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Champions League draw to be redone after error
<h4><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">The Union of European Football Associations has revealed plans to make Champions League draw redone following the miscalculation involving Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, and Manchester United.</span></h4>
<h4><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">According to UEFA, a new Champions League draw will be redone at 2 p.m.</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">The original draw was declared void as a consequence of a &#8220;technical error,&#8221; according to UEFA.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">The problem came when Atletico Madrid finished second in Group B and their probable last-16 opponents &#8211; all group winners &#8211; were put into a different pot, but United was left out.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">In the last-16 draw, teams that met in the group stages are meant to be kept apart. United did not play Atletico Madrid in the group stages, but Liverpool did, and Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s team was incorrectly placed in the pot to meet Atletico, who were subsequently drawn against Bayern Munich.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">United had been paired with Paris Saint-Germain in the initial draw, while Liverpool had been paired with Salzburg.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;">A substantial error occurred in the draw for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 as a result of a technical malfunction with the software of an external service provider that notifies the officials as to which clubs are qualified to face each other, according to UEFA.</span></p>