00:00Do you remember those round of 16 matches that were never played?
00:03We see, among other things, a Benfica Real Madrid, a Villarreal Manchester City,
00:08There's a certain Atletico Bayern in it, it's strange, I don't remember that match.
00:12Okay, I'm launching a new video series called "Duty of Remembrance"
00:15and we're going to revisit some events that have happened in football
00:17And we're going to bring them back into the spotlight, put them back in the forefront.
00:19because these are things we must not forget.
00:21Sometimes there's nothing serious, but it just seems nice to me to
00:24bring them forward a little bit.
00:25On December 13, 2021, in Lyon, UEFA will hold the draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League.
00:30because at the time, there were no sixteenths, etc., it's directly the eighths after the
00:33pool phases.
00:34And so at the time, remember, there were constraints, there were top seeds and
00:38non-top seeds,
00:38But most importantly, a club could not play against a team from the same country.
00:41and could not face a team that it had already faced in the group stage.
00:45The first duel is drawn, Benfica-Real Madrid, subsequently, Villarreal's ball is out.
00:50Except that afterwards, it's going to be Manchester United's ball that comes out.
00:53I can imagine the look on the Villarreal guys' faces at the time, thinking, "What the hell?"
00:56So naturally, a rather strange unease is settling in Lyon.
00:59And instructions will be given; we will not count that ball.
01:03We're going to remove one ball, and therefore Villarreal will face Manchester City.
01:06If that had been the only problem with the draw, I can assure you it would have been forgotten by now.
01:10a long time.
01:10Except that a few minutes later, guess what, he was drawing Atletico Madrid.
01:14Except that United's ball wasn't put back in place.
01:17Finally, we weren't given a United ball; basically, we had a draw.
01:20as if we couldn't draw United in addition to the clubs we couldn't draw.
01:23But on the other hand, we could have drawn Liverpool.
01:25There was the Liverpool ball, while we, likewise, had faced Liverpool in the group stage before.
01:28We find ourselves facing Bayern Munich, but there's something we need to understand,
01:31The thing is, the probabilities are not necessarily the same depending on the teams you drew, etc.
01:36So there you have it, I'll spare you the math lesson, but basically, we got screwed.
01:39Despite this, the ceremony went ahead, there was PSG, United,
01:42A thought for the Lille players who managed to finish first in their Champions League group.
01:45to then face Chelsea.
01:47Except that it quickly caused a scandal that day.
01:50There are quite a few supporters who understand that one club has been wronged.
01:53And not only that, because anyway, from the moment we've done a certain
01:55drawing,
01:56Well, that inevitably had consequences.
01:59Some even wondered, aren't these strange attempts, etc.?
02:02Isn't this a rigged draw?
02:04Okay, now we've realized there's a ball that shouldn't be there.
02:06But perhaps at other times, there were also balls.
02:09In short, the Atletico management quickly requested an explanation from UFA.
02:12because they realize we've been screwed.
02:14And the UFA will quickly acknowledge a problem with the service provider's software.
02:18which basically explained, for each club, who you could and could not play against.
02:22And so at 3pm, 3 hours later, well, there will be a new draw.
02:25And that's where we'll get the famous PSG-Real Madrid match with Donnarumma, and all that.
02:28That.
02:29We were incredibly lucky; we faced Manchester United.
02:31who really wasn't up to scratch at that point.
02:33And for the people of Lille, football said no.
02:35because even though the guys finished first in their group,
02:38They beat Chelsea once.
02:39The draw needs to be redone, they beat Chelsea again.
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