The draw for this round took place on 5 February 2021.[3] Shortly afterwards,
Olympiacos vice-president Kostas Karapapas and
Aris president Theodoros Karypidis both implied that the draw was fixed and claimed that some of the balls used from the
HFF representative and chairman of the Greek Cup Committee Manos Gavrielidis during the procedure, were previously heated.[4] Gavrielidis stated that there was a live streaming of the draw and everything was performed according to law on restrictions concerning the
COVID-19 pandemic which forbade the presence of club representatives, something that was also applied in the previous draw.[5] The
Hellenic Football Federation issued a statement later that day denouncing the whole story as ridiculous and absurd.[6]Olympiacos issued a statement in response, insisting that the draw was fixed by the Federation and accusing the
HFF representatives of being corrupted and responsible for the total humiliation of the competition and of Greek football in general.[7]