It's been a pleasure to keep you company through the draw. Now, I will sign off for the night. I'm Aaditya Narayan, and once again here's your UEFA Champions League G
Group A - Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray Group B – Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos CF, Red Star Belgrade Group C – Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta Group D – Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow Group E – Liverpool, Napoli, FC Salzburg, KRC Genk Group F – Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter, Slavia Prague Group G – FC Zenit, Benfica, Olympique Lyonnais, RB Leipzig Group H – Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia, LOSC Lille
And that's that from Monaco. The draw is done, the awards have been given away, and the UEFA Champions League group stage in less than three weeks away.
What a season, how it ends! Congratulations to Virgil van Dijk! And how often do you see this? Messi and Ronaldo among the three nominees, but the third man takes the award home. That's testament to that season Virgil van Dijk has just had. Well deserved!
The UEFA Women's Player of the Year award has been won by England's Lucy Bronze! At last month's Women's World Cup, England head coach Phil Neville had called his right-back the best player in the world. He's been justified now, hasn't he?
The nominees for the women's award - England's Lucy Bronze, Norway's Ada Hegerberg and France's Amandine Henry - all of whom play for European Champions Olympique Lyonnais
Group A - Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray Group B – Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos CF, Red Star Belgrade Group C – Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta Group D – Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow Group E – Liverpool, Napoli, FC Salzburg, KRC Genk Group F – Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter, Slavia Prague Group G – FC Zenit, Benfica, Olympique Lyonnais, RB Leipzig Group H – Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia, LOSC Lille
Here's how the Group Stage is shaping up with eight teams left to be drawn, by the way.
Group A - Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Group B - Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos CF, Group C - Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb Group D - Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Group E - Liverpool, Napoli, FC Salzburg Group F - Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Group G - FC Zenit, Benfica, Olympique Lyonnais Group H - Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia
Going back to the draw, but before we do here's how we stand so far:
Group A - Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid Group B – Bayern Munich, Spurs Group C - Manchester City, Shakhtar Group D – Juventus, Atletico Group E – Liverpool, Napoli Group F – Barcelona, Dortmund Group G – Zenit, Benfica Group H – Chelsea, Ajax
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