Soccer Football - Champions League Group Stage Draw - Monaco - August 24, 2017 General view during the draw REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
(Reuters) - Holders Real Madrid will have to overcome a sizeable obstacle when the Champions League resumes in February after Monday's draw pitted the 12-times winners against Paris St Germain.
Bidding for a third successive title in Europe's elite club competition, Real paid a heavy price for not winning their group as they were drawn with the big-spending Parisians who were tipped as many people's favourites ahead of the draw in Nyon.
