After its glitches at the first attempt, the Champions League draw will be repeated on Monday afternoon.
Bayern against Atletico? This might not happen in the Champions League round of 16. UEFA has announced that the entire event will be “completely replayed” at 3pm after serious mistakes were made during the draw in Nyon at midday.
“Following a technical problem with the software used by an external service provider to instruct the officials which teams can meet, a serious error occurred during the draw for the UEFA Champions League round of 16,” the association tweeted. “For this reason, the draw has been declared invalid. “
When Atletico Madrid were drawn from the pot of unseeded teams, UEFA general secretary Giorgio Marchetti had mistakenly instructed competition director Michael Heselschwerdt not to include the Manchester United ball in the draw pot of possible opponents. To make matters worse, Heselschwerdt provided the ball with Liverpool FC instead, who, as Atletico’s group opponents, were not eligible as Round of 16 opponents.
