From candidate to ‘nine’, to discard. Bale is not even sitting on the bench, tonight, in the Clásico. have felt some back pain and, not being 100%, the decision has been not to force. Despite this, the winger will travel tomorrow with Gales to join the vital concentration of the national team; that is played playoff to be in Qatar 2022to a direct duel (semifinals), against the Austria Alaba on March 24.
This is a historic opportunity for Wales, which is two games away from playing its second World Cup in its history. To date they have only participated in Sweden 1958, where they reached the quarterfinals. Bale’s compatriots entered this round after finishing second behind an intractable Belgium. The combined of Rob Page He was already out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, finishing third in his group behind Serbia and Ireland.
The absence of Bale in the Classic it is one more brick to the wall of absences that is raised this season. It only takes 270 minutes played, of which 193′ were in the first three days of the League. Since then he has only played 74 minutes at La Cerámica and 3 ‘at the Parque de los Príncipes.