Is the Champions League draw fixed?

Question

someone told me neither man u, arsenal, or chelsea will get drawn with each other but one of them will get liverpool.

Additional Details

liverpool will most likely get arsenl

Answer 1

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I certainly hope so ! He He !

Answer 2

must be true then....

Answer 3

WHy would they fix it? That would be pointless.

Source(s):

My massive knowledge of football.

Answer 4

We'll have to wait and see - but now we know what suspicious circumstances to look out for!

Answer 5

it might be
it might not be

but i very much dout that the will let 2 teams from England get to the final because lets face it do you honestly think they would lets say for example let Liverpool and man utd get to the final and travel over to Russia together on the same planes and then be in the same hotel together there would be murder there is no way they will let that happen

Answer 6

No, its broken...!

Really...no. I'll prove it. Tomorrow, in the draw is Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Roma, Schalke, Barcelona and Fenerbahce. If my prediction is false, then you have a point. If it is true, thats the proof (just cause my friends dad knows Federico Laurazzi, who is a behind-the-scenes man for the draws every year (the public dont know him, hes just as known as us). I asked my friend to see if he can find out any clues as to whats going to happen. Heres my predictions:
Chelsea will not be drawn with Man Utd, Fenerbahce or Schalke..
Liverpool will not be drawn with Barcelona, Arsenal or Man Utd..
Barcelona will be drawn with Fenerbahce, Chelsea or Man Utd

This will be interesting...lol!

Answer 7

Its definately fixed, there has to be one major draw which will pull in a big audience, dont surprised to see either a Arsenal/Man Utd tie or see Barca against and english side.

Answer 8

maybe

Answer 9

nah mate not fixed.but as soon as manUre get chelski they will say it was a fix and start going on about the ref before that name has been drawn!

Answer 10

dont be silly,,,,

Answer 11

because of so much money involve in it .yes it could be .on the other hand they are aware of the big rivalry between man.u and pool fans so who knows? could be a problem if they meet .

Answer 12

Well whoever told you that was absolutely right a long time before the draw was made.

Answer 13

The draw was fixed! Some bookmakers refused bets on the draw from 11:00 gmt. Some dodgy stuff in Goa.... See here for proof of this outrageous rigging!
http://forums.icnorthwest.co.uk/viewtopi…

Answer 14

Very interesting indeed.

Hopefully it wont get swept under the carpet by those involved in the sport and its global coverage.

Answer 15

Look this topic..


http://forums.liverpoolecho.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=33755&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60


SCANDAL !!!


And look to opened time

Answer 16

http://forums.liverpoolecho.co.uk/viewto…

Answer 17

Wow, this is more than slightly suspicious. Where did you hear it was gonna be fixed? Not only were you correct but two hours before the draw a poster on the Liverpool Echo forums said he heard rumours it was gonna be a fix and posted the details of the entire 'fixed' draw and was completely 100% correct!!. He also said bookmakers were refusing to take anymore bets on the draw!

Source(s):

http://forums.liverpoolecho.co.uk/viewto…

Answer 18

I could feel pool getting arsenal, I knew it would happen

Answer 19

Looks like a fix, especially as the bookies smelt a rat.

Answer 20

Long time since I did some math but tried to calculate the probability for the fixed draw i.e what are the chances to get a bet on the draw right..please correct me if I'm wrong.

8!/(2!(8-2)!)= 33 calculating 2-way combinations from pool of 8 teams for example rom vs manu, chel vs live etc.

2 teams gone..6 remanins gives
6!/(2!4!)=15 combinations

and follow by 4!/(2!2!)=4 and 2!/2!=1

the probability to guess the right draw of a pool of 8 balls:
1/33*1/15*1/4*1=1/1980=0,0005%

conclusion: Someone made a lot of money on that draw..

Answer 21

There was a 40% chance of an all English tie.
it just so happened that Arsenal and Liverpool got drawn against each other.
Whatever the outcome could have been there would always be something to draw question marks over.
I'm not overly pleased that we get to face a team who'll be mad for revenge after the 7 - 1 humiliation they received last season.

Answer 22

Well there's this hot&cold draw balls issue. So fixing a draw might be possible without a permanent mark or color difference on the balls.

If there's a fixed draw. I think only UEFA can be held responsible. Imagine for once, the highly probable all Brit / "Premier League beats Champions League" semi-finals. UEFA would lose tremendous money and credibility in a scenario where Premier League dominating the last two sequence of the Champions League. Spain, Italy, Germany pissed off, lost TV ratings, angry sponsors for not reaching enough global audiences... Platini's nightmare! So if he draw is fixed, it's fixed for the good of the Champions League... The intention behind shouldn't be for one or more team's favor. That might also be the reason it's leaked.

Source(s):

Logic :)

Answer 23

Liverpool was indeed got Arsenal in the quarter-finals & Manchester United renew their rivalry against AS Roma once again. anyway, the draw is clearly not fixed & there are great matches to look forward to until the final.

Answer 24

no it cant be fixed..i seen it live

Answer 25

yes

Answer 26

@Johan Nearly right. It's
8!/(2!((6)!) * 6!/(2!4!) * 4!/(2!2!) = 2520 Combinations respecting the order. Without order (what's here the case) there are 2520 / (4*3*2*1) = 105 Combinations.
So the chance is (if I'm right) 1/105 < 1%, but that's still a small probability.

Answer 27

Yes it is...

Answer 28

yes it is
and it is quite feasible. just watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRk726ha4rg

Source(s):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRk726ha4rg

Answer 29

it was fixed ain't no one seen the real hustle on tv, "i saw it live it ain't fixed" you go on like it can't be done some people are just so stupid i tell you.