His final moments were spent in a photo session with the 22 titles he has won in his ten years at Real Madrid. The trophies were arranged in two rows, and Kroos jumped onto the podium to pose with a celebratory gesture similar to Jude Bellingham's.

Regardless of how the final pans out, and how the Euros shake out this summer, Kroos's legacy is quite definitive: He is arguably (and in the mind of this author, definitively, for reasons explained here) the best passer in football history, and a top-five central-midfielder of all time.

"The best way for me to leave would be to win la Decimoquinta," added the German midfielder. Toni Kroos spoke to Realmadrid TV after playing his last game at the Santiago Bernabéu.