By Max Winters For Mailonline
Published: 14:34 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 14:34 GMT, 21 February 2019
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi find themselves in unfamiliar territory at the moment with their futures in this season's Champions League in doubt.
Juventus slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie while Barcelona failed to grab an away goal in Lyon on Tuesday night as they were held to a goalless draw.
If both players crash out at this stage of the competition, it will be the first time that Ronaldo and Messi have both not been in the quarter-finals of the Champions League since the 2004/05 season.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are now in unfamiliar territory in the Champions League
During that campaign, with Ronaldo still at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson's team crashed out in the last-16 to AC Milan.
A late goal from Hernan Crespo in the first leg secured a vital away goal for the Italian giants before another from the Argentine in the return secured their passage into the quarter-finals.
