Los Blancos are being really unlucky with the injuries this year. The last one was Gareth Bale in the game in Portugal against Sporting in the Champions League group stage. It didn’t look that bad when the Welshman stayed on the grass and asked for the substitution. It might be just a hit with some Portuguese player. However, Zidane said quickly that was something else and not just the pain for a tackle.
One day after, on Wednesday, Real Madrid made public a statement announcing the injury in the ankle but the club didn’t say anything about the time he had to rest. The statement only said “pending evolution”. Now, the club has published that Bale will need surgery, so he will be out of the pitches around two months, missing El Clásico, Borussia Dortmund or the FIFA World Cup.
In their website, Real Madrid have posted the information: “The Real Madrid Sanitas Medical Services have decided that Gareth Bale will undergo an operation following the traumatic dislocation of the peroneal tendons of his right ankle. The operation will take place at King Edward VII Hospital in London on Tuesday 29th November by doctor James Calder, under the supervision of the club doctors Jesús Olmo and Mikel Aramberri”.
This is a big blow for Zinedine Zidane. The Welshman has been one of the best players so far this season. He has scored 5 goals in 11 appearances in La Liga, only missing the game against Espanyol. In the Champions League group stage he also found the net twice against Legia Warsaw, playing all the games.
Gareth Bale joins Toni Kroos and Álvaro Morata in the medical treatment and both will be out until 2017. Luckily, Casemiro or Pepe are close to return so the defending line has more players. This means that Isco, Asensio, Lucas Vázquez or James Rodríguez will have more chances to have opportunities and Zidane will change the formation. From the classic 4-3-3, he’ll have to use a 4-4-2.
