Champions League fans ‘entertained by how bored Cristiano Ronaldo looks’ after being given mundane task in new draw
FOOTIE fans couldn’t get over just how bored Cristiano Ronaldo looked during the Champions League draw.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner played a key role in the draw in Monaco after receiving a gong for being the tournament’s all-time leading goalscorer.
The Portuguese superstar was dressed to the nines as he was tasked with the job of pressing the all-important supercomputer button.
Ronaldo was required to push the button every time his former Juventus team-mate Gianluigi Buffon drew a team out of the four seeded pots.
The Manchester United and Real Madrid legend initially cut an enthusiastic figure, although his eagerness waned as the draw dragged on.
The 39-year-old had a vacant look on his face several times when his services weren’t required.
And his boredom was clear and evident when German giants Borussia Dortmund were learning their fate.
The forward looked unbothered as he leaned against the table and placed one hand on his hip.
His boredom didn’t go unnoticed, with one viewer of the draw saying: “Ronaldo is killing me, he’s so so bored.”
Another said: “Ronaldo is SO bored of standing there pressing the same button every 2 minutes.”
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New Champions League format
Each club will play eight matches in the opening phase – against seeded opposition, in a system designed to ensure that teams play opponents of similar difficulty.
The top eight teams in the “final” table will automatically go through to the last 16, where they will be joined by the eight play-off winners of ties between the sides placed ninth to 24th in the table.
Despite there being just eight matches in the opening phase, European matches will be spread over 10 midweek slots.
The new Champions League format also sees the implication of two additional qualifying spots.
They will be awarded to the nations that are top of the “country coefficient” chart each season.
And another said: “Ronaldo already looks bored lol. Some Champions League draw this.”
One remarked: “Only thing I like about this is Ronaldo getting bored and just pressing the button whenever he wants.”
Another chimed in: “Surely I’m not the only one entertained by watching Cristiano Ronaldo trying to make pressing a button over and over entertaining.
“He looks so bored.”
Premier League quartet Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool and Manchester City learned the fates for this season’s tournament during the draw.
Arsenal will be away to AC Milan, Atalanta, Girona and Sporting Lisbon and will host Shakhtar Donetsk, GNK Dinamo, Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain at the Emirates,
Aston Villa, meanwhile, will welcome Bayern Munich, Juventus Bologna and Celtic to Villa Park in their return to Europe’s elite club competition.
Unai Emery‘s Villans will be away to RB Leipzig, Club Brugge, Young Boys and Monaco.
Manchester City’s away days consist of clashes with Juventus, Sporting Lisbon, Slovan Bratislava and Paris Saint-Germain.
The defending Premier League champions will host AC Milan, Club Brugge, Feyenoord and Sparta Prague at the Etihad.
Liverpool were handed arguably the toughest draw, which includes away matches against AC Milan, Girona, PSV Eindhoven and RB Leipzig.
The Merseysiders face difficult home matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid but will fancy their chances against Bologna and Lille.