The UEFA prez explaining: "many coaches, fans and other football stakeholders have questioned its fairness". Uh yeah, ppl whose team gets eliminated will cry about how unfair the rule is, I'm sure I have at some point, but how is that justification for anything? As you point out it's probably a good thing overall since otherwise we'd get a lot of tedious 2x30' periods between two exhausted squads with random PK outcomes at the end.
------------------------------ For the record, my teams: MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets