THE draw for the last 16 of the Champions League had to be “entirely redone” after an embarrassing technical error left clubs angry, European football’s governing body Uefa said on Monday.
“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,” a chastened Uefa announced.
“As a result of this, the draw has been declared void and will be entirely redone,” at 1400 GMT.
With the draw being streamed live from Uefa’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the problem was made evident when Manchester United’s name was drawn to face Villarreal, despite the fact the two clubs could not have played one another having been in the same group.
Manchester City were drawn to play the Spanish side, but the
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