Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will face each other for the first time in more than two years after their teams, Barcelona and Juventus, were drawn together on Thursday in the Champions League group stage.
The sides were paired in Group G, with Dynamo Kiev and Hungary’s Ferencvaros.
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Ronaldo and Messi, the two highest scorers in Champions League history with 130 and 115 goals respectively, have not clashed since the Portuguese left Real Madrid to join Juventus at the end of the 2017-18 season.
They have only met five times in the Champions League.
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski won the Uefa men’s Player of the Year award.
