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Real Madrid: Bale lets out another train

Due to accumulation of matches and minutes, lack of rest, workload and even spontaneous generation, but it was evident that Gareth Bale his time would come when he started for Real Madrid in this restart of LaLiga. His participation before the Real Madrid match against Mallorca in Valdebebas had been small and inconsequential: just 29 minutes in the second half against Eibar (3-1), with the team already napping and wearing a very poor attitude. So much so that he had no minutes against Valencia or Anoeta against Real Sociedad.

Against Mallorca at Di Stéfano, Zidane finally chose him to start from the start in the starting team, within what is probably the most ultraoffensive proposal of the French coach so far: only two means (Valverde and Modric) and four attackers (Vinicius, Hazard, Benzema and the Welshman). Much talent and spark united in the final meters, which however did not bring out the best in Bale; rather the oppositeHe once again let out a train to demonstrate that he is not a footballer from the past, that he is worth at least a good part of the 17 million net that he pockets every season.

Good start, bad end

His start was hopeful, hunting a ball on the right side, cutting in and releasing a whiplash that required a good hand from Reina to clear for a corner. Of all the tasks that Bale has left behind, the goal is the most blatant: he has not scored in LaLiga since September 2019, when he scored a double at Villarreal’s home (2-2); in the rest of the competitions he has only achieved one more goal, at the home of the Unionistas de Salamanca in the first round of the Copa del Rey, in January 2020. A very insufficient baggage for the footballer who once marked for Madrid not in one, but in two Champions League finals.

That shot in the first minutes was almost all his offensive production in 71 minutes against Mallorca; he also made another off-sticks and a third blocked by the vermilion defensive system. In that sense, he only surpassed Hazard, who left with just one shot out of goal, although the Belgian has the alibi of having acted as playmaker., as the only connector through the center of the white attack to prevent 4-2-3-1 from ending up being, as so many times seen, a 4-2-4 that split the team and committed it to defensive tasks. Hazard was dedicated to electrify the plays and left the auction to Benzema and Vinicius.

Bale’s numbers

Bale was relatively participative, with 26 good passes out of 31 in total, although only half were in a rival field (15); he let out nine possessions in favor of Mallorca, the second white attacker who more, only behind Vinicius (13); and at least he was seen straining back, recovering four balls. But in a Madrid with Vinicius in a state of boiling, with Benzema as the benchmark nine and with Hazard launching operations, waiting for the scoring inspiration to come, Bale must offer much more than races to support the winger. At the moment, against Mallorca, the British punctured again.

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