Real Madrid hold the lead to the rhythm of Modric

gritted their teeth

and entrusted

to emerge victorious in a game that escaped only 25 minutes, enough for a chameleonic team like

, capable of being dominated and chasing shadows, put the Belgian to the test looking for a tie that, at times it deserved.

From

goal

to

sentence, the

dominated and disappeared from the game at the pace set by

and

.

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The duel started without the whites leaving hardly a moment in doubt at the Estadio de la Cerámica.

Levante, in the last game of his exile, chased white shirts, without a ball and without respite to think about the few times he went through his boots.

It was not the campaign afternoon, and without his loose genius, the Levante is dwarfed.

And if the granotas get stuck, their recourse is the careers of

, who did not find the tickling of a very wrapped Nacho when the Commander started.

Madrid, without fear, amassed the game when and how much it wanted.

Modric warned at the start that he had found the hole through which to break

, but his pass to

was taken out by

.

The Barça cards were shown by Morales facing Courtois offside.

That was the plan that had to be refined, although with the score against it.

Vinicius insisted on showing

that his presence in the eleven was not going to remain an anecdote.

A corner kick by the omnipresent Croatian midfielder was combed by

and fell at the Brazilian's feet.

Only at the far post, he lowered it and loaded the right to place it with the interior where

did not reach.

The second goal in two days and to celebrate his fifty games in LaLiga.

He did not find how to react Levante.

Lost the center of the field in the hands of Modric and Casemiro, weighed down by a yellow, the occasions did not stop.

Again Vinicius teamed up with Benzema, but the Frenchman's control was long, as a left to the far post of the Brazilian pivot escaped.

Levante's response came with a shot from

, the clearest chance in the entire first half, a perfect cross from Clerc that didn't touch Morales's head.

They were trying to shake off dominance with no luck.

Relive the Levante

Madrid had the game in their hands when they came back from the dressing room.

Ten minutes in which Benzema again crashed with the stick, Vinicius crossed in excess a filtered pass from

and looked for the Frenchman's shot in a break-in on the wing.

They did not bury the Levant and it revived.

Paco López patched his core with the entry of former Madrid player

and the game began to flow as the white forces faded.

A right hand from

brought out the figure of Courtois, which Madrid clung to to hold the tie.

The Macedonian put him to the test in every possible way, even with another shot that hit Casemiro and the Belgian took out, already defeated, with his feet.

The wall seemed insurmountable, but faith was not lost and even more so when the VAR appeared as an ally to

for a very tight offside.

Zidane had to give oxygen to his core with the entry of

and

.

By then, Clerc had already become Mendy's nightmare, Melero had finished with his head over the crossbar and the white side himself had forced Aitor to clear his fists with a long shot.

With the Levante overturned in the area looking for the stroke of luck, the sentence arrived.

Real Madrid does not usually forgive and less Benzema.

Too many mistakes in one afternoon to miss the last chance.

His goal was the finishing touch to a duel that, without even realizing it, became excessively complicated for Zinedine Zidane's team when he was on his way to being the most complete of this recently released season.

Mistakes are best healed from the lead.

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