The positive test comes a day before Madrid travel to Alaves in La Liga seeking to bounce back from an embarrassing midweek Copa del Rey exit.
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Zinedine Zidane’s side were held up on the runway in Madrid for four hours, a day before the game, due to the snowstorm that pummelled Spain
Zidane underwent an antigen test on Thursday morning, which came out negative.
Like many clubs across the globe, the La Liga champions are still reeling from the financial effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and negotiated a first salary cut with their players at the back end of last season.
The Spanish La Liga defending champions beat city rivals Atletico Madrid in the first of the 2020/2021 Madrid derby clashes
Madrid, who were missing seven players, including captain Sergio Ramos and lead striker Karim Benzema, went ahead in the second minute through Mariano Diaz’s diving header but failed to get any more shots on target in the game.
He said the players in the light of this must be prepared for another physical battle at home to Inter Milan on Tuesday.
The Belgian forward has been ruled out for up to four weeks, another in the series of injury lay-offs for him.
The title-holders still looked like a work in progress in Saturday’s scrappy 3-2 win over Real Betis in the La Liga, after drawing their first game of the season 0-0 at Real Sociedad.
Zidane touched the figure after a 3-2 win against Real Betis on Sunday.
Bale left Spurs in 2013 for the Bernabeu though struggled in recent times at the La Liga giants, frozen out by Zinedine Zidane
The 29-year-old has signed a two-year deal with an option for a third season in a move that sees him link up with Carlo Ancelotti for the third time, having played under him at Bayern Munich and Real
Real Madrid ended the campaign on 87 points after the draw interrupted a run of 10 consecutive victories, five clear of second-placed FC Barcelona
It was a seventh consecutive victory for the winners, and it has now seen them wrap their tentacles ever tighter around the La Liga title.
The hosts’ win has come after a week in which their pride had taken a beating at home and in Europe
Barcelona make the trip to the Bernabeu to face Real Madrid holding a two-point advantage at the top of the La Liga standings.
Both sides seemed to be holding each other at arms’ length for much of the first half, but Jesus tested Thibaut Courtois after being slipped in by De Bruyne’s incisive pass, before City suffered a major blow as Aymeric Laporte limped off injured
Zidane and Guardiola will go head-to-head for the first time in a competitive match on Wednesday night in their Champions League round-of-16 first leg match at the Bernabeu
Rodrygo, 18, has been playing for both Zinedine Zidane’s first team and reserve side Castilla in the third tier of Spanish football
Eden Hazard’s season could be at risk after Real Madrid announced on Sunday that he had fractured his right ankle during his team’s 1-0 La Liga defeat at Levante.