A night of "suffering" and "liberation" thanks to the "magic" of the Bernabéu: "Something is happening in this stadium"

• Chronicle Madrid defies death head-on to reach the Champions League semi-finals

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At

, in the middle of a

that was more summer than spring, the

bus crossed a

crowded

A '

', as it is known in

.

A reception as if he needed to go back.

And it is that perhaps Madrid always needs to come back.

He drinks from that fountain that is the mystique of his shield at the

and in the

.

Without her, it's almost nothing.

already said it

in the previous one: «

».

It is for the team, for the fans and for the soul of the white coliseum, lost with nothing to fight for.

Perhaps with that you can understand a small part of what happened on Tuesday night.

Madrid needed

to realize what was happening around them.

The

after 0-1, 0-2 and

's disallowed goal did not wake up the team led by

.

It was already one of the worst defeats in its history.

Yes, it was

and a miraculous save by

.

There, drowned, the exterior of

appeared for

to force an inexplicable extension.

The fans, powerless during the duel, took on that unthinkable spark and, yes,

.

To another one.

"

, from there the fans have pushed us and

has come out .

It was known that we had to suffer because Chelsea were a great team."

Already in extra time,

's teary eyes in celebration of the 2-3 and his

come to explain the inexplicable.

How but through the shield can you understand nights like

and Chelsea, in which Ancelotti finished with a defense made up of

, who almost cried on the bench with the third of the Londoners, against the current champion of the Champions.

"In extra time we were fresher. With the changes I wanted to put energy in."

The final whistle found

but on the pitch for the last five minutes, on his knees again, in tears, applauded by the coaching staff when he walked towards them.

And most of his teammates thrown one on top of

.

The French and the Croatian are the football leaders, and emotional next to

, of a team that has accumulated eight semifinals in the last ten years.

All led by

who also reaches his eighth semi-final as coach, equaling the historical record of

.

The Italian is one of only three coaches to have lifted the title three times, with

and

.

"We have had a

, but how can I explain it,

I am very happy. Suffering a lot, But the more you suffer, the happier I am.

«

.

A defeat that tastes very sweet.

We did not give up until the end and we have continued to believe," Modric summed up, joking with "another night of suffering."

"

, like against Bayern, Juve, Ajax, Schalke... Today again."

could not find an explanation: «

and in this shirt».

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