Éder Militao, Real Madrid's Brazilian centre-back, started for the third consecutive game for the first time since his arrival in Spain, but against Levante he only had eight minutes on the pitch as he was sent off for a foul on Sergio León when he was facing Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
The action in which the main referee Medié Jiménez (Catalan Committee) at first ruled a yellow card, was changed after reviewing what happened by VAR which considered that it was a clear goal-scoring opportunity in which the visitors' striker had the ball under control.
Militao was later seen explaining the play to his team-mates who were in the stands due to injury with clear gestures that he tried to avoid contact by all means and then expressed his frustration by banging his head. His behaviour after being aware, without the tension of being on the pitch, that he had left his team with one less player at the start of the match.
The move came at the most inopportune time as he was finally being given continuity in Frenchman Zinedine Zidane's plans, taking advantage of the absence of captain Sergio Ramos through injury and Nacho Fernández after testing positive for the coronavirus. Three games in a row as a starter after only three in the previous three months.