Did UEFA botch the last 16 draw? - yes

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ayushreddevil9

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They will not do it again, UEFA wanted Messi V Ronaldo, they got it, no chance of a redraw.
Maybe if it was Barca or Real who got done like that, they would re-do the draw.
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I watched it back. They picked every team out of each pot so they are okay. If they picked United rather than say Juventus then they would have fecked up.
Except there's literally video footage of United not being put in Atletico draw
 

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It’s obviously not a fix. If they wanted to fix it they wouldn’t brief your man to fecking lie about United having been already drawn!

It does look like a feck up though.
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UEFA making a real strong case for the European Super League.
 

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It’s obviously not a fix. If they wanted to fix it they wouldn’t brief your man to fecking lie about United having been already drawn!

It does look like a feck up though.
Also it's easily explainable as they incorrectly announced United (vs Villarreal) for the draw prior to the Atletico one so it was on his mind to say Manchester United can't be drawn instead of Manchester City. A stupid mistake but it's at least somewhat understandable.
 

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Journalists need to be all over this. I can see it just being brushed under the carpet.

I think it's a genuine mistake and not rigged but they have to re-do it properly.

The wont be all over it though will they...., they got their dream tie, ronaldo messi stories, Poch stories, its a win win for the media.
Such a shambles though.
 

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I'm waiting to hear if there's a fall out. That draw needs to be repeated by the letter of the law. Looks like they nearly botched even the fix, and got confused. But they got there in the end.
I doubt they'll redraw it. Call me a cynic but I would say it's probably been a long time since there's been a CL draw without some sort of skull duggery going on to get the draws they want.
 

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Idiots. It has to be redrawn. But this is UEFA so that won’t happen.
 

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Anyone who thinks it was deliberately fixed needs to give their head a wobble.

However, there clearly was a mistake that means it should get redrawn. It won't do though.
 

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I'm pretty sure they messed up on three distinct occasions:

1) They added Manchester United to Villarreal's draw pot, even though they could not be paired due to being in the same group.
2) They added Liverpool to Atletico Madrid's draw pot, even though they could not be paired due to being in the same group.
3) They failed to add Manchester United to Atletico Madrid's draw pot, even though that was still a valid draw pairing.
Points 1 and 2 could be disgarded to be honest as it doesn't really mess up the draw as evident by United coming out and it was moved on to draw another team.

Point 3 is huge though and that alone should see it redrawn.
 

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I watched it back. They picked every team out of each pot so they are okay. If they picked United rather than say Juventus then they would have fecked up.

If you look at the screen they've put a red square next to our name. They then only pick 5 balls, Liverpool (which shouldnt be in there) Ajax, Bayern, Juventus and Lille.
 

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Not fixed but they fecked it up big time. United, Bayern, AM, and PSG shouldn't be ok with this.
 

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Except there's literally video footage of United not being put in Atletico draw
Yeah just seen. I was initially referring to the first feck up they made in drawing us against Villareal.
 

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Journalists need to be all over this. I can see it just being brushed under the carpet.

I think it's a genuine mistake and not rigged but they have to re-do it properly.
They are in in fairness.
 

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A botch would indicate UEFA aren't happy with the outcome...


They should just come out before the draw and say, listen we want Man Utd vs PSG to happen and we can't rely on either of those basket cases to make it through the last 16, so we're putting them together now... at least I could respect that level of honesty!
 

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Anyone who thinks it was deliberately fixed needs to give their head a wobble.

However, there clearly was a mistake that means it should get redrawn. It won't do though.
Yeah, the old heat the balls trick is the way to fix the draw.
 

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Anyone who thinks it was deliberately fixed needs to give their head a wobble.

However, there clearly was a mistake that means it should get redrawn. It won't do though.
C'mon mate, its UEFA! You have to be so naive to think corruption doesnt exist. This is the draw they wanted for the TV money. Every man and his dog knew we would get PSG and lo and behold, we got them!
 

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Points 1 and 2 could be disgarded to be honest as it doesn't really mess up the draw as evident by United coming out and it was moved on to draw another team.

Point 3 is huge though and that alone should see it redrawn.
Yeah, point 1 and 2 are somewhat immaterial. It looks shoddy, but actually has no impact. The 3rd point though has completely changed the nature of the draw.
 

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If you look at the screen they've put a red square next to our name. They then only pick 5 balls, Liverpool (which shouldnt be in there) Ajax, Bayern, Juventus and Lille.
Is it because we were accidentally drawn and the computer said we shouldn’t have been picked or something?
 
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