Nyon, a small Swiss town with a population of less than 20,000, is where the heart of UEFA's decision-making beats. Most draws for European football are held here, and mostly in the late afternoon, or even at noon. It has not been clear why UEFA has to work hard for everyone to have a lunch, is it because Asian fans do not have to work as hard as watching the game, and it seems that there is no need for this. In fact, it doesn't matter, maybe it's just some kind of thing, early withdrawal, early finishing, go back to each house, don't leave you for dinner.
European football, a proud existence, is everywhere the model of our planet, the Champions League, the European Cup is the most brilliant mosaic on the crown. UEFA is strong enough, but its face is more and more blurred, it is no longer the era of strongmen, and Cheferin from a small country has the heart of a hero. Seeing that Christmas is approaching, the curtain of the Champions League knockout rounds is once again slowly unfolding from the small town of Nyon, the most ornamental football game is moving forward according to the track, the huge benefits are clearly visible, and the winners are many. Who would have thought that in the early stages of weaving the plot, UEFA made such a low-level mistake, attracting all kinds of speculation, and conspiracy theorists got solid evidence out of thin air, and were destined to be repeatedly mentioned in the future.
Guardiola is generous, such a mistake team, players, officials will make, the implication is that they are all people. However, it is still easy to be suspected. The famous football journalist Henry Winter of the Times continued to maintain a cold penmanship, comparing the chaotic process of the one-eighth draw to "the whole lottery is like a country casino run by a priest who drinks a lot", so spicy! UEFA only suffers, ten to ten stable key steps to make mistakes, from the probability point of view, although it is always difficult to escape, systemic problems must be hidden. As for the Real Madrid side, words such as "shame" and "lying" are all scolded to UEFA, which is originally emotionally opposed, and has suffered from this "technical error", who knows whether it is not a man-made disaster but a natural disaster.
The lottery has always been a big deal, don't look at just a few fish tanks and some small balls, the many principles behind it reveal the pattern and strategy of the event traders. The stakes in the Champions League are enormous, and ornamentality and fairness are absolutely prioritized, so opponents who have played in the same league and group stage in the knockout rounds must be avoided in the knockout rounds. 16 teams, divided into seeded and non-seeded teams in this principle, decided to play against each other through blind selection on the spot. Complicated? Generally complex mathematical problems, step by step carefully. The rules are clear, and UEFA also sacrifices technical software provided by external institutions to help determine whether all principles are strictly enforced in real time, whether those that do not conform to the principles can be circumvented in time, and whether the next step after taking circumvention is delayed. The name of the external agency is very important, UEFA must choose a neutral posture, and there is a "firewall" for mistakes. The lottery guests are also crucial, first of all, full cooperation, the best choice is the best choice for those who have acting talent, whether it is a smile or a surprised expression, of course, the coffee slot should also be sufficient. This time Arshavin was selected, and the Russian celebrity continued to maintain a cheerful personality, a warm smile, and when stirring the ball in the glass jar, he also paid great attention to the direction of his gaze to avoid suspicion. UEFA has a dedicated eye on the system presentation, and the steps ensure that every operation is correct.
Helplessly, it still went wrong, to the point of inconceivable, UEFA was ugly, fortunately this mistake can be corrected an hour after the first round of attacks. Compared with the F1 annual championship title battle a day ago, UEFA is still lucky, it can correct mistakes in time, it is not a disaster, and once it is correct or not transformed into justice, it will be close to a small catastrophe, it is too difficult to clean up the chaos, and the future cost is too great.
According to its past performance, UEFA operation is still quite sophisticated, this mistake, for the time being, it is written down, the relevant personnel in the inspection is estimated to write down words similar to "never again". Speaking of the draw, the good news continues, in 2005 in Leipzig, Germany World Cup draw, the host of the main lot, the German team appeared in the A group 1 position deservedly, but also the Brazilian team to accompany the F group 1 position, so the arrangement is both to avoid the strong intention, but also so that the two most market appealing teams can walk through several of the largest stadiums in Germany, fully reward the fans, the tickets sold super well. The key is to decide on the roadmap. That time, the Germans and FIFA did it perfectly.
Live broadcast has reported a lot of lottery, but also heard insiders talk about the "refrigerator" allusion, did not expect this time after the "technical error", Mr. Winter is very unkind to repeat the old thing, he cited Blatter in 2016 in an interview with the Argentine "El País" narration, "UEFA office lottery has their own tricks, that is, to put the small balls that need special attention in advance into the refrigerator, hot and cold, so that it is easy for guests to identify." I don't know why Blatter talked about the "refrigerator" allusion at that time, maybe he was angry. The refrigerator method is simple and effective, does not need to be provided by external institutions, stable, of course, it is likely to be just a classical method.