The UEFA Union of European Football Association announced Group Draw for Champions League 2020-21. The event is set to commence from 20th October 2020 and culminate on 29th May 2021.
According to details, Messi’s club Barcelona as well as Ronaldo’s club Juventus are in Group G. Thereby, both legends are set to contest during the early stages of the league and may have to play against each other at any other knock out stage too.
In the recent past, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi played against each other during the semifinal of UEFA Champions League between Real Madrid and Barcelona in Madrid, Spain on 27th April 2020.
Messi and Ronaldo also faced each other in 2012.
The grouping as per draw is given below:
Draw Results:
Group A: Bayern, Lokomotiv Moskva, Salzburg, Atlético Madrid
Group B: Real Madrid, Mönchengladbach, Internazionale, Shakhtar Donetsk
Group C: Porto, Marseille, Olympiacos, Manchester City
Group D: Atalanta, Liverpool, Midtjylland, Ajax
Group E: Sevilla, Rennes, Krasnodar, Chelsea
Group F: Zenit, Club Brugge, Lazio, Dortmund
Group G: Barcelona, Juventus, Ferencváros, Dynamo Kyiv
Group H: İstanbul Başakşehir, Paris, Leipzig, Manchester United