It was the afternoon that Charlton have been working towards all season, but as we've learned football can be a cruel sport.
The League One play-off final with Sunderland would decide who which of the two sides would return to the Championship, and while the Addicks looked motivated and self-assured during the warm-up, it appears that lady luck had other ideas.
Lee Bowyer's side were just five minutes into their biggest game in several years when calamity struck in the form of a goalkeeping blunder.
Naby Sarr picked up the ball on the edge of the Charlton penalty area and played a simple ball back to Dillon Phillips between the sticks.
Unfortunately, a lapse in concentration saw the ball roll under Phillips' foot and crawl into the back of the Charlton net.
No one at Wembley could comprehend what happened in a game of such magnitude, with even Sky Sport co-commentator Don Goodman seemingly lost for words.
"That is just unbelievable," the former Wolves striker said, speaking in commentary during Sky Sports' coverage of the game.
"I don't think I can believe what I have just seen. My goodness me, that is heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking. The goalkeeper just totally misjudges it. Wow!"
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