Topics: UEFA Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Juventus, Atletico Madrid
The Portuguese forward was in attendance at the 2019/2020 UEFA Champions League group stage draw and awards ceremony.

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has cautioned the fans of Atletico Madrid after his side and Los Rojiblancos were drawn into the same group ahead of the 2019/2020 UEFA Champions League season. The pair locked horns at the Round of 16 in last season's competition and it was the Portuguese forward and his Bianconeri side who emerged as eventual winners.

With a reputation of being a thorn in the flesh of Diego Simeone's men from his Real Madrid days, Ronaldo bagged a hattrick at Allianz Stadium to overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit which sent Juve into the last eight. In the prior encounter, the 34-year-old had an off day and was subjected to booes and jeer throughout the proceeding, an experience he was quite used to.

At the 2019/2020 UEFA Champions League group stage draw and awards ceremony held inside the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Thursday, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner advised Atletico Madrid fans against any form of abuse ahead of the Group D tie.

"I hope they don't attack me in their stadium calling me things that shouldn't be said in sport or anywhere else again."

Before delivering his word of caution to the Wanda Metropolitano ultras, Cristiano Ronaldo, who shared a front row seat next to 2018/2019 Champions League Forward of the Season Lionel Messi and UEFA Men's Player award winner Virgil van Dijk, dropped a subtle hint on hosting the former to dinner while addressing their long-lasting rivalry and relationship.

"We have shared the stage for 15 years. I don't know if it has ever happened in football. We share the same stage all the time.

"We have not had dinner together yet, but I hope so in the future.

"It's great to be a part of the history of football. I am there, and of course, he is as well.