Real Madrid’s harrowing season came to a fittingly miserable end on Sunday as it slumped to a staggering 12th La Liga defeat, losing 2-0 at home to Real Betis as many fans left the stadium early and those who stayed booed the players off the pitch.
With Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos and Thibaut Courtois all sitting on the bench, Betis forward Loren Moron put the visitors in front in the 61st minute, completing a sweeping counter-attack by slamming the ball into the roof of the net from close range.
Jese Rodriguez sealed Betis’s win by tapping into the net unmarked in the 75th.
Madrid ended the campaign third in the standings on 68 points with its biggest number of defeats in two decades. It finished eight points behind runner-up Atletico Madrid and 18 behind Barcelona.
The results: La Liga: Real Madrid 0 lost to Real Betis 2 (Loren 61, Jese 75).
Saturday: Espanyol 2 (Rosales 58, Wu 65) bt Real Sociedad 0; Getafe 2 (Portillo 13, Maksimovic 76) drew with Villarreal 2 (Iborra 43, Gerard 87); Valladolid 0 lost to Valencia 2 (Soler 36, Rodrigo 52); Sevilla 2 (Ben Yedder 44, Munir 90+2) bt Athletic Bilbao 0; Celta Vigo 2 (Aspas 82-pen, 90+2) drew with Rayo Vallecano 2 (Embarba Blazquez 29-pen, Medran 72); Huesca 2 (Maximiliano Mantovani 55, 83) bt Leganes 1 (Maximiliano Mantovani 39-o.g.); Alaves 2 (Wakaso 40, Calleri 83) bt Girona 1 (Portu 86).
Serie A: Chievo 0 drew with Sampdoria 0; Empoli 4 (Acquah 27, Brighi 65, Di Lorenzo 70, Caputo 88) bt Torino 1 (Falque 56); Parma 1 (Gerson 81-og) bt Fiorentina 0.