Draws that went wrong, after Champions League farce that saw Man Utd paired with PSG before being declared void
THE Champions League last-16 draw had to be done again on Monday after Uefa made an almighty mess of it.
Astonishingly, a redraw was issued when Manchester United were seemingly left out of the pot and denied an opportunity to play Atletico Madrid.
Instead, they were paired with PSG, however that draw has now been declared null and void.
It’s not the first time a draw for a cup competition has gone completely wrong.
Here’s five other disasters.
1982 WORLD CUP DRAW
What could possibly go wrong when you ask a group of Spanish schoolboys to do a World Cup draw?
Well, Scotland found out when they had to fetch some mini Tango balls out from what looked like a tombola.
The poor Scots were drawn in the wrong group and the whole thing had to be restarted.
Eventually, they would be paired with New Zealand, Soviet Union and Brazil – getting tonked 4-1 in their final game and crashing out.
THE ROD STEWART CUP DRAW
When rocker Rod Stewart was asked to do the Scottish Cup fifth round draw for the 2016-17 season, no one could’ve imagined what would’ve happened next.
The bleary-eyed rocker’s arm spun round, it swooped into the bowl, and he animatedly announced each number with glee.
Later, Rod said he was doing an impression of Rod Hull and his Emu puppet.
He also admitted, he’d had a few.
“I did tell them, I said ‘Listen guys when I come and watch the football I do like a bevvy or two’. They said ‘Don’t worry about it,'” he told the Harry Redknapp Show podcast.
SEMI-FINAL MUDDLE
Back in 2018, Lynsey Hipgrave had a moment to forget on the BBC.
The BT Sport presenter even apologised for her gaffe to football fans on Twitter for her error, getting the fixtures of the last four all muddled up
Manchester United were drawn against Tottenham, while Chelsea will face Southampton at Wembley in an FA Cup semi-final draw.
But Hipgrave accidentally claimed Old Trafford boss Jose Mourinho would be taking on his former Blues.
And after being the subject of ridicule from fans, Hipgrave tweeted: “That’s live tv, not my first mistake and certainly won’t be my last.
“Really sorry. Just checking you were all listening.”
HIPGRAVE AGAIN
And it wasn’t Hipgrave’s last mistake.
Last season’s FA Cup first round draw was also a complete disaster, who made a few mistakes as she hosted the event alongside Grant Holt.
When No75 was drawn, she confused Havant and Waterlooville as Torquay United.
Then, mixed up Skelmersdale and Crewe Alexandra in announcing Bolton’s opponents.
Just to make matters worse, she revealed “they were up against Bolton Wanderers” when Bolton were supposed to be the home team.
NUMBERS GAME
In 2007, the Football Association were forced into launching an investigation after the wrong numbers were called out.
Fans were left scratching their heads when Arsenal legend Sammy Nelson pulled out the No24 ball and said it was 25.
That meant Aston Villa had to play Manchester United, when they thought they should’ve been playing Middlesbrough.
Bizarrely, when Nelson did say the No25 his fingers were covering the number leaving viewers perplexed.
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An FA spokesman later said: “It’s a number 24 but because there’s a line underneath the numbers, at that angle on the film it does look like a 25. It’s been verified by our competitions department.
“There’s no mystery and absolutely no problems with the draw. We can understand how the confusion might have taken place.
“We can have a look at the ways the balls have been designed but we’ve never had a problem with them before.”