Football: Champions League draw-Real Madrid face Juventus, Barcelona meet AC Milan once again

Nine-time European champions Real Madrid have been paired with Juventus in the pick of Thursday afternoon's Champions League draw in Monaco.

Carlo Ancelotti's men and the current Serie A champions, who met in the final in 1998, have been joined by Galatasaray and Copenhagen in Group B.

Barcelona and AC Milan will resume rivalries again after meeting four times in the last three seasons, with Lionel Messi inspiring the Blaugrana to a memorable comeback at the last 16 stage last time round. Joining them in an intriguing Group H is Ajax and Celtic.

Arsenal face a difficult task in maintaining their record of consistently reaching the knockout stages after being joined in Group F by Marseille, Napoli, and last season's beaten finalists, Borussia Dortmund.

Elsewhere, holders Bayern Munich will take on Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City for the second time in three years, and Real Sociedad are rewarded for their play-off victory over Lyon with a trip to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United.

The 2013-14 final will be held in the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.

Below is the CL Draw table

GROUP A Man Utd Shakhtar Donetsk Bayer Leverkusen  Real Sociedad	GROUP B Real Madrid Juventus Galatasaray Copenhagen
GROUP C Benfica Paris Saint-Germain Olympiakos Anderlecht	GROUP D Bayern Munich  CSKA Moscow  Manchester City Viktoria Plzen
GROUP E Chelsea  Schalke  Basel Steaua Bucharest	GROUP F Arsenal Olympique de Marseille  Borussia Dortmund Napoli
GROUP G Porto  Atletico Madrid Zenit St Petersburg Austria Wien	GROUP H Barcelona AC Milan Ajax Celtic