Alex Kirkland

yeah it was incredible and the crowds were absolutely loving it it felt like there were more goals there they could have scored even more they were absolutely deserving of that lead and as you guys mentioned earlier on it's one of the frustrating things about this and let's go with your team because we know they are they are capable of this sometimes we saw it in the last round in the copper already they went to betis and won five nil here they've scored four against barcelona and like i say a source of frustration for the fans is that

They can't do it more often, but that doesn't take away from what a special night this was here.

That was one of the best first halves I've ever seen at this stadium.

The players just finished a lap of honor behind me, heading off the pitch and down the tunnel.

Yes, the second half didn't live up to the first.

It was never going to, but still what we saw, like I said, that opening 45 minutes was something pretty spectacular.

Yeah, well, as usual, Dan, in the stadium, the fans and those of us pitch side as well, no less than pretty much anybody else as these things are happening.

You're right, it was six minutes and 23 seconds, the delay.

I've been told it was the second longest VAR delay in Spanish football history.

There was one that was eight minutes.

Apparently, this was second in terms of longevity.

No one knew what was going on at the Atletico bench.

Simeone was losing his mind on the touchline.

They were continually coming over, talking to the assistant referee, the fourth official, asking what's going on.

Eventually, yes, that Lewandowski heel pretty much fractionally offside when the ball kind of bounced off him to Kupasi.

But yeah, it's one of those where all the fans here were scratching their heads, wondering what's going on and why on earth is it taking so long?

Yeah, well, that's the reality of the situation at this stage of the season.

They're still in all of these competitions, but there are questions.

Look, they're the favourites right now to win La Liga.

They're, sure, just a point ahead of Real Madrid, but look at Real Madrid.