Rules for drawing lots for pre-Champions League 16 and top 8.

The top 16 teams in the Champions League will be decided by drawing lots. Teams from the same country will not meet, and the same group will not meet. The guidelines are as follows:

1, the first group name must be given to the second group name.

Teams from the same country will not meet, except the defending team that participates in the competition according to special terms.

The first round will be held at the home of the second place in the group.

The Champions League quarter-finals will no longer consider "avoidance in the same country and group", and the whole draw will be completely random, including the home and away order.

The draw for the Champions League14 final will clearly divide the upper and lower half, that is, all teams will know the potential semi-finals and finals. There will be no rules to avoid the same country and seed team in this lottery. The team that draws the first place will play at home first.

Just some time ago, at the annual Coach Summit of the Top European Clubs held by UEFA, the head coaches attending the summit once again proposed reforms to UEFA on a rule of the Champions League, that is, the "away goal rule". The coaches attending the meeting, including Mourinho, allegri, Loppert Ji, tuchel, Simone, Ancelotti and other well-known coaches, all expressed the hope that UEFA would reconsider the necessity of the away goal rule.

At the meeting, UEFA adopted the scheme of "the fourth substitution quota". This also rejected the proposal that "after the away goal rule is abolished, both sides will enter the penalty kick without overtime after the draw". There are still many controversial points to say whether the rules of away goal are good or not. Of course, the one who benefits from the rules will advocate it, and the one who is eliminated because of the away goal rules will be a pity.