Paris Saint-Germain will face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League last 16 after the draw was redone due to an earlier error. After mistakenly drawing Manchester United against groupmates Villarreal in the first draw (and then failing to replace United when the initial error was corrected) UEFA opted to redo the entire draw.
“Following a technical problem with the software of an external service provider that instructs the officials as to which teams are eligible to play each other, a material error occurred in the draw for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. As a result of this, the draw has been declared void and will be entirely redone at 1500 CET.”
Confirmed UCL draw
Red Bull Salzburg vs. Bayern Munich
Sporting CP vs. Manchester City
SL Benfica vs. AFC Ajax
Chelsea vs. Lille OSC
Atletico Madrid vs. Manchester United
Villarreal CF vs. Juventus
Inter Milan vs. Liverpool
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Real Madrid
Following a technical problem with the software of an external service provider that instructs the officials as to which teams are eligible to play each other, a material error occurred in the draw for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16.
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 13, 2021
Official. Champions League draw will be repeated today. 🔴 #UCL
“Following a technical problem, the draw has been declared void and will be entirely redone at 1500 CET”, UEFA announces.
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 13, 2021
