If it wasn't Messi v Ronaldo would UEFA do a redraw to get better ties?
Did UEFA botch the last 16 draw? - yes
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Not even questioning it. They don't care about the integrity of the game at all.
Won't be the first cover up by authorities but a real chance here to distance themselves from the corruption of FIFA and have this to point to when their integrity is questioned, just don't see them sacrificing the Messi v Ronnie
Thanks Fredrik A. Filtvedt.
They were exposed big time but surely they are too arrogant and corrupt to re draw!
Hard luck
Would be very pleasing to see a redraw where United get Lille, Liverpool get PSG and Chelsea Real Madrid.
This was going to be my post but you beat me too it. Only UEFA could reach FIA levels of stupid within 24 hours notice.
- Chelsea vs Lille is about to kick off, the players are ready and...what's this there seems to be more players exiting the tunn...
- BAW GAHD IT'S MANCHESTER UNITED!!!!
No wonder Atletico are challenging it, they probably don't fancy themselves vs Bayern but do against United, their style of play would probably beat us.
I doubt they really want to face Ronaldo
I don't see why they wouldn't redraw? There's not much to gain from being corrupt in this case, if they are indeed being corrupt in this case.
Just admit it and redraw, every club will agree it's the right thing to do.
Now that will be a fix as we both won our groups..but hey you never know
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Not even questioning it. They don't care about the integrity of the game at all.
Despite how we've played this season, I doubt there's many teams that actually want to face K.O stage Ronaldo.
Can someone tell me what's happened?? Ta.
If the scriptwriters were any good, they'd have every team demanding a redraw until they draw Man Utd.
"Nope. Do it again."
“Uefa in discussion as to whether the draw will stand.”
On what grounds can it stand?? So unprofessional in every sense.
“Shucks, we made a mistake during the draw. Oh well that’s life for ya!”
On what grounds can it stand?? So unprofessional in every sense.
“Shucks, we made a mistake during the draw. Oh well that’s life for ya!”
We got put into the Villarreal pot by mistake, then got left out the Atletico one.
Long story short, they played with their balls incorrectly.
Bring back Paul the Octopus!
Do the regulations say "any balls" or "all balls" must be drawn correctly?
Cheers fellas. They're subtle aren't they.
This will be a beaut. Discussing it at all means they know they've messed it up.
They mistakenly put Utd in the pot to draw Villarreal, despite us playing in the same group as them
They drew Villarreal vs Utd, realised their mistake.
They grabbed another ball. Man City. So Villarreal vs City.
They then draw Atletico and put teams in the pot who can face them, but they do not put Utd's ball in there. Mistakenly claiming Utd "have already been drawn"
We then get added to later pots and got PSG. But we were never given the chance to draw Atletico, which changes our odds for other teams dramatically.
So there are 8 teams affected by the errors then?
Surely if half the teams are affected they have to draw it again
Surely if half the teams are affected they have to draw it again
Can't believe it's even a question if this should be redone. Ridiculous. Doesn't matter who got who.
In the second draw Villarreal came up and they accidentally included us in the list of balls that could be drawn against. We can't play them because we had them in the group stages. The result was Villarreal vs Manchester United but it was instantly discounted and a team was redrawn instead, turning out to be Manchester City. On the next draw it was Atletico and when choosing the possible opponents the organiser said it can't include Manchester United - he meant to say City but the previous draw had confused him so they left United out of the possible pot to be drawn against Atletico which then obviously taints that specific draw and messes the odds for all the following ones.
Atletico are every bit as bad as us this season
I hope the do a redraw and it's exactly the same, just for the tin foil hat brigade to lose their mind.
Yep. If they don’t redraw I want them to justify why. They’ve already done the hard bit.
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IMO they won't admit and try to stand their case but hopefully you are right though just because the way it looks.
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Not even questioning it. They don't care about the integrity of the game at all.
Done dealio, here we go!
Wait, do we want Atletico over PSG? If so, I guess it's only up from here.
Surely the Villarreal ones wrong as well? They must have missed putting the right ball in their draw
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