{"id":33427,"date":"2017-02-17T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33427"},"modified":"2017-02-17T15:31:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:31:44","slug":"gareth-bale-in-real-madrid-squad-against-espanyol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33427","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Bale in Real Madrid squad against Espanyol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33426\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale-.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"343\" alt=\"gareth bale \" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale-.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale--300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale--150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Madrid:<strong> <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/943-real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> <\/strong>coach Zinedine Zidane on Friday announced the return of Gareth Bale after a nearly 75-days hiatus due to an ankle injury. The Wales forward has been added to the squad for Saturday&#8217;s La Liga match against Espanyol.<\/p>\n<p>Bale went under the knife to treat damaged ankle tendons, after which he completed his recovery and resumed training, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zidane decided not to force his return in the Champions League clash with Napoli, preferring to give him minutes against Espanyol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<a href=\"football-news\/44485-bengaluru-fc-hungry-for-win-against-lowly-mumbai-fc\"> Bengaluru FC hungry for win against lowly Mumbai FC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although Bale&#8217;s return does not mean Espanyol will confront the BBC attacking trio of Karim Benzema, Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, as Zidane has already confirmed striker Alvaro Morata as a starter, the French coach was happy that the trio were all available again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33426\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale-.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"343\" alt=\"gareth bale \" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale-.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale--300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gareth-bale--150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Madrid:<strong> <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/943-real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> <\/strong>coach Zinedine Zidane on Friday announced the return of Gareth Bale after a nearly 75-days hiatus due to an ankle injury. The Wales forward has been added to the squad for Saturday&#8217;s La Liga match against Espanyol.<\/p>\n<p>Bale went under the knife to treat damaged ankle tendons, after which he completed his recovery and resumed training, reports Efe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[20594,12975,12493,466,3604,1475,13565],"class_list":["post-33427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-espanyol","tag-football-news","tag-gareth-bale","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-la-liga","tag-real-madrid","tag-zinedine-zidane"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gareth Bale in Real Madrid squad against Espanyol - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33427\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gareth Bale in Real Madrid squad against Espanyol - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Madrid: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane on Friday announced the return of Gareth Bale after a nearly 75-days hiatus due to an ankle injury. 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