By Emmanuel Ebimoh
The draws for the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League have just been concluded and we’re set for another season of jaw-dropping, heart-pumping European football action from arguably the best teams in the world. For some, it’ll be a glorious homecoming; while for others, it’ll be an opportunity to find revenge.
Cristiano Ronaldo will once again have a chance to haunt his former employers, Manchester United in what will be a crunch encounter, and Tottenham will feel the sting of the Nou Camp when they clash against Barcelona in a group that seems like a group of death! Will they survive it?
Draw | Champions League 2018/19
Group A
Athletico Madrid
Dortmund
Monaco
Club Brugge
Group B
Barcelona
Tottenham
PSV
Inter Milan
Group C
PSG
Napoli
Liverpool
Rs Belgrade
Group D
Locomotiv Moscow
FC Porto
Schalke 04
Galatasaray
Group E
Bayern Munich
Benfica
Ajax
AEK Athens
Group F
Shakhtar Donetsk
Lyon
Hoffenheim
Group G
Real Madrid
Roma
CSKA Moscow
Viktoria Plzen
Group H
Juventus
Manchester United
Valencia
Young Boys
The final will hold in Madrid on 1st June, 2019. Meanwhile, Luka Modric was confirmed as UEFA’s best player of the year and Midfielder of the season. Cristiano Ronaldo bagged the forward of the season, while his ex teammate, Sergio Ramos was voted as UEFA’s best defender of the season.
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