UEFA Draw: Messi and Ronaldo to clash in group stage
Juventus star Christiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi will clash in the group stage of 2020/2021 Champions League competition.
The Champions League group stage draw for the 2020/2021 season was done at RTS studios in Geneva on Thursday.
Current champion Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, RB Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow are paired to play in Group A, while Spanish Champion, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Borussia Moenchengladbach and Italian side, Inter Milan will play in Group B.
FC Porto of Portugal, English side, Manchester City, Olympiacos and Marseille will slug it out in Group C, while English champion, Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta and Midtjylland will trade tackles in Group D.
Chelsea, Sevilla, Krasnodar and Rennes are paired in Group E. Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio and FC Brugge are in Group F.
Christian Ronaldo and Messi will clash as Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kiev, Ferencvaros are paired to play in Group G, while PSG, Man Utd, Leipzig, and Istanbul Basaksehir will slug it out in Group H.
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