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Real Madrid strength too much for Juventus, makes European Cup history

CARDIFF -- Yes, it's a dynasty. The first back-to-back European champions for 27 years. Three titles in four seasons. It may not feel like one in the way that Pep Guardiola's Barcelona was or the Ajax sides of the early 1970s were, because there isn't a domineering tactical style or a box office figure at the helm or even a blueprint to follow.

But that's what it is.

Nine of the 14 Real Madrid players who dropped Juventus 4-1 to win the club's 12th European Cup were there in 2013-14. So too was Zinedine Zidane, albeit he as an assistant to Carlo Ancelotti then.