Champions League draw will be repeated due to a technical error
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Because there was a mistake in the selection of the loose balls, the CL round of 16 must be drawn again.
the Draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League is repeated due to a technical error. This was announced by UEFA on Monday afternoon. At 3 p.m., the round of the last 16 teams is to be drawn again in Nyon.
What happened? The English record champions Manchester United were drawn to Villarreal FC at 12 noon. A circumstance that shouldn’t actually be the case, as the two clubs had already crossed blades in the group stage.
Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA Deputy General Secretary and head of the draw, noticed the gaffe and corrected it. Losfee Andrey Arshavin had to play again and gave Villarreal in the second attempt United’s city rivals Manchester City as an opponent.
ManUnited couldn’t meet Bayern opponents Atletico
The mistake continued because the United lottery ball was not put back into the designated pot and was not selected as a possible opponent for Atletico Madrid in the following pairing. Atletico caught Bayern.
The Spanish champions announced via Twitter that they would seek “an explanation and a solution for the mistakes in the Champions League round of 16 draw”. A little later, UEFA announced that a new draw would be scheduled.
ManUnited originally had to wait until the final pairing, the Red Devils trained by Ralf Rangnick should meet Paris Saint-Germain. It would have been the duel between the two superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.