Top 5 UCL performances by Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid

#3. Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid / 2016-17

Club Atletico de Madrid v Real Madrid CF - UEFA Champions League Semi Final: Second Leg

Real Madrid defeated their city rivals 4-2 on aggregate in the UCL 2016-17 semi-final. It was a very exciting fixture as both teams were familiar with playing with against each other. The second leg was the last UCL match played at Atletico's Vicente Calderon.

Real Madrid won 3-0 at home with a Ronaldo hat-trick. Ronaldo's hat-trick at the Bernabeu in this match is considered as one of the most brilliant individual performance in the history of the competition. This was also Ronaldo's second consecutive hat trick in the tournament after he put three on Bayern Munich's bag. The Portuguese player is the only person to do so.

Saul gave Atletico the perfect start in the second leg. It was then followed by a penalty covered by Griezmann. Atletico were back in the game with the aggregate of 2-3. Isco scored an important away goal courtesy to the moment of magic by Benzema and the rest of the match was quiet. Atletico may have been eliminated from the competition, but they managed to get a win in Calderon in its last European game.

Real and Atletico have met each other various times in the recent Champions League seasons and Real have beat them every time, but this defeat was the best amongst the other matches due to the dominance Zidane's team displayed en route to the Duodécima.