The Madrid boss will not risk his attacker this weekend and the Welsh star's status for next week's key encounters remains uncertain
Gareth Bale will miss Real Madrid's LaLiga match against Sporting Gijon as a "worried" Zinedine Zidane takes no chances with the forward's fitness.
Zidane's men are away to Sporting on Saturday, a match which will be followed by two crucial games in the space of a week.
The second leg of Madrid's Champions League quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich takes place just three days later, before Barcelona visit Santiago Bernabeu for El Clasico next Sunday.