Eighty-eight days after he injured an ankle against Sporting Lisbon in late November and after missing 17 Madrid games across four competitions, Gareth Bale was back on the bench for today's game.http://go.ad2up.com/afu.php?id=1051039
Zidane said yesterday that the Welsh international was very excited about getting back on the pitch, and he looked keen as he went through an extra intense warm-up on the Bernabeu pitch at half-time.
The Blancos coach has also been quick to say recently that "we must be careful with Gareth", and Bale spent the first 25 minutes of the second period diligently warming up by the sideline. Holding midfielder Casemiro was the first substitute called upon, replacing Mateo Kovacic with the game still at 1-0 and Espanyol having the very occasional dangerous counter-attack.
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