At the just-concluded Champions League round of 16 draw, Manchester United drew Paris Saint-Germain as desired, becoming the most eye-catching ending of tonight's draw. In other groups, Real Madrid and Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City have drawn big packages, respectively, against Benfica vs Real Madrid, Huang Qian vs Manchester City, Salzburg vs Liverpool, Chelsea vs Lille, while Atletico Madrid unfortunately meet Bayern in advance, Inter will also usher in a heavy duel with Ajax, Juve, who has not been in good form recently, faces Atlético Desports, who has performed well in the Portuguese Premier League, and the encounter between Manchester United and Paris is full of topics.
For the team, the most desired game is to see Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo meet again. In a questionnaire survey ahead of the UEFA draw on "which two teams would you most like to meet", Manchester United vs Paris became the most vocal showdown. After all, according to the current performances of Manchester United and Paris, no one can guarantee that they will be able to reach the end of the Champions League if they cannot meet in the first round. Allowing Messi and Ronaldo to complete the showdown ahead of schedule is both the hope of the fans and the biggest gimmick of UEFA. Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, UEFA needs to arrange this lottery ceremony well.
As the first team in this draw, the first team to be drawn was Benfica, and then it was Real Madrid, and the two teams appeared first. When the third Villarreal was drawn, UEFA's catfishing in the draw began to emerge. Because after pulling out Villarreal, the fourth team to be drawn was Manchester United! According to the group rules, since Huang is in the same group as Manchester United in the group stage, the two teams should avoid the round of 16. Therefore, the guest Arshavin once again drew out Huang Qian's opponent - Manchester City! The problem was already happening after United were drawn: because according to the rules of the arrangement of the drawn teams, there was no such thing as a Manchester United note in a jar containing Villarreal's opponents, and it was exactly what happened that proved that the Europa League had an intention in arranging the draw.
In the end, Manchester United and Paris, as the last two teams, "had to" pair up after all the other teams had been drawn, which obviously made it difficult to rule out artificial arrangements. According to the Champions League round of 16 draw rules, the first pair of the group and the principle of avoidance of the same country and the same group, Manchester United has only 16.66% chance of meeting Paris in the round of 16, and among the many results, only this lowest ending appears. It is not difficult to see that UEFA has taken pains to meet the wishes of the fans and to make their biggest competition more eye-catching. What do you think about this, welcome to leave a message!