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Irish Mirror
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Robert Hynes

Champions League last 16 round draw declared void and to be redrawn at 2pm

The Champions League last 16 round draw will be redrawn at 2pm on Monday after a mess up in the original draw this morning.

UEFA say “technical problems and a material error” resulted in the draw being declared void after Manchester United were drawn to face Villareal, who they clashed with in the group stage.

Following the confusion, which led to United being left out of the potential opponents to face Atletico Madrid, UEFA declared the draw void and said it would be repeated later in the day.

A statement said: “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.”

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