Twenty years have passed since the Bernabeu goalposts came down Champions League - Real Madrid A match against Dortmund was disrupted

It has now been 20 years since the goalposts at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu came down during a Champions League semi-final.

Borussia Dortmund were the visitors to the Spanish capital on April 1, 1998, with the two teams doing battle in European competition.

In order to create an atmosphere befitting of the occasion, a group of Real Madrid supporters climbed onto the metal fence behind one of the goals that kept them away from the pitch.

Flags and banners were waved, yet the weight of the supporters caused the fence to buckle and then collapse.

It was the support fence which held the goalposts upright, so shortly before kick-off the goalposts collapsed and left Real Madrid red-faced due to the fact they didn't have a spare set in the stadium.

Referee Mario van der Ende delayed the match until a replacement could be found after initial repair work was unsuccessful.

Los Blancos delegate Agustin Herrerin was entrusted with finding an alternative set of goalposts, so he picked up his motorcycle and drove straight to the club's training facility.

With the assistance of a truck, he managed to transport the goalposts to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

The match then began just over one hour after the scheduled kick-off, leading the German club to file an official complaint with UEFA.