The Champions League draw for the round of 16 is confirmed—for real, this time—with Atlético Madrid likely feeling a bit better about its prospects of reaching the quarterfinals, while Real Madrid is not going to be too thrilled with how the redo broke.
The original draw was nullified after an error that initially saw Manchester United paired with Villarreal even though they were in the same group and then United's ball excluded from Atlético Madrid's pool of potential opponents.
UEFA claimed after the initial draw that there was “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.