Lyon stuns Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo

Lyon stuns Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo

There is only one goal and there is still the return leg to come in Turin, but Lyon's surprise 1-0 win over Juventus on Wednesday leaves this last 16 draw delicately poised as the Italian team seeks its first Champions League title since 1996.

Meanwhile, 24 years ago, Juventus have reached the European Cup final five times and lost five times.

That is one of the reasons why the Serie A team signed Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 128 goals in the Champions League and won the tournament once with Manchester United and four times with Real Madrid.

But Lyon had the measure of Ronaldo in that game, displacing him as Juventus struggled to find their rhythm, especially in the first half.

The home team got off to a nervous start, but led by Houssem Aouar in midfield -- at one point, 21-year-old cheeky Paulo Dybala -- Lyon deservedly led at the break.

Cristiano Ronaldo failed to build on his remarkable Champions League record in Lyon.

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Aouar created the goal and crossed Lucas Tousart, who provided an acrobatic finish. The goal handed Lyon their first win against Juve and ended the 22-game unbeaten Italian club maurizio Sarri in European games.

Sarri coached Chelsea last season and led the Premier League team to victory in the Europa League.

"We always thought we were capable of unsettling Juventus and we did just that with a lot of desire," Aouar said uefa.com.

When Tousart met, Juve played with 10 men, with Matthijs de Ligt being treated for a bloody head wound.

Juventus improved in the second half but Dybala missed with a shot and when he found the net, the Argentine was marginally offside.

Lyon also defended superbly, keeping an eye on Ronaldo and bravely blocking on rare occasions Juve had the opportunity to shoot.

"We were second with every ball in the first half - I don't know why," Leonardo Bonucci said uefa.com. "Something went wrong with our approach, I could feel from before the whistle that something hadn't turned on.

"We were all far apart in the first half, which made lyon easy. We have to work hard before the return round because we can't afford another game like this in Turin."

Lucas Tousart scores Lyon's winning goal against Juventus Turin.

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In last season's Champions League quarter-final, Juventus were beaten 2-0 by Atletico Madrid before a Ronaldo hat-trick secured the Serie A team a place in the quarter-finals before being beaten by Ajax.

65 - Among the seven players with more than 50 goals in the Champions League, Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo is the only one to have scored more goals in the knockout phase (65) than in the group stage (63). Wait.

"We believe in ourselves," Juve midfielder Aaron Ramsey said uefa.com. "With our fans right behind us, we can progress to the next stages."

The good news for Juve is that Ronaldo's goalscoring record in the knockout phase is incomparable.

According to statistics provider Opta, Ronaldo is the only one of the seven players with more than 50 goals to have scored more goals in the knockout phase (65) than in the group stage (63).

The second stage will take place on 17 March at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.