The celebrations had long already started in Madrid before Daniele Orsato blew the full-time whistle at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night.
But as he did, Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid were back in party mood after booking their place in the final of the Champions League in one of the most dramatic ways possible. Despite being behind heading into the 90th minute, in both the tie and game, Real somehow managed to force the match into extra-time.
Rodrygo scored twice to force an extra 30 minutes, cancelling out Riyad Mahrez’s opener in the process, before Karim Benzema struck from the spot to seal a 6-5 win on aggregate for Los Blancos and leave City wondering what if in Europe for a sixth consecutive season.
