, and in return we only have boring minutes along which teams are so frightened that they only wait for the penalty shoot out. Golden goal has not been successful, and UEFA won't use it any more. Maybe they should also test how things would go if one goal would only be worth one goal no matter where it is scored