Tottenham is headed to the club's first Champions League final after a wild win over Ajax. Mauricio Pochettino couldn't stop crying tears of joy after Tottenham advanced to the Champions League final with a stunning 3-2 win over Ajax on Wednesday. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in London, the Spurs' hopes looked dim after first-half goals from Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt and forward Hakim Ziyech made it 3-0 on aggregate. Spurs midfielder Lucas Moura then emerged as the team's hero, scoring two quick goals to start the second half. The Brazilian completed his hat trick in the final seconds of the match with the deciding goal, devastating Ajax to send Tottenham to the Champions League final on away goals in miraculous fashion. Pochettino was in tears as he embraced his players on the pitch after the whistle. He was again overwhelmed with emotion during an interview following the game. "Thank you football. Thank you my players, they are heroes," Pochettino said. "Without football, it is impossible to live." Tottenham will now face Liverpool in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday, June 1.<doc-sep>Sign up to FREE email alerts from Football London - Spurs Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice That goalkeeper welcome Tottenham's goalkeepers had mixed fortunes when it came to their welcomes from the Ajax crowd. The fans inside the Johan Cruyff ArenA were noisy and very much pumped up. So when they saw Paulo Gazzaniga and Michel Vorm emerge from the tunnel to warm up before the match the boos were loud and merciless. Hugo Lloris clearly knew better though. He waited until the Ajax players emerged to massive cheers and crept out just behind them, escaping any ill feeling from the noisy home faithful. Lamela and Foyth putting on a skills show When the players went in after their warm-up, just two Tottenham players remained out on the turf. Erik Lamela and Juan Foyth just didn't seem to want to leave the pitch and the duo started up a keepy uppy session with skills, flicks and tricks aplenty in order to keep the ball in the air. It ended only when Lamela flicked the ball up and over Foyth and ran round to catch it perfectly on the top of his foot. In the end it was Lamela who would do one better late on by getting on the pitch in the second half. (Image: Dan Mullan/Getty Images) Angry Danny Rose at half-time Tottenham's players emerged for the second half, hoping there was some way they could turn around the 3-0 deficit. They stood on the pitch and waited, and waited, and waited. The Ajax players left them out there, taking an age to emerge from their dressing room and then even more time to come out from the tunnel on to the pitch. One Spurs player wasn't shy about making his feelings known about the situation. Danny Rose walked over, not looking too happy, and peered down the tunnel and appeared to say something at those Ajax players in the tunnel. They soon emerged and it was Rose and Spurs who had the last laugh. Running man Hugo Hugo Lloris sprinted the length of the field twice in the final minutes of the match in Amsterdam. The first came when he went up for what everyone assumed was Tottenham's last chance of the match, a corner which Fernando Llorente ended up headed over the crossbar. He sprinted back to his goalmouth only to make the same run again a minute or two later, but this time it was in ecstasy. When Lucas Moura slotted home that dramatic winning goal, Lloris just didn't want to miss out on the celebrations, hurtling down the length of the pitch to leap on them. It looks great in the videos from fans at the ground as you just see the lone figure of the Frenchman flying down the pitch. Tears all round There was many a tear shed on the night and not least from Mauricio Pochettino and Lucas Moura. Pochettino was gone from the moment he reached his players on the pitch as he ran across, the enormity of what he, his staff and players had achieved in the Amsterdam night. He continued his tears in his early post-match interviews, barely able to control the emotion in his voice. Lucas Moura was tearful on the pitch and like Pochettino he continued that in his media duties, breaking down when he was shown his winning goal plus the commentary from back home in Brazil. Lucas getting his ball It wasn't just about the tears though, Lucas wanted his hat-trick ball more than anything. That led to a great moment when he and his team-mates returned to the pitch and he walked across to the far corner to retrieve the ball that he had gleefully fired home to send Tottenham into the Champions League final. As he walked back across the pitch, his Spurs team-mates applauded him, acknowledging his massive role in the night and the club's history. Fans in the press conference room Pochettino's press conference had two strange moments to end it. It's well known now that he walked out when he heard the final question asking if Harry Kane would be fit - the Spurs boss always thinks it's disrespectful to talk about other players as if they're better than the ones who did the job, and what a job at that. What happened after was equally bizarre though. As he was walking out, someone shouted: 'Hey Mauricio, you know what?' He stopped and turned, and the person added: "You're magic you know." Pochettino didn't quite know what was going on, the person had to repeat it and he eventually understood, smiled, waved and thanked them. It appeared that two Spurs fans had managed to get into the press room and they were desperate to let the manager know how they felt. 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This season's Champions League has been unreal. Tottenham looked dead and buried in their semi-final tie against Ajax. Mauricio Pochettino's side went into the second leg as the underdogs after being beaten 1-0 in London. And their task was made even harder after going 2-0 down in Amsterdam. Tottenham needed three second half goals in order to progress and Lucas Moura's quick-fire double gave them hope. As the time ticked away it looked as if Spurs would fall short of producing a miraculous comeback. But then, in the 96th minute, Lucas' left-footed strike found the corner of the net to send Spurs through. It was virtually the last kick of the game. Mauricio Pochettino could not contain his emotions after the goal. He ran on to the pitch and sank to his knees in complete disbelief. His tears continued past the final whistle as he celebrated after the game. The Argentine manager then delivered an incredible and emotional interview where he teared up once again. "It' still difficult to talk," he said. "The emotion is amazing. Thank you football. Thank you to my players. They are heroes. The second half was amazing. "Without football it is impossible to live. I'm so emotional right now. Thank you to our fans. Thank you to the people that believed in us from the beginning of the season to achieve this. I think it' fantastic. It's difficult to describe with words. "We were talking before the game in a meeting that when you work and you feel the love. "It's not a stress, it's the passion and I think the emotion we showed today is the passion and the love for the sport, it's football, and I think the game against Manchester City and today, it's amazing. "The fans and the people who are not from Ajax and from Tottenham we showed a lot and I think it was a joy to watch this kind of game, the emotion for us was so tough and difficult too. "I think to compete at this level, a magical competition, this situation can happen and of course I am so grateful to be a coach and be in football and to live in this type of moment." "Lucas Moura was a superhero. They are all heroes but he is a superhero. Unbelievable hat-trick. He deserves it. He's a great guy." Pochettino then struggled to fight back the tears. "I want to remember my family. It's for them too. For the people that support us in that moment, it's amazing to reward them. Thank you. "We need to be ready now for the next game on Sunday and then to prepare for the final in Madrid." Watch it below: What a brilliant interview. Who will win the Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham? Have your say by leaving a comment below. News Now - Sport News