At 22:00 Beijing time on December 13, the 2021-22 Champions League quarterfinal draw was re-played in UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. In the end, Real Madrid's opponents in the round of 16 changed from Portuguese Super League side Benfica to powerful Ligue 1 supremacist Paris Saint-Germain. Although Benfica's group stage has been cold to squeeze Out Barca, but the paper strength is obviously not as good as The Greater Paris with superstars such as Messi, Mbappe, Neymar, Ramos, etc., Real Madrid's round of 16 can be described as directly from "up" to "down".
According to journalist Mario Cortegana, after UEFA announced the re-draw, Real Madrid gave UEFA a new nickname internally. The new nickname is "VERG EFA", which is the Spanish word for "shame", and the last four letters of the word represent UEFA for UEFA.
After the results of the re-draw could not be changed, Real Madrid club executive Butragueño also responded to the Champions League re-draw in an interview with Real Madrid TV, and Butraguenot angrily said: "What happened today (the Champions League draw) is surprising, regrettable and very difficult to understand. ”
It is also completely understandable that the Real Madrid club is so dissatisfied, after all, in the first Champions League draw, Real Madrid was the first group to be drawn, and UEFA's amateur mistakes in this draw did not actually interfere with Real Madrid's results.
But in the end, UEFA ignored the protests and complaints of the Real Madrid club, demanding that the entire result of the first draw be completely overturned to re-draw, which eventually led to a major reversal of Real Madrid's luck. This is indeed a bit unfair to Real Madrid.