The Champions League draw, the “hot balls” and other UEFA controversies

A real scandal was registered in the draw of the Champions League. UEFA reported that there were some technical problems in the match-ups in the round of 16. In this way the keys were canceled and everything was repeated. This controversy brought back the famous subject of the possible manipulations in the pairings and the remembered “hot balls”.

“Following a technical problem with the software of an external service provider that instructs the referees on which teams are eligible to play each other, a material error occurred in the draw for the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League. As a result of this, the draw has been declared void and will be completely redone, ”UEFA reported on its Twitter account.

This scandal brought to mind everything that was said about the raffles of Champions League. On more than one occasion it was denounced that there was an arrangement in the pairings. With what happened now, it only fuels these complaints.

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In 2016, Joseph blatter, former secretary general of the UEFA and former president of the FIFA, declared that he did know of the existence of the use of the famous ‘hot and cold balls’ in draws of the European body.

The former president of the FIFA I explain that these balls where the names of the teams are were put in a refrigerator before the draws. Then, at the time of the draw it was easy to differentiate which was the hot ball and thus the keys were matched to favor some teams.

There are things that sparked controversy. The 2016-17 Champions League semi-final draw, the Spanish media questioned the actions of Ian Rush to choose the balls. The Brit had suspicious movements.

Ian Rush moved the hype several times to choose the first team. So far everything normal. It looks like it has gone straight to a ball. Thus, Real Madrid faced Atlético de Madrid.

In the 2015-16 season, there was also another scandal. The international press and on social media said that Javier Zanetti had a strange behavior to choose the balls that were in the drums.

The Argentine star reached in and directly grabbed a ball. After choosing, he began to stir the bass drum. However, he had already selected an option. This sparked more than one comment.

As well as these cases there are many more. The Champions League draws they always bring us some controversy. What happened this season was the straw that broke the camel’s back. A worldwide scandal.

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