Sevilla's meeting with Real Madrid on Wednesday night went even better than most at the club had planned, but there was a stressful build-up to the match for goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik.

His daughter had suffered a fall on Tuesday and had to spend the night in hospital under observation.

A CAT scan ruled out any serious injury, but Vaclik had understandably endured a sleepless night, worried about his child.

The Sevilla coaching staff told him that he didn't have to play the Wednesday night LaLiga Santander match if he didn't feel he could, but there was no doubt in his mind and he took to the field, making three saves, including an exceptional parry against Gareth Bale.

Pablo Machin expressed his gratitude for the shot-stopper after the match.

"You all know about Tomas' situation, so let's have some applause for him," the coach told his players in his post-match speech.

His colleagues did indeed give him a round of applause, aware of the difficult situation he'd gone through in order to take part in the famous win.