Gareth Bale is likely to receive a little more attacking freedom in light of the absence, through injury, of Karim Benzema for Real Madrid’s home match against Malaga on Saturday.
Per Alvaro de la Rosa of AS, Benzema made a premature departure from Madrid’s training session on Friday morning due to problems with his right knee. And Carlo Ancelotti confirmed in his pre-match press conference, as per Madrid-based journalist Dermot Corrigan, that the Frenchman will not be available for this weekend’s match.
Ancelotti: “Benzema is not available [for Malaga], but we will have him back for the next game.