{"id":119959,"date":"2021-08-27T00:52:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T00:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119959"},"modified":"2021-08-27T05:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T05:01:22","slug":"horror-champions-league-draw-for-messis-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119959","title":{"rendered":"Horror Champions League draw for Messi&#039;s PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi&#x27;s first Champions League campaign since leaving Barcelona will feature a mouth-watering double feature with Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Due to finishing runners up in France last year, PSG were placed in pot two, rather than pot one for the draw, and paid a heavy price.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#x27;s RB Leipzig and Belgian champions Club Brugge rounded out the group, which shapes to be one of the most competitive.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch the group stages of the<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/stan.com.au\/football?utm_source=wwos&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=football_article\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>UEFA Champions League<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <strong><em>live, ad-free and on-demand on Stan Sport.<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/stan.com.au\/football?utm_source=wwos&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=football_article\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Click here to sign up!\"><strong><em>Click here to sign up!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2a3effb7-0120-4ef7-92bc-0c86c7cd5851\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2a3effb7-0120-4ef7-92bc-0c86c7cd5851\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will also have a very tough group featuring Atletico Madrid, Porto, and AC Milan, while defending champions Chelsea will take on Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>First-time qualifiers Sheriff were handed a couple of dream ties, with trips to face Inter Milan and Real Madrid ahead of the minnows, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/champions-league-2021-highlights-news-group-draw-monaco-vs-shakhtar-donetsk-own-goal\/27b127bf-33e9-4ad2-8aae-83e2005dd19a\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"who yesterday became the only team from Moldova to reach the group stage\">who yesterday became the only team from Moldova to reach the group stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6267367009001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/08\/374250\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Foster\u00a0joins\u00a0Stan\u00a0Sport&#x27;s\u00a0UEFA\u00a0coverage\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cks6jseo2000i0gtibvtxha3m\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traditional powerhouses Bayern Munich and Barcelona face off, and Manchester United managed to avoid any horror match-ups, but will still face stern tests from Villareal and Atalanta.<\/p>\n<p>The group stage gets underway on the mornings of the 15th and 16th of September in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Groups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A:<\/strong> Manchester City, PSG, RB Leipzig, Club Brugge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B:<\/strong> Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C:<\/strong> Sporting CP, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D:<\/strong> Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E:<\/strong> Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group F:<\/strong> Villareal, Manchester United, Atalanta, Young Boys<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group G:<\/strong> Lille, Sevilla, RB Salzburg, Wolfsburg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group H:<\/strong> Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit, Malmo<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lionel Messi&#x27;s first Champions League campaign since leaving Barcelona will feature a mouth-watering double feature with Manchester City. 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