At 8:00 p.m. Beijing time on December 13, UEFA officially announced that the Champions League draw will be re-conducted at 10:00 p.m., that is to say, the results of the first draw do not count! This situation, for the first time in the history of the Champions League, has created a humiliation for UEFA!
At 7 o'clock tonight, the Champions League round of 16 draw was held, and the final draw results were: Benfica Real Madrid, Villarreal Manchester City, Atletico Madrid Bayern, Salzburg Red Bull Liverpool, Inter Ajax, Portugal Sport Juve, Chelsea Lille, Paris Grande Manchester United. Among them, Messi will lead Paris to meet with Manchester United led by Cristiano Ronaldo, Atletico Will stage a strong dialogue with Bayern, the defending champions Chelsea will draw the weakest group 2nd Lille, and Liverpool and Real Madrid have also drawn good draws.
But now, UEFA has officially announced that the results of the first draw do not count! Because there were 2 very amateur mistakes in the first draw: first, the draw guest Arshavin drew Villarreal and then drew Manchester United, and in the group stage, the two teams were already in the same group, which clearly violated the principle of avoidance in the same group, although it was subsequently asked to re-draw, Manchester City and Villarreal met, but this mistake still caused an uproar. Second, Liverpool were still in the draw pool when Atletico's opponents were to be revealed, and Atletico and Liverpool had already met in the group stage, and could not be drawn together, and Liverpool should not be in the draw pool.
After the full draw results were released, multiple teams protested, Atletico asked UEFA for an explanation, and Manchester United were furious about the draw results! Subsequently, a number of reporters broke the news that UEFA has basically agreed to re-draw lots. At 8:00 p.m., UEFA finally officially announced that the draw would be resumed at 10:00 p.m., and then, 13-time champions Real Madrid expressed their dissatisfaction, it can be said that European football has become a mess! Is Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo about to fail?