Champions League QF & SF Draw <--Video Link Fixed

The draw for the quarter finals and semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League took place in Paris on Friday.

Steven Gerrard, Liverpool's captain, was present in Paris - helping to hand over the trophy to the host city, along with former Manchester United defender Laurent Blanc.



The new trophy - engraved with the names of the 50 previous winners - has made its maiden public appearance at the traditional handover ceremony that took place ahead of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw in the Salle des Fêtes at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris.

There was drama before the event when the female presenter fainted on stage during an interview with Real Madrid legend Francisco Gento.

First, Checkout how Eurosport's CL Ticker covered this incident, comedy gold this is:

12:57 Larry White, sorry Laurent Blanc, looks nervous as he gets up on stage to pick the balls out of the hat...
12:55 Finally, it looks like we might be nearing the actual draw... no, not yet, we need to thanks Paris, the mayor, the public, Platini's dog, etc first....
12:47 Delanoe holds the trophy up! And nearly drops it! When is this comedy going to end!
12:46 This has descended into farce! Brilliant! Best draw since we saw the magician in tight pants at the World Cup draw!
12:45 This is incredible! Don't think we'll be seeing Carole again today... she looks very ill...
12:45 Carole's gone again... and the Pompiers race onto stage to drag her away...
12:44 Bertrand Delanoe, the mayor of Paris, is now on stage... this man's a legend, if only for the introduction of Paris Plage every summer....
12:43 Laurent Blanc found that little incident hilarious! He's now been invited onto stage to have a chat the Carole....
12:41 Carole, you've had a nightmare!
12:41 She was really struggling with the pressure of the occasion, and she just broke down! Superb! The official line is that she tripped, but I reckon she jsut freaked out!
12:40 Oh no! The woman, Carole, has fainted! Finally some action! This is brilliant!
12:40 This is embarrassing... the woman on the stage is trying to interview in Spanish... there's just one problem... she doesn't speak a word of Spanish!
12:37 Seriously, this is beyond a joke... this really is cringeworthy... please, put us out of our misery and get on with the draw...
12:31 Just spotted Steven Gerrard in the audience! Oh dear, he looks nearly as bored as me.... wake up Stevie, you're on camera!
12:31 OK, I'm going to have a little snooze now... someone wake me up when the good stuff starts....
12:30 Looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer as we hear about the history of the Champions League, indeed the history of football....
12:29 It's a simple process... pick a ball out of a hat and let us know who's playing who... JUST DO IT!
12:28 Here comes Michel Platini! He's getting an award for something... not sure why, but hey ho....
12:27 They're going on about this year being the 50th anniversary... blah blah blah....
12:27 Oh no... some UEFA woman is up on the stage to present some award... GET ON WITH THE DRAW! We've been waiting ages already!

Now, have a look at the VIDEO of the incident. Watch Stevie G as he just stands there watching her fall, hands behind his back, not even budging an inch to help her as she hit the deck two feet infront of him. Even old man Paco Gento leapt to her aid from the background, and when the medics came flying in to attend to her he STILL didn't move or take his hands from behind his back.