The history of this club helps us to keep going when we think we are gone.
Not for the first time this season, his side appeared to be out of the competition.
For the third time, the 13-time winners came back from the precipice.
They were down to Manchester City on aggregate in the final minute without having a chance to win the game.
Then substitute Rodrygo scored twice in 90 seconds, and then Karim Benzema netted the extra-time winner from the spot to send Real into the final.
What a game of football. Jonathan Woodgate, a former Real defender, said it was the best he had ever seen.
If Rodrygo and Benzema scoring late in the game and Benzema winning in extra time sounds familiar, that's right. In the quarter-finals, that happened against the European champion.
They trailed Paris St-Germain 2-0 on aggregate in the last 16. Benzema scored three times in 17 minutes.
They lost to Sheriff Tiraspol in the group stages, but still won top spot in the final round of games.
Real are aiming for their 14th European Cup when they play in Paris. That would be more than any other team.
The manager who becomes the first to reach five European finals said that he couldn't say that he was used to living this kind of life.
The history of this club helps us keep going when we think we are gone.
The game was close to being over and we were able to find some energy. We played a good game. We had a psychological advantage when we equalised.
Rodrygo, who scored from a Benzema cross before heading in to make it 5-5 on aggregate, said: "We were dead and what happened happened."
We learn to fight to the end with this shirt. With my first goal, we started to believe.
Woodgate played 14 times for Real in the 2005-06 season.
Real Madrid and City had no comeback. The players never know when they are beaten. They keep going until the end.
We thought the game over at 80 minutes.
The last time Real won a trophy was in the final of the European club competition.
Rio Ferdinand, who played for Manchester United, said that he had never seen a run to the final so topsy-turvy.
When you think they are out, you bet against them at every single junction and they come and take it.
Steve McManaman, who played for both teams and the final, said he was dumbstruck. Manchester City was cruising through the 90th minute without any attempts on target.
It beggars belief that they would go on and win after what we saw. It is an incredible feat for them to do it when they were out for it.
It was a great week for Real, who won the La Liga title with a win over Espanyol.
"Another mad night" is what RealMidfielder Federico Valverde called it.
When City scored, it felt like everything was falling apart, and it felt lost.
The fans helped us fight to the end. When the goals go in, you think we will win.
In recent years of the European Championship, this is the latest thriller.
The first leg was considered one of the best games in the history of the tournament. The second-leg finale has great ties.
In the quarter-finals in the year, City were beaten by Spurs on away goals (4-4), with a late, late winner ruled out by the VAR after City had celebrated wildly.
In the next round, Spurs benefited from a thrilling finish as Lucas Moura scored his third goal of the game in the 96th minute.
Barcelona have been involved in three of the best ties.
In the first knockout round of the year, they lost to Paris Saint-Germain but rebounded to win 6-1 at home.
They blew a 4-1 first-leg lead to lose to Roma on away goals and then lost to the Reds after winning the first leg.
Marcus Rashford's last-minute penalty helped Manchester United come back against Paris Saint-Germain and help get Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the job.
If Real win the trophy, this might be the best story of all time.
He said it would be the greatest victory ever if they beat the Reds in the final.
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