Nyon (Switzerland), 13 December 2021 – The new ones draws for the Round of 16 of the Champions League, repeated after the sensational cancellation due to a technical error, are not as lucky as the first for the Italians: the Juventus will challenge the Villarreal, while theInter he will have to deal with the Liverpool. The Spaniards are not to be underestimated: they defeated and condemned Atalanta to the Europa League and are more insidious than Sporting Lisbon, caught by the Bianconeri in the first draw. But, considering the possible rivals, Atletico Madrid e Psg, it didn’t go badly. If Dybala and his teammates therefore save themselves, the blow is very hard for Inter. FromAjax, dangerous and talented but very young team at Liverpool’s Wrong, firmino, Manner, van Dijk e Alisson, to name just a few.
Summary
A leap in the dark comparable only to that of Real Madrid. Ancelotti’s boys had caught the affordable draw at 12 o’clock Benfica. Then the incredible announcement of Uefa: technical error and draw to be redone. At that point, according to reports from the Spanish media, Real wanted to have the draw repeated only from the point of error, thus saving their soft match with the Portuguese, and would have announced actions against Uefa if the draw was repeated for all teams.
But in the new draws of 15 there were also the balls of Benfica and Real Madrid, and they did not meet again. The Portuguese team caught the Dutch Ajax, while a Benzema and comrades touched the Paris Saint Germain from Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. A parade of champions, the return of Ancelotti to Paris, former illustrious ones (Sergio Ramos above all), but certainly an indigestible challenge to the Spaniards.
And that’s not all: a first tweet in which Real Madrid had ironically defined “Change of plans…“, the cancellation of the first draw, followed by another of the president Florentino Perez. “Another Reason why Super League should be made. To stop the fraud from Uefa “, wrote Perez recalling the project, which for the moment failed, of the super lega. Real then made it known that during the day there will be “one institutional statement“from the club.
Here are the final mates:
1) Salzburg – Bayern Munich
2) Sporting Lisbona – Manchester City
3) Benfica – Ajax
4) Chelsea – Lilla
5) Atletico Madrid – Manchester United
6) Inter – Liverpool
7) Villarreal – Juventus
8) PSG- Real Madrid
The first leg of the round of 16 will be played between 15 and 22 February, while those returning between8 and 16 March. The seeded team (Juventus among the Italians) plays the second leg at home. The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will take place on Friday 18 March, while the finale will be played on Saturday May 28 at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg. There is no longer the rule that gives more weight to away goals: in case of a tie at 90 ‘extra time, in case of a tie at 120’ it goes to penalties.
During the draws, a chaotic situation had arisen: due to a technical problem, the secretary general Marchetti and the organizers had forget to enter the Manchester United ball in the draw of the possible rivals of Atletico Madrid, despite being a potential opponent. An error also linked to the previous one with United drawn as an opponent of Villarreal (impossible eventuality given that the teams had met in the group stage) only to be removed, with Villarreal being subsequently paired with City.
This is the tweet from Uefa that announced the cancellation of the first draws: “Following a technical problem with software from an external service provider instructing officials on which teams are eligible to play against each other, a clerical error occurred in the draw for the Uefa Champions League round of 16. Consequently, the draw was declared void and it will be completely redone at 15.00 “.
These i old intersections which no longer have any validity. The confrontation between Inter and Real Madrid was pitiless.
1) Benfica – Real Madrid
2) Villareal – Manchester City
3) Atletico Madrid – Bayern Monaco
4) Salzburg – Liverpool
5) Inter – Ajax
6) Sporting Lisbona – Juventus
7) Chelsea – Lilla
8) M. United – Psg
