Toni Kroos waved goodbye to the Santiago Bernabeu in a goalless draw between Real Madrid and Real Betis.
Toni Kroos waved goodbye to the Santiago Bernabeu in his last appearance at the club’s home ground as his 10-year-long stay at Real Madrid draws to a close in a goalless draw with Real Betis.
Despite not ending with the desired result for either Kroos or the rest of Carlo Ancelotti‘s side, the 0-0 draw had no impact on either’s final position in the league standings with both already sealed prior to the game.
The draw for Real Madrid saw them extend their unbeaten run in La Liga to 32 games, the longest run without defeat that the division has ever seen, and took them to 95 points for the season, their highest since reaching the coveted 100 under Jose Mourinho in 2011-12.
Real Betis were also already guaranteed their place in seventh, earning qualification to the Europa Conference League, after their loss to Real Sociedad last time out made them unable to move into sixth.
The game showed signs that neither side have anything at stake with a tempo much lower than both sets of fans would have been used to over the course of the season.
Despite the lower tempo and no goals being scored, there were plenty of opportunities throughout the game that saw both sides come close to an opening goal, with Real Betis twice having the ball in the net before being disallowed.
Rodrygo had the first big chance of the match when he was played through into the opposition box, cutting onto his right foot before curling his effort wide of the top right corner.
From the resulting goal kick, Real Madrid came close again as Francisco Vieites passed straight to Eduardo Camavinga and eventually found its way to Vinicius Junior in the box, with the Brazilian trying to round the keeper.
Vieites was able to sweep the ball away from Vinicius but only as far as Ferland Mendy, whose shot towards goal was blocked on the line by the retiring Sokratis.
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