Zinedine Zidane accepts the ending of a nightmare season is the "best thing" for Real Madrid.
Real Betis inflicted a 12th league defeat of the 2018-19 campaign on Los Blancos as the season ended with a whimper at the Bernabeu.
Zidane, who returned to the club after Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari were sacked during the season, is now firmly focused on next season.
"The best thing that can happen for us is to have it over now and to think about next year," he told reporters.
"We have no excuses. After many games we had to apologise as we have responsibility to at least give everything. It has been difficult from the start of the season, and the end with me, that is the reality.
"I always say the same, we must accept when things go bad. I am responsible for this. We had 11 games, we won five, lost four, and in the end that is what it is.
“It is not the first bad year in the history of this club. And after the bad, comes the good. But we must not forget this season, we must have it very present to prepare the next one.
"We must think now about next year, and exciting our fans again. We are going to prepare the pre-season very well. We will not say that we will everything next year, but we will compete from the first moment, and be up there battling with the others."
