Bayern to play Barcelona in Champions League, Liverpool face Ajax

25.08.2022 - 20:43 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Bayern Munich were placed in the same section as Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona in Thursday's draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage in Istanbul, while Erling Haaland will face his former club as Manchester City were paired with Borussia Dortmund.

Bayern and Barcelona will also come up against Inter Milan in Group C, which is completed by the Czech champions Viktoria Plzen.

Bayern beat Barcelona 8-2 in a one-off quarter-final in Lisbon in 2020, while the Catalans also lost 3-0 twice to the Germans last season as they were eliminated in the group stage.

Lewandowski, 34, signed for Barcelona during the close season for a fee that could reach 50 million euros ($49.9m) after scoring 344 goals in eight years at Bayern.

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Barcelona’s Spanish forward Ferran Torres (L) and Bayern Munich’s German midfielder Serge Gnabry (C) and Bayern Munich’s German midfielder Leon Goretzka vie for the ball during the UEFA Champions League Group C football match between FC Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona in Munich, southern Germany on September 13, 2022. (Photo by KERSTIN JOENSSON / AFP)

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