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Zinedine Zidane, Gareth Bale React to Real Madrid's 2-0 UCL Loss to Wolfsburg

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane insisted he and his players are keeping calm in the wake of their shock 2-0 loss to Wolfsburg in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, revealing their clash with Barcelona on Saturday took a lot out of the team.

The result in the first leg leaves Los Blancos with a mountain to climb if they’re going to make it into the final four of the competition. But speaking after the defeat at the Volkswagen Arena, the Frenchman was adamant that this team is capable of overturning the deficit, per ESPN FC’s Dermot Corrigan:

Zidane: "The only thing we can do is be calm.