Olusola: Over the years the race for who is will be the Champions league highest goal scorer of all time has always been a war between Ronaldo and Messi. Both surpassed Raul 71 goals in the Champions league few years back and since then it has been an amazing race between the two world most talented footballers who shared 11 Ballon D’Or in the last 12 years.
Yesterday, Ronaldo scored in Juventus last game in group stage while Messi wasn’t available for selection against Inter Milan. Before the Champions league resume in February, 2019, Ronaldo has 130 goals with Lionel Messi 114 goals in the race for the all-time goal scorer in the tournament.
The tournament group stage ended yesterday with 16 teams out and 16 teams in the next round for knockout phases, here is the list of the team in the next round:
Group A
PSG and Real Madrid
Group B
Bayern Munich and Tottenham hotspur
Group C
Manchester City and Atlanta
Group D
Juventus and Atletico Madrid
Group E
Barcelona and Dortmund
Group F
Leipzig and Lyon
Group H
Valencia and Chelsea
Going by the law, UEFA rules , team from the same country cannot meet each other in the round of 16, which means there is not going to be
Manchester City vs Tottenham and we will not have the EL classico i n the Champions leagues at least for now.
Also group winners cannot play against each other in the round of 16 then seeing Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) against Lionel Messi (Barcelona) isn’t going to be in February 2020. Barcelona will have to wait if they also want to take revenge against the Defending champion Liverpool because the group winners cannot play each other in the round of 16.