Beijing time, December 14: Last night's Champions League draw can be described as earning enough eyeballs, not to mention the process of drawing, just a few OOLONG operations of UEFA have made public opinion explode. Through the process of these two draws and the final results of the draw, I believe that most fans will feel that there is a catty in the draw. And it is true that there are artificial manipulations, and it can be said that the series of operations of the European Union last night also further reduced its credibility.
First of all, in the first draw, UEFA consciously chose to draw Greater Paris and Manchester United together for the sake of heat. This is a bit too coincidental, many media and fans said that UEFA too much wants to create a century war, so Messi and C Ronaldo, two stars with a huge fan base, must be put together. In fact, in this summer's group stage draw, UEFA has already staged once in advance. At that time, there were rumors that Cristiano Ronaldo might join Manchester City in the summer, and manchester City and Paris were drawn in the same group.
Although Ronaldo did not go to Manchester City and joined Manchester United, UEFA did deliberately operate for the sake of traffic. At the same time, in the first draw, not only did the reporter find that Liverpool's small ball was forgotten in a draw, but there were obvious white indentations on the note with the words Manchester United written on it. This is a performance that only happened after the paper was squeezed, and some fans said that The Manchester United note may have a corner that was squeezed outside the ball to be easily touched by the draw guests. The ultimate goal is to draw Manchester United and Paris Grande together in the first round of draws in order to maximize traffic.
Previously, there have been media reports that UEFA will refrigerate the small balls of some teams in advance when drawing lots. Identified by temperature, although these rumors have not been confirmed, they are by no means empty. Under the pressure of many media, UEFA said last night that it would conduct the second round of the draw at 10:00 Beijing time. An even more interesting scene happened, after an error in the UEFA process. Galeries Lafayette Florentino said on social media that this was a scandal at UEFA.
He has always been at odds with Europa League president Cheferin, and he has always bombarded UEFA on social media. This time he grabbed the handle of the draw process that went wrong and fired again. At the same time, UEFA asked the opinions of the 16 participating teams and asked them if they would like to re-draw the lottery, and Lafayette,600 on behalf of Real Madrid, firmly disagreed. Then an interesting scene happened, and the Benfica drawn by Real Madrid in the first round was directly replaced by the big Paris.
The connection is very interesting. Since you are against me re-drawing the lottery, there is a shady shelling process. Then I'll send you a relatively strong group second. According to the current stage, Real Madrid actually does not play Chelsea and Paris in the draw, and the rest is basically to advance. Drawing to Paris adds a lot of risks to Real Madrid's way to the quarter-finals. After all, Real Madrid is not completely in full shape at present, and Greater Paris is in the process of running-in, in case they run into a good team, then it is difficult for Real Madrid to play over Paris.
Objectively speaking, UEFA's two draws last night were considered to have reduced their credibility. At the same time, it also makes more fans realize that they sometimes do have black box operations. What do you think of UEFA's operations?