Where do you even start? How is it possible to put into words the heroism and drama which was witnessed at Ibrox last night?
Or sum up the emotion and the passion which engulfed the old ground until it felt as if it might be suffocating?
This was not just a football match, not even a European semi-final. It was a succession of punches to the face and test of endurance like no other.
And somehow, when it was all over, Rangers emerged from the mayhem with a place in Seville secured and a shot at the Europa League title.
A late goal from John Lundstram hauled them there just when it seemed they had been sucker-punched and left on the canvas by an RB Leipzig side which had been taken apart but which still managed to land a blow when they ought to have been out on their feet.
They had been set upon not just by Giovanni van Bronckhorst ’s players but also by a crowd which turned up on Glasgow’s south side knowing their moment had arrived.
The atmosphere they whipped up before kick-off crackled with the kind of voltage which can only ever be generated under the lights on either side of Glasgow’s great divide on nights such as these.
And it all came together like the perfect storm.
A well-travelled, sophisticated Leipzig squad may have thought they had felt it all before. But they walked out into a thunderous wall of chaos.
Electricity? The atmosphere was so highly charged it could have lit up the national grid.
It mattered not to these fans that once again their side would have to operate without a recognised centre forward, after Kemar Roofe failed to make it off the treatment table.
Even though Joe Aribo was tasked with pulling on a false No.9, this was treated as nothing more than a minor inconvenience. It certainly did nothing to dampen the raw excitement and the pounding sense of anticipation.
And yet, before it could all begin, the bedlam was punctured in a perfectly silent, poignant tribute to an absent friend. Jimmy Bell wouldn’t have appreciated the fuss. The kitman would have settled for the win.
And van Bronckhorst set up his side with that firmly in mind. Three at the back, with Lundstram on the right, meant the boss was prepared to go man for man with one of the slickest attacks in the Bundesliga.
But it was a bravery which was replicated all over the pitch. In fact, the way they set about the Germans took the breath away.
The first shot was fizzed towards goal after seven minutes when Ryan Jack let fly after superb work from Scott Wright and Tavernier down the right flank. Jack’s effort nicked off a German leg and was dealt with by keeper Peter Gulacsi but notice of intention had been served.
At the other end Connor Goldson was marshalling the backline and even when they allowed Yussuf Poulsen to slip through, Jack came racing back to make a crunching block.
But the breakthrough came in 18 minutes when Kamara exploded into this tie by holding off two opponents like a man possessed then slipping Ryan Kent off down the left.
The winger darted off into the box, flashed the ball across the face and Tavernier came steaming in at the back post to apply a perfect finish.
And just when it felt like peak Thursday night, this place soared into uncharted heights as Kamara added a second goal within five minutes, at the end of another stylish Rangers raid.
Wright started it by pinching possession high up the pitch, then raced forward to receive it from Aribo before popping it back into Kamara’s path on the edge of the box.
With a swing of his left boot the Finn passed the ball beyond Gulacsi and inside the keeper’s right-hand post.
As Ibrox erupted, Calvin Bassey and Goldson picked up cheap bookings amid the mayhem.
Aribo could even have added a third goal – and should have done – when he latched on to Tavernier’s back-post header but failed to connect properly just a yard out.
But there was another blow before half-time when Borna Barisic had his name taken for a foul on the edge of the box and Aribo was knocked out cold by the free-kick.
His night was over – his place taken by Fashion Sakala – as the contest raged on to the break.
Portuguese ref Artur Dias was another looking rattled by the mayhem but he did receive ironic cheers in 51 minutes when he carded Kevin Kampl for a foul on Wright. The same player had avoided a first-half booking for even more blatant lunge on Kent.
But Rangers continued to probe and Kent’s cross was headed wide by Sakala as they looked for a
nerve-settling third goal.
Van Bronckhorst had to change again soon after though when Jack pulled up with a knock. The gaffer sent on Leon Balogun, moved Lundstram into midfield and also replaced Wright with Scott Arfield.
But Gers couldn’t find that comfort and they were made to pay even though Allan McGregor kept the Germans out with a stunning point-blank save.
Seconds later Angelino was fizzing a cross into the keeper’s box and Christopher Nkunku met it on the volley to sweep into the roof of McGregor’s net and level this semi-final up on aggregate.
With just 10 minutes to go, Tavernier floated a free-kick into the box but it drifted out to Kent on the left. This was the break Rangers needed. A dip of the shoulder, a dart to the byeline and the Germans were in bother.
Defender Josko Gvardiol managed to scramble Kent’s cross off the line but only as far as Lundstram who lashed it home like this was his destiny. Now Rangers might be nearing theirs.
