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For the first time, there was an opportunity for the team of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to be in the same group in the Champions League and see a miracle happen. In addition, Juventus and FC Barcelona were back in the top four with Ferencváros, just after twenty-five years. According to Ronald Koeman, coach of the Catalans, they were given a favorable position.
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| Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can meet again after two years (Photo: AFP) |
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It was a bit surprising, but it had never happened before that Messi and Ronaldo’s team had already met in the group round.
According to kassiesa.net records, as the Portuguese forward strengthened Manchester United, his club was expecting a draw for the BL group stage from the first hat in a row, as did Messi and Barcelona. Ronaldo played soccer for Real Madrid in Spain from 2009 to 2018, so during that period his team couldn’t get into a quartet with another Spanish guard from the start. And Juventus recently took off the first hat, respectively.
Barça ranked second this year because Real Madrid won La Liga. This provided an opportunity for a historic group reunion, and Thursday’s raffle brought together the two world-class reunions.
Messi and Ronaldo last met in a match in May 2018, when a 2-2 draw was born at the Camp Nou, and both “Golden Ball Stackers” each scored a goal.
The excellence of the two seasons, according to UEFA statistics, they played each other in a total of 35 games (together, however, they had never been given away before), of which Messi won sixteen times and Ronaldo’s brigade ten times. The Argentine was right twenty-two times and his Portuguese rival nineteen.
They haven’t crossed each other’s path in the Champions League since 2011. Then, in the semi-finals, Barcelona said goodbye to Real Madrid with a 3-1 overall (and then won the series). Interestingly, Ronaldo had never beaten Messi’s team (i.e. Barça) in the BL before, yet the Catalan genius has succeeded three times in five matches against his current club CR.
The Barcelona-Juventus duel, of course, will also be of interest to other players: the two clubs have just switched players this year (Arthur and Miralem Pjanic) and two former Ajax talents will face off as opponents (Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt).
Ronald Koeman, The head coach of the Catalans, appointed in the summer, briefly commented on the BL draw after the victory against Celta de Vigo on Thursday.
“I think we can be happy with the schedule – quotes Sport Koeman. – Juve and Barça are the two strongest teams, but we have to prove it. We have to keep going, but we don’t underestimate our opponents. ”
| THE GROUP | B GROUP | GROUP C | GROUP D |
| Bayern Munich | Real Madrid | Porto | Liverpool |
| Atletico Madrid | Sahtar Donetsk | Manchester city | Ajax |
| Salzburg | International | Olympiacos | Atalanta |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Olympique de Marseille | Central jutland |
| ELECTRONIC GROUP | GROUP F | GROUP G | GROUP H |
| Seville | Zenith | Juventus | Paris saint germain |
| Chelsea | Borussia Dortmund | Barcelona | United manchester |
| FK Krasnodar | Lazio | Dynamo Kyiv | RB Leipzig |
| Rennes | FC Bruges | CITY OF FERENC | Istanbul Basaksehir |
GROUP CIRCUIT DAYS
Round 1: October 20 and 21
Round 2: October 27 and 28
Round 3: November 3 and 4
Round 4: November 24 and 25
Round 5: December 1 and 2
Round 6: December 8 and 9
The exact schedule will be revealed on Friday, following the draw for the Europa League group stage.
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