Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will resume hostilities after Barcelona were drawn with Juventus in Group G of the group stage of this season’s UEFA Champions League .
Encounter between the duo, arguably the greatest of all times always promising to be exciting and full of drama and high expectations.
Meanwhile, Manchester United has been handed a tough draw , they will face Paris St-Germain, RB Leipzig and Istanbul Basaksehir
Premier League champions Liverpool will have to negotiate a group containing Ajax, Atalanta and Danish side Midtjylland.
Chelsea will play Europa League winners Sevilla, Krasnodar and debutants Rennes.
Manchester City are in Group D with Porto, Olympiakos and Marseille.
Champions Bayern Munich will face Atletico Madrid in Group A.
The draw, which also saw Real Madrid and Inter Milan paired in Group A, took took place without club officials present due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
And it was a particularly tough draw for Manchester United, who will play last term’s finalists Paris St-Germain, as well as 2020 semi-finalists RB Leipzig.
This year’s group stage begins on Tuesday, 20 October while the final is on Saturday, 29 May at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul.
Group stage draw in full:
Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow
Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Borussia M’gladbach
Group C: Porto, Man City, Olympiakos, Marseille
Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland
Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, FK Krasnodar, Rennes
Group F: Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Bruges
Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencvaros
Group H: PSG, Man United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Basaksehir
