Top 5 moments of Zinedine Zidane at the helm of Real Madrid

Zizou stepped down as Real Madrid's coach
Zizou stepped down as Real Madrid's coach

#1 A hat-trick of Champions League titles

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Real Madrid Celebrate After Victory In The Champions League Final Against Liverpool
Zizou is the only manager to win three Champions League titles in a row

Of course, Zizou's greatest achievement with Real Madrid will always be his three consecutive Champions League titles.

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His first Champions League final as a manager was against Atletico Madrid. Real took the lead through Sergio Ramos before Yannick Carrasco equalised for Atletico.

The match went into penalties and Real won 5-3 thanks to a miss by Juanfran.

Zidane's second Champions League final was against Juventus. Real Madrid took the lead in the 20th minute thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo before Mario Mandzukic equalised for Juve.

However, Los Blancos scored three goals in the second half to win the match 4-1 and their 12th Champions League title.

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Zidane's third Champions League final was against Liverpool. Real were gifted the lead after Loris Karius' throw went straight to Karim Benzema who shot home.

Liverpool equalised through Sadio Mane but substitute Gareth Bale scored a brace to win the match for Los Blancos.

This was Zidane's third Champions League win as a manager and his fourth overall with all of them coming with Real Madrid.

Zizou is the only manager who has a hat-trick of Champions League titles.

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