#UCL: 2020/2021 UCL Draws

The 2020/2021 draws of the UEFA Champions League took place today at 17:00 CET, part of the pre-event saw Chelsea and Cote D'Ivoire legend Didier Drogba presented with the UEFA President's Player Award. Also, it was the perfect occasion to announce the UEFA Positional awards and the just concluded season prestigious annual awards. 

German and Bayern Munich goalie, Manuel Neuer was named Best Goal Keeper, Joshua Kimmich, Best Defender, Manchester City Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne took home the award for Best Midfielder while Robert Lewandowski was named UEFA Best Forward.

Didier Drogba with UEFA President's Award

The highlights of the draws was Juventus facing off against Barcelona, this means that both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will for the first time lurk horns against each other in the UEFA competition group stages in group G. Other ties saw Manchester United pitted against former rivals PSG and Liverpool face a tough test at Atalanta, while Champions Bayern Munich will have to slug it out with Diego Simeone and his Atleti side.

Draws in full:

Group A                                                                   Group B

Bayern Munich                                                          Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid                                                         Shakhtar Donetsk

Salzburg                                                                     Inter Milan

Lokomotiv Moskva                                                   Borussia Monchegladbach

Group C                                                                   Group D

Porto                                                                           Liverpool

Manchester City                                                         Ajax

Olympiacos                                                                Atalanta

Marseille                                                                    Midtjylland

Group E                                                                   Group F

Sevilla                                                                         Zenit St. Petersburg

Chelsea                                                                       Borussia Dortmund

Krasnodar                                                                   Lazio

Rennes                                                                        Club Brugge

Group G                                                                  Group H

Juventus                                                                    Paris St. Germain

Barcelona                                                                  Manchester United

Dynamo Kyiv                                                            RB Leipzig

Ferencvaros                                                              Istanbul Basaksehir

UEFA Positional Award (Men)

GK: Manuel Neuer - Bayern Munich/Germany

DEF: Joshua Kimmich - Bayern Munich/Germany

MDF: Kevin De Bryne - Manchester City/Belgium

FWD: Robert Lewandowski - Bayern Munich/Poland

UEFA Positional Award (Women)

GK: Bouhaddi Sarah - Olympique Lyonnaise/France

DEF: Wndie Renard - Olympique Lyonnaise/France

MDF: Dzsenifer Marozsan - Olympique Lyonnaise

FWD: Pernille Harder - Wolfsburg/Chelsea/Denmark

Pernille Harder with UEFA Awards

UEFA Seasonal Award

Best Men's Player: Robert Lewandowski

Best Women's Player: Pernille Harder

Best Men's Coach: Hansi Flick

Best Women's Coach: Jean Luc Vasseur

The Breaking news from the UEFA organizing body is that henceforth starting from the UEFA Nations League 30% fans will be allowed into the stadium for all UEFA competitions, this is an agreement reached after a first phase testing period in the UEFA Super Cup in Budapest. 

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