• Champions League

Man City handed Real test, Chelsea grouped with Juve

ESPN staff
August 30, 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho will face Manchester City © Getty Images
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Manchester City will do battle with Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage, while Chelsea have been placed with Juventus, and Manchester United must face Galatasaray.

City were unable to escape a testing group last season, and have been handed another tough route to the knockout stages, with German champions Borussia Dortmund also in Group D alongside Ajax, who qualified by winning the Eredivisie.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud faces a reunion with former club Montpellier, who he left over the summer, in Group B. Olympiakos and Schalke will be the other opponents for Arsene Wenger's side.

Manchester United, looking to improve on last season's premature exit from the competition, are up against Braga, conquerors of Udinese in qualifying, and CFR Cluj of Romania in addition to Turkish side Galatasaray.

Champions Chelsea will take on Serie A winners Juventus, and also face a tricky trip to the Ukraine to meet Shakhtar Donetsk. Danish newcomers FC Nordsjaelland round off the group.

On their return to the competition, Celtic meet Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow.

Champions League 2012-13 group stage draw
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Porto Arsenal Milan Real Madrid
Dynamo Kiev Schalke Zenit St Petersburg Manchester City
PSG Olympiakos Anderlecht Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb Montpellier Malaga Borussia Dortmund

Group E Group F Group G Group H
Chelsea Bayern Munich Barcelona Manchester United
Shakhtar Donetsk Valencia Benfica Braga
Juventus Lille Spartak Moscow Galatasaray
FC Nordsjaelland BATE Borisov Celtic CFR Cluj
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