At the quarter-final draw ceremony of the Champions League this season, there were many problems. The biggest problem is that Manchester United and Villarreal, who are in the same group as in the group stage, are in the same draw pool, and Atletico, who do not have to avoid Manchester United, do not have Manchester United in their draw pool. Such a mistake caused dissatisfaction among many teams, and eventually the Champions League draw was resumed. However, even so, many teams are still dissatisfied, and recently UEFA president Cheferin came out to talk about it.
Recently, Cheferin said in an interview: "At that time, our software went wrong, we had a meeting immediately, I was not at the lottery site, but I was involved by phone. The software side made a proposal to re-draw the lots, because they didn't know what had gone wrong. When a mistake is not corrected, it becomes an accident. But we showed the truth to everyone, and we had nothing to hide. Of course, it's our responsibility, we're overly dependent on high technology, and finally I'm going to say, as I said, it's not artificial, it's a technical problem. 】
It seems that Cheferin thought it was a technical problem, not on purpose. However, what is going on may only be known to them. Anyway, many teams are not satisfied with such an explanation, before there were media reports, Real Madrid called UEFA to express dissatisfaction. Moreover, some fans have also questioned Cheferin's statement, a total of 16 teams, two avoidance principles, what kind of high-tech software is needed in this case? And such a simple software, the mistake can not be corrected at the time, do not know Whether Cheferin's remarks can really win the trust of fans?
Of course, now that the Champions League draw ceremony is all over, the result of the draw cannot be changed. However, after this incident, will fans and major teams continue to believe in the impartiality of UEFA? Maybe only they know this. However, I personally feel that in such an important lottery ceremony, how can there be such a low-level mistake? Even if it is a manual lottery, there will be no such a low-level mistake! I just don't know what kind of explanation UEFA will give?