Paris: Paris Saint-Germain will play Real Madrid while Liverpool face Inter Milan in two prominent bonds in the last 16 years of the Champions League after UEFA who was embarrassed to remember “technical issues”.
PSG was originally paired along with Manchester United in a tie that will see Lionel Messi’s old rival and Cristiano Ronaldo conflicting.
However, a draw released by seeing them playing 13-time real European champions while the Old Trafford team will face Spanish champions Atletico Madrid.
Round 16 lottery ✔️ Which connection do you like the most? #ClDraw | #Ucl https://t.co/qvzot0yxqui Champions League UEFA (@CondionsLeague) 1639405272000UFA previously blamed the “material error” because of “technical problems with external service provider software” because it announced that the lottery for the first knockout round of its flagship competition must be repaired three hours later.
With a draw that was channeled directly from the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the problem was proven when Manchester United’s name was interested in facing Villarreal, despite the fact that the two clubs could not play each other in the same group.
The ball that contains the name of the United does not then seem to be replaced correctly and they are not included as opposed to the next team out of the pan.
With all the compromised draw, the UEFA red-faced is left with a little choice but to start again.
🇫🇷 Paris vs Real Madrid 🇪🇸 # ucldraw | #Ucl https://t.co/A3BG6473CT – UEFA Champions League (@CondionsLeague) 1639404977000qatar-belongs to PSG, with the structure of stars attacking them in Messi, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di Maria, now facing the real side of the Liga , Managed by former Paris coach Carlo Ancelotti.
Spaniards tapped PSG at the same stage in 2017/18 and the relationship between the club has recently been installed with real tides by truly turning off Mbappe’s signature, whose contract ends at the end of this season.
Madrid could not be happy with a new draw because they were originally given a tie that was easier on Benfica in the first match before the problem occurred.
“It was surprising, embarrassing and difficult to understand, considering that millions of viewers were waiting for the draw,” Madrid’s institutional relations director, former Emilio Butragueno player, told the club television channel.
Liverpool was initially drawn against the debutant phase of the Red Bull Salzburg knockout from Austria.
They now face the former winner of three times Inter, Serie A Champions and the current Italian league leader.
Jurgen Klopp’s side defeated Inter AC Milan city rivals twice in the group stage.
Salzburg instead of getting a winner of six times Bayern Munich, while last season’s finalists were beaten by Manchester City took Sports Lisbon and Benfica to play Ajax.
City initially had been paired with Villarreal but coach Pep Guardiola accepted that a new draw was the only fair solution.
“I think it’s fair.
It is a mistake but sometimes these things can happen.
If there is an error that you have to repeat so that it is not suspicious,” he said.
Villarreal is now facing Juventus, while the only tie in the original image that failed to be repeated and then saw Chelsea’s champion against the French Lille title holder.
The Thomas Tuchel side, which can be paired with Bayern or Madrid who are behind Juventus in Group H will be relieved in the lottery.
United’s tie against Atletico means Spanish club against Ronaldo, who has made them out of the competition five times in the past decade, including winning the two final Madrid derby finals.
The first leg will be played in the second half of February with the second leg in early March.
The end of this season will be played in the city of Russian Saint Petersburg on May 28.
Mess-up with a lottery comes at a bad time for European game government agencies, at the end of the year where the relationship with some of the biggest clubs is frozen by a failed effort in the extraordinary 12-team Super League.
UEFA will immediately introduce a new format for the Champions League Group stage from 2024 which will see the number of clubs increasing from 32 to 36 with each team guaranteeing 10 group matches compared to the six today.
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