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All mouth and no trousers: Real Madrid still utterly dependent on Ronaldo

The Portuguese forward was ruled out before kickoff and in his absence, Zinedine Zidane saw his garment split once again as his players looked completely toothless in attack.

All mouth and no trousers. For the second Champions League game in a row, the world got a glimpse of Zinedine Zidane's undergarments. But while "pants" may be a harsh appraisal of his side's showing on Tuesday, Real Madrid looked less than the complete package without its famous underwear model in the team.

With Cristiano Ronaldo ruled out before kickoff and not even named on the bench, Zidane picked Lucas Vazquez in attack alongside Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema.