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Super Eagles’ Bryan Idowu to face Ronaldo in ‘tough’ UCL group

BY Remi Sulola

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Super Eagles and Lille forward, Victor Osimhen, will be facing Chelsea, Ajax and Valencia in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League as his club was drawn in the group H.

Bryan Idowu’s Lokomotiv Moscow is in group D alongside Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. Idowu will be taking on Cristiano Ronaldo in the group matches.

In a draw ceremony held in Monaco on Thursday, holders Liverpool is drawn in group E alongside Napoli, Salzburg and Genk.

Liverpool became European champions for a sixth time in June, 2019 with a 2-0 victory over English-top rivals Tottenham in Madrid.

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Manchester City and Europa League winners Chelsea will go in with big guns Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Zenit St Petersburg and Paris Saint-Germain.

The group stages get underway in the week of September 16, with six group games running through to mid-December.

The final will take place at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul – where Liverpool made a come back from 3-0 down to beat AC Milan on May 30, 2005.

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The full group pairings:

Group A: Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid, Club Bruges, Galatasaray
Group B: Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos, Red Star Belgrade
Group C: Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta
Group D: Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow
Group E: Liverpool, Napoli, Salzburg, Genk
Group F: FC Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague
Group G: Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, Lyon, RB Leipzig,
Group H: Chelsea, AFC Ajax, Valencia, Lille

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