Madrid - Real Madrid have to wait to see if Croatian playmaker Luka Modric and Welsh winger Gareth Bale will be ready for next week's Barcelona league clash after missing training.
The players underwent individual exercises inside the fitness room to recover from injuries suffered in the Euro 2020 qualifiers between Croatia and Wales on Sunday.
French coach Zinedine Zidane is counting on the services of his stars, ahead of the clasico expected to be held on 26 January at the "Camp Nou" in Catalonia.
Wales coach Ryan Giggs said in a statement that Bale had been suffering from calf pain before the match against Croatia ended in a 1-1 draw in Cardiff in Group E, but he expected it to be a muscle strain. The club confirmed that Modric suffered a thigh injury during the game, and continued: After tests carried out by our player Luka Modric by the medical department at Real Madrid, he was diagnosed with a bruised thigh muscles.