December 13, 2021 – 23:04
The cover of ‘Marca’ reveals the anger of the meringues who met Benfica and will now face Paris Saint-Germain
Real Madrid’s indignation The repeat of the draw for the Champions League round of 16, after a potting error, had already been shown all day by the club. Now, the ‘brand’ wrapper gives more echo to the meringue revolution, with an expression used internally in a sequence A technical problem forced repetition: “wet”. Late in the morning, Real Madrid considered the procedure to be drawn again as a “blatant manipulation” of the procedure, initially leading to a confrontation with Benfica, and later with Paris Saint-Germain. According to the EFE news agency, Real told UEFA that it was against a full repeat of the draw, claiming that the pairing with Benfica occurred before the errors that prompted the procedure to be cancelled. Emilio Butragueño, Merengo’s Director of Institutional Relations, left a stinging criticism: “It was surprising, unfortunate and hard to fathom, given the millions of fans who were waiting for the draw, as well as the entire sporting world.”
It must be remembered that, however, it was the complaints of Atletico Madrid that led to the recurrence. Manchester United and Villarreal were initially paired, which would not have happened as they were opponents in the group stage. With the Red Devils, potential opponents of ‘Atleti’, irregularly out of the equation (and Liverpool as a potential opponent to the Spaniards, which they didn’t because they were from the same group), Diego Simeone’s formation ‘caught’ Bayern Munich, then in protest…
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