Ronaldo, Messi to face off in Champions League group stage

Two living legends will face off in the group stages of the Champions League for the first time. LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images

Champions League draw pits Ronaldo's Juventus vs. Messi's Barcelona

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Oct 1, 2020 1:28 PM ET

Football living legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, arguably the two greatest players in history, will face off in the group stages of the Champions League for the first time.

UEFA held the draw for the group stages of the 2020-21 Champions League competition held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Thursday:

The official result of the #UCLdraw!

Most exciting group stage match? pic.twitter.com/d7ynuEjPq3
— #UCLdraw (@ChampionsLeague) October 1, 2020

Along with Ronaldo's Juventus and Messi's Barcelona are Dynamo Kiev and Ferencvaros in Group G.

Reigning Bundesliga and European champions Bayern Munich were drawn with Atletico Madrid, FC Salzburg, and Lokomotiv Moscow for Group A.

English Premier League winners Liverpool are together with Ajax, Atalanta, and FC Midtjylland in Group D.

In Group H, Manchester United will have to deal with Paris Saint-Germain, RB Leipzig, and Istanbul Basaksehir.

As Sam France wrote for Goal.com, UEFA intends to permit stadiums to fill to 30% capacity where allowed by local health and safety laws and guidelines, for Champions League and Europa League contests.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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