Alvaro Morata scored the decisive goal against his former club to send Juventus into their first Champions League final since 2003 at the expense of Real Madrid on Wednesday.
The Italian champions went into the match with a 2-1 aggregate lead and held out for a 1-1 draw on the night to send the holders crashing out and set up a showdown with Barcelona in Berlin on June 6.
The hosts made a quick start to the match and could have been two goals to the good inside six minutes after Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema had both put decent openings over the top of the crossbar.
Madrid were soon back on the front foot, however, and a flurry of chances followed in quick succession for Carlo Ancelotti’s side.
Isco sent an inventive chip off target from the edge of the box before Benzema was released down the left channel by Marcelo, only to pull the ball back behind Ronaldo with the goal gaping.
Ancelotti’s side began the second half brightly too, but it was Juve who came closest in the opening stages after the break when Claudio Marchisio drilled a powerful low strike a couple of yards wide from outside the box.
That proved to be a warning shot that Madrid did not heed, and Juventus clinched a crucial away goal when Alvaro Morata once again scored against his former club.
Paul Pogba nodded the ball down to the Spaniard and Casillas could only palm the resulting effort into the net as the visitors regained their aggregate lead.
Ancelotti turned to Javier Hernandez in an attempt to turn things around, but it was James who came close next when his powerful drive swerved narrowly over the top with Buffon rooted to the spot.
Madrid piled the pressure on in the closing stages but could not find a way through as their quest to become the first side to successfully defend the Champions League came to an end at the Bernabeu.
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