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Gareth Bale To Cover For Banned Ronaldo
- Updated: February 6, 2014
Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale has not suffered a recurrence of his calf injury and will be a “fresh” alternative to the banned Cristiano Ronaldo at the weekend, coach Carlo Ancelotti has said.
The Wales international, who has not played since injuring his calf against Granada in January, was expected to return to action at the Bernabeu for Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final first-leg encounter with Atletico Madrid, but was instead a glaring omission from the team sheet.
Goals from Jese and Angel Di Maria followed Emiliano Insua’s early own-goal to give Real a 3-0 victory in Bale’s absence, which Ancelotti insisted was a tactical move given Ronaldo starts a three-match ban when Villarreal visit the capital on Saturday.
The Italian told a press conference: “There is no relapse, (Bale) is fine and I just preferred to rest him for Saturday seeing as Cristiano cannot play. Gareth being fresh will be good. He’ll probably play.”
Ronaldo will sit out three league games as punishment for being sent off and making an offensive gesture during Sunday’s draw with Athletic Bilbao.
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