The UEFA Champions League group stage draw is out and there are some interesting face-offs that are sure to whet the appetite of all football lovers, including the return of Manchester City's new coach Pep Guardiola to Nou Camp to take on former club Barcelona
The UEFA Champions League group stage draw is out and there are some interesting face-offs that are sure to whet the appetite of all football lovers.
Manchester City's new coach Pep Guardiola will return to Nou Camp to take on former club Barcelona in the Champions League as the two sides have been thrown together in Thursday's group stage draw in Monaco.
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Guardiola, a European Cup winner with Barca as a player in 1992 before twice guiding the Catalan giants to the Champions League title in 2009 and 2011, will also have Borussia Moenchengladbach and Celtic for company in Group C.
Manchester City's new coach Pep Guardiola
It will be two Argentine forwrds facing off -- Sergio Aguero vs Lionel Messi.
Defending champions Real Madrid, who won a record 11th European Cup last season after beating Atletico Madrid in a dramatic penalty shootout in Milan, were paired with Borussia Dortmund in Group F alongside Portugal's Sporting and Legia Warsaw of Poland.
Arsenal, meanwhile, will have to French giants Paris Saint-Germain, FC Basel and PFC Ludogorets Razgrad in Group A.
Leicester City, who had a fairytale season last year to win the Premier League title, are competing in Europe's top club tournament for the first time. And the Foxes will be come up against FC Porto, Club Brugge and FC Copenhagen in Group G.
Here's the line-up for the group stage of this season's UEFA Champions League:
Group A: Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Arsenal (ENG), Basel (SUI), Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
Group B: Benfica (POR), Napoli (ITA), Dynamo Kiev (UKR), Besiktas (TUR)
Group C: Barcelona (ESP), Manchester City (ENG), Borussia Moenchengladbach (GER), Celtic (SCO)
Group D: Bayern Munich (GER), Atletico Madrid (ESP), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Rostov (RUS)
Group E: CSKA Moscow (RUS), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER), Tottenham Hotspur (ENG), Monaco (FRA)
Group F: Real Madrid (ESP), Borussia Dortmund (GER), Sporting (POR), Legia Warsaw (POL)
Group G: Leicester City (ENG), FC Porto (POR), Club Brugge (BEL), FC Copenhagen (DEN)
Group H: Juventus (ITA), Sevilla (ESP), Lyon (FRA), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Matchday 1: September 13/14 Matchday 2: September 27/28 Matchday 3: October 18/19 Matchday 4: November 1/2 Matchday 5: November 22/23 Matchday 6: December 6/7
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