Thibaut Courtois produced a stunning last-save as Real Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-2 to set up a semi-final of the World Cup World Cup with Paris Saint-Germain, amidst the drama of the stopping time in New Jersey.
The Spanish giants sailed to a comfortable victory when the clock tapped after 90 minutes and led 2-0 thanks to the first half of Gonzalo Garcia and Fran Garcia.
Maximilian Beier (90+2) initially disrupted Real's feathers when he punished the bad clearance of Antonio Rudiger, but Kylian Mbappe (90+4) came up with a fast and spectacular answer to recover two goals almost up.
However, when Dean Huijsen saw red because he retrieved Serhou Guirassy seconds after the restart and the Dortmundaas was hammered in his penalty (90+8), the nerves of Real were colored.
Dortmund stacked forward and Marcel Sabitzer must have thought he had scored when he was sweet connected to a ride to the bottom corner – but Courtois's Superstop in the 99th minute made Real just over the line.
Trent helps again on emotional day
Trent Alexander-Arnold previously recorded an assist for Real Madrid.
On an emotional day before the right back, with a period of silence before the competition to remember his former teammate of Liverpool Diogo Jota, whose funeral took place earlier on Saturday, the new Madrid-Man showed its quality.
After he made his first aid in the famous white shirt against Juventus in the previous round, Alexander-Arnold bustled a low pass over the box for colleague full-back Fran Garcia to hand in Real's second of the game.
It came only 10 minutes after the rising star Gonzalo Garcia had converted from close by for his fourth goal in five performances at this tournament. The 21-year-old enjoys his role for his boys' club.
Jude Bellingham die A match-up with his younger brother Jowe was denied because of a suspension for the Dortmund midfielder-Had it must have made 3-0 for the break when he slid his shot wide from the pile of the edge of the box, while Vinicius JNR overtaken.
Real remained the check after the break, with Fede Valverde, Arda Guler and Antonio Rudiger close to adding a third towards the end of the 90 before all the drama that followed.
Mbappe sets PSG reunion with a spectacular strike
As far as Mbappe is concerned, an entertaining cameo turned into a little more with its special scarcity. It had come to the Metlife Stadium to see the kind of high -quality supporters.
He will hope to have a similar impact on his former club PSG when Real is back in action at the same location for their final-four confrontation on Wednesday.
Sky Sports to show 215 Live PL games next season
From next season, the Premier League coverage of Sky Sports will increase from 128 games to at least 215 games that are exclusively live.
And 80 percent of all Premier League matches broadcast on television will be on Sky Sports next season.
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