There were more nerves than there should have been, fear gripping the Santiago Bernabéu and whistles puncturing the final minutes, the home side playing for time, but
Real Madrid got there in the end. Thibaut Courtois had to make a save in the second minute of added time to secure a victory that had seemed secure and almost escaped them, two goals from Karim Benzema and a third from Casemiro giving them a 3-0 half-time lead, only for Borja Mayoral and Gonzalo Melero to make a game of this.
Aitor Fernández, Levante’s goalkeeper, had kept his side in this; now it was Courtois’s turn.