A scene that has never happened in history has ever occurred. At 10:00 p.m. Beijing time on December 13, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League was re-held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. According to UEFA officials, this was due to a "major error due to a technical problem" in the first draw, which took place 3 hours ago.
The reason for the re-draw announced by UEFA officially.
UEFA said that at the time of the first draw, due to the software program provided by the supplier, the staff and guests could not be prompted during the draw to exclude the same group of qualified teams from meeting. In fact, the first draw was "complained" by many fans during the live broadcast, first Villarreal drew the same group of Manchester United, and then when the opponent was drawn for Atletico Madrid, the draw for Manchester United was not put into the draw pool.
The scene of the second draw. Screenshots of live streams
However, the "Mero showdown" that fans most look forward to in the first draw is not repeating, Manchester United this time drew La Liga powerhouse Atletico Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain is still the last group to be drawn second, their opponent is La Liga giants Real Madrid, which means that Messi will have the opportunity to go to his "familiar" Bernabeu game in the second leg.
Attached: This season's Champions League quarter-finals are finally matched
La Liga Real Madrid vs Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain
Premier League Manchester City vs Portuguese Premier League Sport
Bundesliga Bayern Munich vs Red Bull Salzburg in the O'S Premier League
Premier League Liverpool vs Serie A Inter Milan
Eredivis Ajax vs Portuguese Super Benfica
Serie A Juventus vs La Liga Villarreal
Ligue 1 Lille vs Premier League Chelsea
Premier League Manchester United vs La Liga Atletico Madrid
Note: The first team in the group is in front and enjoys a relatively favorable schedule of "first away and then home". According to the schedule, the first leg of this season's Champions League quarter-finals will start on February 15, 16, 22 and 23, 2022 local time, and the second leg will be played on March 8, 9, 15 and 16, 2022.