On the evening of December 13, Beijing time, the results of the Champions League round of 16 draw were released, in which the heavyweight match between Manchester United and Greater Paris became the focus. However, just when the dust settled on the draw, Atletico Madrid officials filed a complaint, asking for the results of the round of 16 to start again. After comprehensive consideration, UEFA officials decided to start drawing lots.
In the original round of 16 results, Atletico's opponents drew the title favourite Bayern, which was also one of the focus of the knockout match. But before the Atletico draw, UEFA actually made a mistake. After drawing Villarreal, the draw guests put their group of United in, and the Red Devils were pulled out and put aside.
In this case, United did not fail to put the ball back, which led to Atletico theoretically missing the Red Devils as an opponent. What's even more oolong is that among atletico's potential opponents, there is actually Liverpool in the same group, which is also a misoperation.
After the results of the draw came out, in fact, most of the teams were still happy, and the most unhappy were undoubtedly Atletico, Bayern, Manchester United and Paris, after all, they all encountered opponents who were theoretically difficult to play. After the draw came out, Atletico officials immediately appealed, believing that UEFA's misoperation had given them a very unsatisfactory result.
With a number of complaints, UEFA officials were under pressure to finally issue an official statement, due to technical problems in the software of external service providers, which led to a major error in the results of the draw. The results of the round of 16 were declared invalid and will be reopened at 15:00 CET (22:00 Beijing time).
For Mero fans, this may be a great blessing and a great regret. In the original draw, Manchester United met the greater Paris, which is undoubtedly one of the hottest games in football, and the encounter between C Ronaldo and Messi will inevitably make the fans of both sides soar in the kidneys.
But with the official announcement of the UEFA lottery, Manchester United encountered such a drama as Paris, the probability will not be repeated, and fans on both sides may have to continue to wait if they want to witness the 2-man showdown. Of course, in theory, Manchester United still has a chance to meet the greater Paris, and if they do meet again, this may be a hit duel.
Regarding the arrangement of the re-draw, in fact, Real Madrid still has its own voice, he believes that they are drawn in the first group, and have not been affected by the teams behind, so the Galaxy insists that their results against Benfica are valid.
Do you think the draw should be repeated?