Real Madrid will again be without Welsh forward Gareth Bale as the winger continues to rehab from a hamstring injury. Here’s a full injury report on Los Blancos.
The Gareth Bale injury plague rolls on.
The Welsh Dragon, Bale, will miss yet another match Tuesday as he tries to recover from another hamstring injury. Gareth picked up the injury in the win over Borussia Dortmund back on September 27th.
Bale has not played in a match since missing matches against Espanyol and Getafe, while also missing international duty with Wales.
Shockingly, this is the 12th separate time Gareth has missed at least one match with an injury, with his longest injury stint coming when he broke his ankle at the end of 2016, missing 17 games while recovering.
Other than Bale, the only other Real Madrid regular who will not be available to face the British side hailing from London is Dani Carvajal.
Carvajal is still recovering from a heart condition that was diagnosed at the beginning of this month. The club announced that the treatment of the condition went well but, the star right-back will still need some more time to fully recover.
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Expect to see Achraf starting at right-back and Isco to again play his normal central attacking midfield position behind a top two featuring Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.
Zinedine Zidane has elected to pour more talented midfielders into the formation rather than electing to keep the usual 4-3-3 with Bale still out.
A player that should be back after suffering a minor groin pull while on international duty, is Keylor Navas who is on the 19-man roster and was held out as a precaution against Getafe Saturday.
Many critics believe the Costa Rican international will be able to go tomorrow night, and he will be crucial in shutting down the explosive Spurs attack led by Harry Kane.
Marcelo is back in the squad and could see his first match since picking up a knock at home on September 22nd against Real Betis.
Overall, I would say this Los Blancos squad is at almost full capacity but still greatly miss both Bale and Carvajal.
Real Madrid will need all their best players at peak performance if they want to be a red-hot Tottenham side to take control of the group at the halfway point.
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