Real Madrid, Ronaldo Ousted By Lyons

Real Madrid were stunned by French side Lyon as they crashed out of he Champions League on their home ground. This is the sixth successive season in which the world's richest club in revenues was knocked out of the last 16 stage of the competition.

The Spanish giants started the game well, with Cristiano Ronaldo netting his seventh Champions League goal of the season and leveling the aggregate scores at 1-1 in the 6th minute of the game. However, Real Madrid failed to capitalize on their early lead and were made to pay for their missed chances, as Miralem Pjanic smashed home an equalizer for Lyon in the 75th minute.

The scoreline could have been worse for the Blancos, had Lyon's Lisandro and Cesar Delgado both not missed chances when clean through at the end.

With Real Madrid's home ground - the Bernabeu - slated as the venue for this year's final, and £240m worth of signings of star players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, expectations were running high in Madrid.

This failure to make it past the round of 16 leaves Real Madrid manager Manuel Pelligrini under a lot of pressure with, many already speculating Jose Mourinho will replace him.