LONDON – Sergi Roberto had been sent off at the end of the first periodafter Luis Suarez opened the scoring in a pulsating, and highlycontroversial, Clasico.
But Ronaldo’s injury will be the key talking point, with the Portugese nowfacing a fight to recover in time for the Champions League final againstLiverpool on May 26.
“How long he will need I cannot tell you but for him, it is a smallproblem,” Zidane said afterwards. “We’ll see tomorrow after the tests, whatwe have to do is see the damage done to the ankle.
He is a little worried because his ankle is a bit swollen but he said itwas only minor.”
Ronaldo’s injury, coupled with Barcelona avoiding defeat despite playinghalf the contest with 10 men, meant it was the Catalans who left the moresatisfied.
Ernesto Valverde’s men are now three matches away from becoming the firstever team to finish a 38-match La Liga season unbeaten.
“It would have hurt to lose to Madrid, or any other team,” Valverde said.
“I think we are the only unbeaten team in Europe in the big leagues andthat is something that pushes us.”
Bale’s goal was his 15th in 24 games this year and the Welshman will hopeit sparks a return to favour ahead of Real’s European climax in Kiev.
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But Bale was lucky still to be on the pitch after he stabbed his studs intothe back of Samuel Umtiti’s calf, moments before Sergi was sent off.
It was one of a number of questionable decisions from referee AlejandroJose Hernandez Hernandez, as both teams departed wondering what might havebeen.