Ronaldo-less Madrid bring in lowest home crowd in nine years

With a capacity of a little over 81,000, that attendance meant that there were over 31,000 empty seats for Julen Lopetegui's side's first game of the season.

The attendance was the lowest for a Real Madrid home game since an ignominious 3-1 defeat by Real Mallorca in the final game of the 2008/09 season, the last league game before Ronaldo's arrival.

The Real Madrid legend left the club earlier this month to pursue a new challenge in Serie A with Juventus, ending his nine-year stay in the Spanish capital as the club's all-time record goalscorer.

Gareth Bale impressed against Getafe as he staked his claim to become the side's new talisman, though it would appear that there remains work to be done to get the fans back onside.