MONACO -- Tournament draws are designed to deliver balance and, when they do their job, they're distinctly unexciting. So, unless you get lucky -- or you hire a WWE scriptwriter which, for now, UEFA is not planning to do -- there's a decent chance you'll get a fairly hum-drum draw.
That was the case for the 2016-17 Champions League group stage... with one glaring exception: Group C is all about Pep Guardiola.
His Manchester City side face Barcelona, the club where he spent 22 of his 45 years on this earth as a youth team player, professional and coach.