Gareth Bale could finish the game on Tuesday against Sportingg Portugal at José Alvalade. Los Blancos won in the last minutes of the game thanks to a header from Karim Benzema. The Welshman missed the goal because he was substituted early in the second half with pain in his ankle.
In the press conference, Zinedine Zidane confirmed that the reason of the substitution was not a hit but something more serious. The club has made public a statement about Bale’s injury: “After tests carried out on our player Gareth Bale at the Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital, he has been diagnosed with a traumatic dislocation of the peroneal tendons of his right ankle. His recovery will continue to be assessed”, Real Madrid said in their website.
This should mean that Gareth Bale will miss El Clásico, next Saturday, 3rd of December. Although the club hasn’t specified how many days he will be out of the pitches, it’s going to be very complicated for him to recover in only 10 days. Real Madrid will face in the following days Sporting Gijón and Barcelona in La Liga and Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. Besides, Los Blancos have to play the second leg of the Copa del Rey draw against Cultural Leonesa.
Gareth Bale has had several problems with the injuries at Real Madrid but this season he has only missed the match against Espanyol in La Liga and the European Supercup in August after arriving until the semifinals in the Euro. Zidane also gave him some rest against Cultural Leonesa in Copa del Rey.
The Welshman will join Toni Kroos in the medical treatment. Casemiro or Pepe are also missing the last games although they are expected to come back in the next days to work with their team mates. Los Blancos are being quite unlucky with the injuries at the start of the season. Keylor Navas, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Karim Benzema or Cristiano Ronaldo are some of the footballers who had needed medical treatment this year.
