What happens if the last two teams from the UCL pot are draw together in the round of 16, but they are from the same country/group?

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If teams from the same country or group cant be draw together, so what if the last two teams available are from the same country or group? Do they redraw it? As far as I know, they move on to the next team, but what if there isn't any available?
What do we do in this situation? Real Madrid and Atletico are the only options left, but they are from the same country

dly · Answer

The Round of 16 draw is not like any other draw you might know.
The draw will be held as follows:

Every group winner has a dedicated bowl containing 8 balls with their name in it.
There is one bowl containing all runners-up.
A runner-up is drawn.
A computer checks the possible opponents and a ball from each of their bowls will be placed into an empty bowl and shuffled. This way no ineligible opponents can be drawn.
If only one possible opponent for a team remains the match will be placed directly.

To see how it's done you can watch last year's draw on YouTube:

What happens if the last two teams from the UCL pot are draw together in the round of 16, but they are from the same country/group?

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