Bale is already past

The situation caused by Gareth Bale has generated irritation among the Real Madrid fans, rightly so. The Welshman was removed from the Clásico against Barcelona due to back pain that, just two days later, did not appear when he worked without problems with his team. The climax came in the match against Austria, in which he scored the two goals for his team to give him hope of going to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In the previous one, he had explained: “I always have discomfort, but I’m ready to play, whatever it takes. Since I know we had to play this playoff, I’ve focused only on this game”.

It is not new, Bale has already posed with a flag that read: “Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order”; He did it smiling along with the rest of his teammates, after getting a ticket for the last European Championship. A mockery that ignited Real Madrid, although the club remained calm. That his games with Wales are a priority for Bale is taken for granted in the entity, which opts for calm.

In Madrid, the Briton, who arrived at the club in 2013 from Tottenham, is considered amortized. after the largest disbursement in the history of football at that time: 101 million euros. He then signed for six seasons and his first stage in Madrid, with ups and downs and many problems with injuries, was still positive: he has won two Leagues, four European Cups and one Copa del Rey, among other trophies. And he was important in most of those titles: he scored in two Champions League finals, assisted in another, one of his plays was worth a Cup against Barcelona in Valencia…

Bale, two years without stepping on the Bernabéu

Until the 2017-18 Champions League final in kyiv against Liverpool (in which Bale scored a brace), his time at the club could be considered a success. That summer he could be transferred, but after Cristiano’s departure he stayed to lead the white project, which ended in disaster. It didn’t work at all, neither with Lopetegui, nor with Solari, nor with Zidane, nor with Ancelotti. He has scored 34 goals since the summer of 2018, and 16 of them were in the 2020-21 season, which he spent on loan at Tottenham…

Bale has not played at the Bernabéu since February 26, 2020, more than two years ago; this season adds 270 minutesall out of the house. And it remains to be seen what Ancelotti does with him after getting out of the way in a Clásico in which, without Benzema, he could have been especially useful for Madrid. The Italian, who does not see him involved, could not use it more this course.