Uefa champions league 2020/2021 group draws were made in Geneva today and it fell rather kindly for Chelsea, former Blues duo Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda – who pulled the balls out of the bowl – doing their old club a favour.
Chelsea drew Europa League winners Sevilla along with Krasnodar and new goalkeeper Edouard Mendy’s former club Stade-Rennais.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men were placed in a group with last season’s finalists PSG, German heavyweights RB Leipzig and İstanbul Başakşehir.
Liverpool also face a difficult task, with Dutch champions Ajax and last season’s quarter-finalists Atalanta joining them in Group D along with Midtjylland.
Manchester City, beaten in last season’s quarter-finals, have been drawn against Porto, Olympiakos and Marseille.
Bayern Munich play Atletico Madrid in Group A, while Juventus’ and Barcelona meet in the blockbuster tie in Group G that sees Ronaldo face Messi for the first time since he left Real Madrid.
The draw, which also saw Real Madrid and Inter Milan paired in Group B.
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was named Champions League men’s midfielder of the sports season.
“It’s really nice. In the Champions League you play against the best players in world and I want to compete with them,” the Belgium international said in a broadcast on the UEFA website.
See the Uefa champions league 2020/2021 group draws below.
Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow
Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Borussia Monchengladbach
Group C: Porto, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Marseille
Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland
Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes
Group F: Zenit Saint Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge
Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kiev, Ferencvaros
Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Basaksehir
