At one minute past midnight a self-declared madman sent the Santiago Bernabéu into a state of delirium and Real Madrid into the final of the Copa del Rey. El Loco leaped above the Real Sociedad defence and then into the stands at the north end of this stadium, where supporters had seen their team go and do it again, their way.
It had been long, it had been wild, and somehow they were the ones celebrating, which it seems they always are. Madrid did not win and were not always very good until they were irresistible, but it was enough.
