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Zidane: Buffon doesn't deserve to go out this way

Zinedine Zidane hopes Gianluigi Buffon has not played his last Champions League game after he was sent off in Juventus' dramatic quarter-final exit, with the Real Madrid boss believing the veteran goalkeeper deserves a better end.

Buffon saw red after furiously protesting referee Michael Oliver's decision to award Madrid a stoppage-time penalty, which Cristiano Ronaldo converted as the two-time defending champions prevailed 4-3 on aggregate despite a 3-1 defeat on Wednesday.

The 40-year-old reacted angrily after Medhi Benatia was deemed to have fouled Lucas Vazquez at the death in the Spanish capital, ending Juve's remarkable comeback.