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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will meet in the group stage of the Champions League for the first time when Juventus and Barcelona teamed up in Group G.
Current Bayern Munich will take on Atlético Madrid, while Manchester United drew in the same group as Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, who met in the semi-finals last season.
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Liverpool were placed in a group promising goals alongside Ajax and Atalanta as well as newcomer FC Midtjylland, while Real Madrid and Inter Milan were also paired in Group B.
The draw also means Sergino Dest, who was announced as a Barça player on Thursday, will go head-to-head with his international UNSMT teammate Weston McKennie, who joined Juve this summer.
On the other hand, Manchester City tied in the same group as Porto. Chelsea will face the Europa League champion, Sevilla.
Group games will begin on October 20 and 21 with the sixth games on December 8 and 9 and the final at Istanbul’s Ataturk Stadium on May 29. UEFA also announced Thursday that fans will be able to enter stadiums at 30% capacity according to local government guidelines. Visiting fans will not be admitted to matches.
Before the start of the draw, former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba won the UEFA President’s Award, while Bayern’s Manuel Neuer was named the men’s Goalkeeper of the Year and Sarah Bouhaddi from Lyon claimed the women’s honor.
Lyon’s Wendie Renard was named the Women’s Defender of the Year with her teammate Dzsenifer Marozsan the best midfielder, while Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich was the men’s number one defender and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne was named best midfielder.
Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski won the award for best male striker, while Chelsea’s new signing Pernille Harder, who became the most expensive footballer in women’s football when he arrived from Wolfsburg this summer, was named best female striker, with both players winning the overall. best player awards.
Lyon made a clean sweep when Jean-Luc Vasseur was named best coach, while on the men’s side the award went to Bayern’s Hansi Flick.
Group A: Bayern Munich, Atlético de Madrid, FC Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow
B Group: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Borussia Monchengladbach
Group C: FC Porto, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Marseille
Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, FC Midtjylland
Group E: Sevilla FC, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes
Group F: Zenit Saint Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge
Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kiev, Ferencvaros
Group H: PSG, Manchester United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Basaksehir
