This success was made more impressive by the fact Zinedine Zidane had only replaced Rafa Benitez less than six months earlier. The French manager clearly had an impact in shoring up the club’s defence, as they earned clean sheets in two legs against Roma in the round of 16, losing away at Wolfsburg before turning it around with another clean sheet at the Bernabeu in the quarter-finals. They then shut out a limp Man City in the semis – a last four clash that will not live long in the memory – en route to the San Siro final.
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