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Miracle man Ramos the savior again as Zidane's rotation risk almost backfires

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High drama at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid found themselves 2-1 down at home to Deportivo La Coruna and looked like losing their impressive unbeaten record. And even after substitute Mariano made it 2-2, it seemed as if Zinedine Zidane's side would drop two valuable points.

Sergio Ramos, however, had other ideas. The Madrid captain, so often the hero right at the end for Los Blancos and most recently in the Clasico at Camp Nou, when he headed home with 11 seconds of normal time remaining, produced another divine intervention here.

With Luka Modric rested along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema ahead of the team's trip to Japan for the Club World Cup on Monday, this time it was Toni Kroos' corner that found Ramos - who else?