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Champions League Draw.

lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,939
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,939
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,939
    The original draw.


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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,670

    Proper "wow" moment, that.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,670

    Don't tell Team Tin Foil Hat, whatever you do.
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,939
    edited December 2021
    The Champions League last-16 draw has been voided and will have to take place again at 2pm after a huge blunder by Uefa.

    A decision was made at 12.45pm because Manchester United were not even in the pot when one of the ties was selected.

    It meant they could not be paired with Atletico Madrid who were furious after they were then selected to play Bayern Munich and made a successful protest. United were also potentially left with a tougher draw after they were selected to face Paris Saint-Germain.

    The confusion happened after United were initially paired to yet again to face Spanish club Villarreal. The tie is, however, prohibited under Uefa rules because both sides faced each other in the group stages - although this was not explained by the organisation’s general secretary Giorgio Marchetti before United’s ball was pulled out.

    Instead Marchetti suggested that Villarreal could play any of the group winners left in the competition after the only other Spanish club, Real Madrid – at this stage the draw prohibits clubs from the same national associations facing each other – had already been chosen in the first tie. They would have faced Benfica.

    It meant that the former Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin, who was conducting the draw, had to replace United’s ball with Manchester City then selected as Villarreal’s opponents. But it appears this did not happen in time for them to potentially face Atletico and means the whole draw is compromised.

    The mix-up was an embarrassment for Uefa, given the importance of the occasion, and it was compounded by a technical error as the ceremony had to wait for City’s name to come up. “Sorry the technical issue,” said a sheepish-looking Marchetti as he apologised.
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,939
    Tikay10 said:


    Don't tell Team Tin Foil Hat, whatever you do.

    I haven't checked the conspiracy thread yet :D
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  • rabdenirorabdeniro Member Posts: 4,434
    The guy had one job to do, how hard could it be, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City wont be too happy they had a good draw.
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,939
    rabdeniro said:

    The guy had one job to do, how hard could it be, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City wont be too happy they had a good draw.

    Messi v Ronaldo won't now be happening. There are gonna be a few unhappy with the redraw especially if they get tougher opponents. I can see another Mercedes v Red Bull scenario happening.
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,619
    Toto Wolf has already put his written objection in.
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,939
    The new draw.


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  • chillingchilling Member Posts: 3,774
    lucy4 said:

    Tikay10 said:


    Don't tell Team Tin Foil Hat, whatever you do.

    I haven't checked the conspiracy thread yet :D
    It’s unbelievable that soccer is being played during this global pandemic.
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  • chillingchilling Member Posts: 3,774
    Put a f.....g mask on!


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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,670

    4 near identical Posts removed.

    Be sensible lads, let's not ruin good threads please.

    Thank you.
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