Lisbon (AFP) – Real Madrid suffered a huge injury scare just 11 days before facing Barcelona as Gareth Bale hobbled off with a right ankle injury just under an hour into their Champions League clash at Sporting Lisbon.
Bale has been in supreme form in recent weeks having tied his future to the European champions with a bumper contract extension to 2022.
As well as travelling to Barca for El Clasico, Real face a hectic schedule in the coming weeks with a Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund and the Club World Cup in Japan to come in December.
Real were leading 1-0 when Bale was replaced by Marco Asensio with just a point enough to guarantee their place in the knockout stages for a record 20th consecutive season.
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