The internal regulations of Real Madrid oblige non-summoned players to go to the Bernabéu to the matches, except in the case that they have a special permit. Gareth Bale is not going to get rid of the derby, although everyone knows in the locker room that in his list of favorite plans for today, seeing Madrid-Atlético is surely not the first. Much less when your absence does not carry the usual wrapping of a physical problem or the inconvenience of the shift. Zinedine Zidane took this Friday with the Welshman the most severe decision of the course: he left him out of the summoned list.

The reason is not going to explain it, but in the club they assume that it is simply technical. He is more interested in appearing with Benzema, Lucas Vázquez, Jovic or Vinicius, the strikers cited for the duel against the rojiblancos, than with the highest paid player in the squad. The Welshman returns to the starting box with the same coach who took him out of the title in spring of 2017, with the excuse of his nth injury, which only took him 13 minutes in the Champions League final in his city (Cardiff) and that in the next one, that of Kiev , left him on the bench despite arriving with a streak of decorative goals in a lost league.

His revenge was to star in the conquest of the Thirteenth with a double (the first from Chile) and launch an ordeal on the grass, while Cristiano announced his goodbye. Or he or the coach came to say, winning the pulse by the unexpected departure of the Frenchman.

However, he did not take advantage of the double absence (CR and ZZ), without knowing that fate had kept him from returning from Marseilles. Overcoming the curves of the summer, where even the boss encouraged him to resolve his departure as soon as possible ("for the good of all"), Bale began holding the current campaign, in pragmatic use of his resources by Zidane, who did not I saw nothing better on campus. He got to forget that the relationship they had was cold, almost mute . Protocol greetings, little else. All that was not going to matter; with performance, the 11 would play. It also pleased the club, where he always squeaked his British management.

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The injuries, his timid faith in Vinicius and the lack of a general goal gave life to the dispersed forward, unable again to firmly grasp the post. He soon returned to the mist because of a new casualty (with his selection), the subsequent slow recovery and the takeoff of boys like Rodrygo or Vinicius himself. The auction has been the change of system, with more midfielders than strikers in the eleven. The gaps were beginning to run out. At the beginning of the year he also arrived crooked for Bale, again out of the team due to indefinite ailments. After missing the Super Cup , he ended up limping the night he had to play in a Second B field ( Unionist s). He has not returned since then, with the sound blow of this Friday, outside the call for one of the games of the year.

Hazard's imminent reappearance, probably in the cupping match next week against Real Sociedad , complicates the player's future a bit more. His absence on the derby list yesterday invited, for a few moments, speculation about his possible exit at the close of the winter market. An option quickly discarded by the club. Tottenham only threatened to recover him, discarding the operation once again because of the Welsh high salary. Therefore, it will be his turn to recover the lost ground, stuck in the large group of meritories that Zidane manages effectively. While strengthening its defense and core, its offensive line is changing depending on the games. Today it is likely to recharge the engine room with Isco and Modric .

Zidane gets tough with Bale when his team, leader of the League and without scares in the Cup, best circulates. Opposite, it is now the questioned Simeone who looks pragmatism and absolute synergy with the club, accepting with a smile the strange return of the Belgian Carrasco , signing that did not take place under his command long ago. Atletico was looking for a nine like Cavani and he ended up getting a pure end. "I really liked your desire to come here," he justified yesterday. With or without the newcomer, he performs at the Bernabéu, where he never lost in the League against Zidane. Neither the New Jersey tummy nor the final won in Jeddah says the French are memories that matter now. The infinite derby continues.

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