Champs League: PSG to face Madrid; Chelsea vs Lille as United land Atletico
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Holders Chelsea will play
French side Lille in the Champions League last 16 after the draw for the
knockout stages took place for a second time.
A "technical
problem" caused an error in the initial draw, which Uefa said had been
"declared void".
Premier League champions
Manchester City face Portugal's Sporting Lisbon while six-time winners
Liverpool play three-time winners Inter Milan.
Manchester United face
Spanish champions Atletico Madrid.
In the standout tie of
the round, 13-time champions Real Madrid come up against French powerhouse
Paris St-Germain.
Champions League last-16
draw:
Red Bull Salzburg v
Bayern Munich
Sporting Lisbon v
Manchester City
Benfica v Ajax
Chelsea v Lille
Atletico Madrid v
Manchester United
Villarreal v Juventus
Inter Milan v Liverpool
PSG v Real Madrid
Why
was it redrawn?
In the original draw,
Manchester United's ball was pulled out of the pot against Villarreal but they
were ineligible to face each other as they had been in the same group - an
eventuality Uefa said the technology should have prevented.
Last season's Europa
League winners Villarreal were instead paired with Premier League Champions
City.
Further confusion
appeared to occur when United were excluded from the pot of possible opponents
for Atletico Madrid, and Liverpool included instead.
However, United could
have played the Spanish side and Liverpool could not, having progressed into
the knockout stage from the same group.
Uefa said in a statement:
"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."
BBC Online

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