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Blow for Real Madrid as Bale suffers calf injury

The winger picked up a knock against Sporting Gijon on Sunday.

Real Madrid suffered an injury set back in Sunday's clash with Sporting Gijon, with winger Gareth Bale taken off with a suspected calf problem.

Bale opened the scoring for Zinedine Zidane's side against the Liga struggler although had to be replaced at halftime.

Madrid raced into a five-goal halftime lead against Sporting as Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema joined Bale on the score sheet, with Los Blancos now well on the way to claiming their second win under new manager Zidane.