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Man Utd Champions League draw: Cristiano Ronaldo set for Old Trafford group stage return
MAN UTD Champions League draw - Cristiano Ronaldo will face his old club in the group stage.
Champions League: Man Utd face tricky group with Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Juventus in the summer after nine years at Real Madrid, which included winning four Champions League titles in the last five seasons.
He has now been drawn against his old employers at Old Trafford in the group stage of this year's competition.
Ronaldo, 33, has only played Manchester United twice since leaving them for a then-world record fee of £80m in 2009.
That was in 2013, when Real Madrid - then managed by Jose Mourinho - knocked out United in the Last 16, in large thanks to Ronaldo goals in both legs.
Man Utd Champions League draw (Group H)
Juventus
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Last season Manchester United were knocked out of the Champions League in disappointing fashion, losing 2-1 on aggregate to Sevilla in the Last 16.
Mourinho defended the loss, citing that United's "football heritage" suggested exiting at that stage was ordinary - the club has only progressed once past the Last 16 since losing the 2011 final to Barcelona.
After finishing second in the Premier League last season, United have qualified for Europe's elite competition for another campaign, and are placed in Pot 2.
In 2017/18, the Red Devils' finished atop a group consisting of Portuguese champions Benfica, CSKA Moscow and Basel.