It was a rather odd semi-final first leg between the two European heavyweights. Bayern Munich dominated for large spells of the games but it was Madrid who came out on top 2-1 at the Allianz Arena.
Speaking on 'BBC Radio 5', Nevis, now a football analyst, was left a bit baffled by the performance of Zinedine Zidane's men.
"How do they do it?" he declared to his listeners. "They weren't brilliant - they have some incredible individual players. But you watch some other teams and you are blown away by them as a collective.
"But for Real there is nothing spectacularly special out there apart from Cristiano Ronaldo, maybe Marcelo, and the rest of them are very good players playing quite well.
"I really can't tell you how they do it. They survive with a bit of luck, Bayern had a load of chances, but Real somehow find a way."
'Los Blancos' now carry a two-away-goal lead back to the Bernabeu for the second leg next Tuesday.