Barcelona held the quarter-final, 2nd leg, against El Clásico rival Real Madrid at Camp Nou, the home team’s second competitive match at the stadium and the first in front of fans. The team then defeated Real Madrid in the semi-finals, soccer kits winning for the sixth time out of the six games played between them this season. Previously, only Perugia had managed to go unbeaten over an entire Serie A season (1978-79), but finished second in the table. Gianluigi Buffon served as second acting captain in UEFA Euro 2008 after Alessandro Del Piero was named the team’s acting captain, as Cannavaro was injured and unable to take part in the competition, however Del Piero was frequently deployed as a substitute.
